India, led by Dhoni, (Ki)win

India (Shar)made (Cha)half-a-dozen changes to their playing eleven – Lokesh Rahul, Faiz Fazal, Ambati Rayudu, Dhawal Kulkarni, Barinder Sran and Yuzvendra made way for Rohit, Ajinkya Rahane, Virat Kohli, One-day International debutant Hardik Pandya (who was the player of the match), Amit Mishra and Umesh Yadav.

New Zealand made half-a-dozen changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Jesse Ryder, the McCullum brothers (Brendon and Nathan), Matt Henry, Kyle Mills and Mitchell McClenaghan made way for Tom Latham, Corey Anderson, Mitchell Santner, Doug Bracewell, Tim Southee and Ish Sodhi.

On winning the toss, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, India’s skipper, inserted the visitors.

The first Powerplay of New Zealand’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the 10^th over. They scored 42, and lost three wickets.

Guptill, whose 11-ball (Mart)innings included three boundaries, scored a dozen. A dozen balls into the match, he was caught by Sharma. Pandya broke the 14-run stand.

Kane Williamson, who faced nine balls, scored just three. Three overs later, he was caught by Mishra. Yadav broke the 15-run stand.

Ross Taylor, who faced a ball, didn’t get off the mark. Seven balls later, he was caught by Dhoni. Yadav broke the four-run stand.

The second Powerplay of New Zealand’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the 11^th and the 40^th over. They scored 123, and lost five wickets.

Anderson, who faced 14 balls, scored just four. His runs came by way of a boundary. Twenty-seven balls after Taylor’s dismissal, he was caught by Yadav. Pandya broke the 10-run stand.

Luke Ronchi, who faced three balls, didn’t get off the mark. Nine balls later, he was caught by Yadav. Pandya broke the five-run stand.

New Zealand scored 50 off 13.4 overs (82 balls). India had conceded four extras at that point.

Fifteen overs into the match, the first drinks break was taken. New Zealand had scored 55 for the loss of five wickets at that point. While Latham was batting on 28, James Neesham was batting on three.

Neesham, whose 25-ball innings included a boundary, scored 10. Thirty-eight balls after Ronchi’s dismissal, he was caught by Kedar Jadhav, who broke the 17-run stand.

The seventh-wicket pair failed to get off the mark. Santner, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. The next ball, he was caught by Dhoni off the bowling of Jadhav.

New Zealand scored 100 off 29.1 overs (175 balls). India had conceded eight extras at that point.

Latham’s half-century – which included seven boundaries – came off 77 balls.

Bracewell, who faced 46 balls, scored just 15. Seventy-nine balls after Santner’s dismissal, he was caught by Rahane. Mishra broke the 41-run stand.

Thirty-four overs into the match, the second drinks break was taken. New Zealand had scored 109 for the loss of eight wickets at that point. While Latham was batting on 55, Southee was batting on a couple.

New Zealand scored 150 off 38.3 overs (231 balls). India had conceded 10 extras at that point.

The ninth-wicket pair put on 50 off 47 balls. While Latham’s contribution to the partnership was eight, Southee’s contribution to it was 44. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a couple.

The third Powerplay of New Zealand’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the 41^st and the 50^th over. They scored 25, and lost a couple of wickets.

Southee’s half-century – which included five boundaries and three sixes – came off 40 balls.

He eventually scored 55 off 45 balls, which included half-a-dozen boundaries, in addition to the aforementioned number of sixes. Fifty-eight balls after Bracewell’s dismissal, he was caught by Manish Pandey. Mishra broke the 71-run partnership.

Sodhi, who faced 10 balls, scored a run. Fourteen balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Mishra, who broke the 13-run stand.

Latham – whose 98-ball innings included the aforementioned number of boundaries, in addition to a six – eventually scored 79. He was unbeaten.

India eventually scored 11 extras. New Zealand were bundled out off 190 off 43.5 overs.

Jasprit Bumrah and Axar Patel, whose spells included a maiden apiece, were wicketless. While the former, who bowled eight overs, conceded 29, the latter, whose nine overs, conceded 41.

Jadhav, who bowled three overs, conceded half-a-dozen. He picked up a couple of scalps, as was Yadav, who bowled eight overs, conceding 31.

Pandya, who bowled seven overs, conceded 31. He picked up three scalps, as did Mishra, who bowled 8.5 overs, conceding 43.

The first Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the 10^th over. They scored 49, and lost a wicket.

Sharma, whose 26-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 14. Fifty-six balls into the chase, he was trapped leg before wicket by Bracewell, who broke the 49-run stand.

India scored 50 off 10 overs (60 balls). The number of extras they had conceded at that point gave New Zealand no reason to be in seventh heaven.

The second Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the 11^th and the 40^th over. They scored 145, and lost three wickets.

Rahane, whose 34-ball innings included four boundaries and a couple of sixes, scored 33. Thirteen balls after Sharma’s dismissal, he was caught by Ronchi. Neesham broke the run-a-ball stand.

Fifteen overs into the match, the drinks break was taken. New Zealand had scored 80 for the loss of a couple of wickets at that point. While Kohli was batting on 16, Pandey was batting on five.

India scored 100 off 19 overs (114 balls). New Zealand had conceded 13 extras at that point.

Pandey, whose 22-ball innings included a boundary, eventually scored 17. Forty-four balls later, he was caught by Williamson. Sodhi broke the 40-run stand.

Kohli’s half-century – which included five boundaries – came off 55 balls.

India scored 150 off 26.5 overs (161 balls). New Zealand had conceded 14 extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

The fourth-wicket pair put on 50 off 46 balls. While Kohli’s contribution to the partnership was 31, Dhoni’s contribution to it was 20. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a run.

The fourth-wicket pair eventually put on 60. Dhoni, whose 24-ball innings included a boundary and a six, eventually scored 21. Fifty-five balls after Pandey’s dismissal, Guptill and Ronchi ran him out.

Kohli, whose 81-ball innings included nine boundaries and a six, eventually scored 85. He was unbeaten.

Jadhav, whose 12-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, was unbea‘ten’.

India, who scored 133 for the loss of four wickets off 33.1 overs, won by half-a-dozen wickets with 101 balls to spare.

Santner, who bowled half-a-dozen overs, conceded 18. He was wicketless, as was Southee, who bowled nine overs, conceding 57.

Sodhi, who bowled 4.1 overs, conceded 34. He picked up a wicket.

Neesham, who bowled half-a-dozen overs, conceded 40. He picked up a wicket.

Bracewell bowled eight overs, including a maiden. He conceded 44, picking up a wicket.

India led the five-match series 1-0.