India made a couple of changes to their playing eleven – Dinesh Karthik and Ravindra Jadeja made way for Ambati Rayudu and Kuldeep Yadav.
New Zealand made a couple of changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Colin de Grandhomme and Adam Milne made way for Doug Bracewell and Lockie Ferguson.
On winning the toss, Kane Williamson, New Zealand's skipper, chose to bat.
The first Powerplay of New Zealand’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the 10th over. They scored 34 and lost a couple of wickets.
Guptill, whose nine-ball (Mart)innings included a boundary, scored five. Eleven balls into the match, Mohammed Shami, the player of the match, broke the five-run stand. Munro, whose nine-ball (Col)innings included a couple of boundaries, scored eight. Ten balls later, Shami broke the 13-run stand.
The second Powerplay of New Zealand’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the 11th and the 40th over. They scored 123 and lost eight wickets.
New Zealand scored 50 off 13.3 overs (81 balls). India had conceded an extra at that point.
Ross Taylor, whose 41-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 24. Sixty-six balls after Munro’s dismissal, he was caught by Yuzvendra Chahal, who broke the 34-run stand.
Eighty-seven balls into the match, the drinks break was taken. New Zealand had scored 52 for the loss of three wickets at that point. Williamson was batting on 14.
Tom Latham, whose 10-ball innings included a boundary, scored 11. Twenty-six balls after Taylor’s dismissal, he was caught by Chahal, who broke the 24-run stand.
New Zealand scored 100 off 22.5 overs (137 balls). India had conceded an extra at that point.
Henry Nicholls, whose 17-ball innings included a boundary, scored a dozen. Thirty-one balls after Latham’s dismissal, he was caught by Yadav. Kedar Jadhav broke the run-a-ball stand.
Williamson's half-century – which included half-a-dozen boundaries – scored 63 balls.
A hundred and seventy-two balls into the match, India sought a bowling review. Mitchell Santner was the batsman. It was turned down by New Zealand umpire Shaun Haig.
Santner, whose 21-ball innings included a boundary and a six, eventually scored 14. Thirty-four balls after Nicholls' dismissal, he was trapped leg before wicket by Shami, who broke the 26-run stand.
Williamson, whose 81-ball innings included seven boundaries, eventually scored 64. Twenty-one balls later, he was caught by Vijay Shankar. Yadav broke the 13-run stand.
The eighth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Although Bracewell's 15-ball innings included a boundary, he had no reason to be in seventh heaven – four balls later, he was dismissed by Yadav.
Tim Southee, whose 12-ball innings included a six, scored nine. He was unbeaten.
Ferguson, who faced three balls, didn’t open his account. (Dho)Nine balls later, he was stumped. Yadav broke the two-run stand.
New Zealand scored 150 off 36.3 overs (219 balls). India had conceded a couple of extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.
Trent Boult, who faced 10 balls, scored a run. Sixteen balls after Ferguson’s dismissal, he was caught by Rohit Sharma. Yadav broke the nine-run stand.
New Zealand were dismissed for 157 off 38 overs. Shankar, who bowled four overs, conceded 19. He was wicketless, as was Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who bowled five overs, conceding 20.
Jadhav, who bowled three overs, conceded 17. He picked up a wicket. Chahal, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 43. He picked up a couple of wickets. Shami bowled half-a-dozen overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 19, picking up three wickets. Yadav bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 39, picking up four scalps.
India’s target was revised to 156 off 49 overs.
The first Powerplay of their innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the 10th over. They scored 43 and lost a wicket.
Nine overs into the chase, the dinner break was taken. India had scored 41 without the loss of a wicket. While Sharma was batting on 11, Shikhar Dhawan was batting on 29.
Sharma, whose 24-ball innings included a boundary, scored 11. Fifty-six balls into the chase, he was caught by Guptill. Bracewell broke the 41-run stand.
Ten overs into the chase, there was an interruption due to bad light. India had scored 44 for the loss of a wicket at that point. While Dhawan hadn’t added to the aforementioned score, Virat Kohli, India’s skipper, had scored just a couple.
India scored 50 off 11.5 overs (71 balls). New Zealand had conceded a couple of extras at that point.
The second-wicket pair put on 50 off 46 balls. While Dhawan’s contribution to the partnership was 14, Kohli’s contribution to it was 26. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was 10.
India scored 100 off 20.5 overs (125 balls). New Zealand had conceded 11 extras at that point.
Dhawan’s half-century – which included half-a-dozen boundaries – came off 69 balls.
A hundred and forty-eight balls into the chase, India sought a batting review against Kohli. It was upheld by the other umpire named Shaun – South Africa’s George.
Kohli, whose 59-ball innings included three boundaries, eventually scored 45. A hundred and sixteen balls after Sharma’s dismissal, he was caught by Latham. Ferguson broke the 91-run partnership.
India scored 150 off 33.2 overs (200 balls). New Zealand had conceded a dozen extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.
Rayudu, whose 23-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 13. He was unbeaten.
India, who scored 156 for the loss of a couple of wickets off 34.5 overs, won by eight wickets with 85 balls to spare (under the Duckworth-Lewis method).
Boult bowled half-a-dozen wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 19. Southee bowled 6.5 wicketless overs, conceding 36. Santner bowled seven wicketless overs, conceding 32. Bracewell bowled seven overs, conceding 23. He picked up a wicket, as did Ferguson, who bowled eight overs, conceding 41.
India led the five-match series 1-0.
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