India made a couple of changes to their playing eleven – Virat Kohli and Mohammed Shami made way for One-day International debutant Shubman Gill and Khaleel Ahmed.
New Zealand made four changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Colin Munro, Doug Bracewell, Ish Sodhi and Lockie Ferguson made way for Jimmy Neesham, Colin de Grandhomme, Todd Astle and Matt Henry.
On winning the toss, Kane Williamson, New Zealand’s skipper, inserted the visitors.
The first Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the 10th over. They scored 32, and lost a couple of wickets.
Shikhar Dhawan, whose 20-ball innings included a boundary and the only six of the innings, scored 13. Thirty-five balls into the match, he was trapped leg before wicket by Trent Boult, the player of the match, who broke the 21-run stand.
Rohit Sharma, India’s skipper, faced 23 balls, and had no reason to be in seventh heaven – 13 balls later, he was caught by Boult, who broke the two-run stand.
The second Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the 11th and the 40th over. They scored 60 and lost eight wickets.
Ambati Rayudu, who faced four balls, didn’t get off the mark. Fourteen balls after Sharma’s dismissal, he was caught by Martin Guptill. De Grandhomme broke the 10-run stand.
The fourth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Dinesh Karthik, who faced three balls, didn’t open his account. Three balls later, he was caught by Tom Latham off the bowling of de Grandhomme.
The fifth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Gill, whose 21-ball innings included a boundary, scored nine. Seven balls later, he was caught by Boult off his own bowling.
Seventy-nine balls into the match, India sought a batting review. Kedar Jadhav was the batsman. He had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored just a run. It was struck down by English umpire Nigel Llong. The Punekar was trapped leg before wicket by Boult, who broke the two-run stand.
Fifteen overs into the match, the drinks break was taken. India had scored 39 for the loss of half-a-dozen wickets at that point. While Hardik Pandya was batting on four, Bhuvneshwar Kumar hadn’t opened his account.
Kumar, who faced a dozen balls, scored just a run. Twenty-one balls after Jadhav’s dismissal, de Grandhomme broke the five-run stand.
India scored 50 off 17.4 overs (106 balls). New Zealand had scored five extras at that point.
Pandya, whose 20-ball innings included four boundaries, eventually scored 16. Eighteen balls after Kumar’s dismissal, he was caught by Latham. Boult broke the 15-run stand.
Kuldeep Yadav, whose 33-ball innings included a boundary, scored 15. Fifty-seven balls later, he was caught by de Grandhomme. Astle broke the 25-run stand.
Yuzvendra Chahal, whose 37-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 18. He was unbeaten.
Ahmed, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary, scored five. Ten balls after Yadav’s dismissal, Neesham broke the 12-run stand.
The number of extras they eventually conceded gave New Zealand no reason to be in seventh heaven. India were bundled out for 92 off 30.5 overs. Henry bowled eight wicketless overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 30.
Neesham, who bowled five balls, conceded as many. He picked up a wicket, as did Astle, who bowled a couple of overs, conceding nine. De Grandhomme bowled 10 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 26, picking up three wickets. Boult bowled 10 overs, including four maidens. He conceded 21, picking up five scalps.
The first Powerplay of New Zealand’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the 10th over. They scored 51, and lost two wickets.
Guptill, whose four-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 14. Four balls into the chase, he was caught by Pandya. Kumar broke the 14-run stand.
Williamson, whose 18-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 11. Thirty-four balls later, he was caught by Karthik. Kumar broke the 25-run stand.
New Zealand scored 50 off 8.4 overs (53 balls). India had scored an extra at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.
The third-wicket pair put on 50 off 49 balls. While Henry Nicholls' contribution to the partnership was 17, Ross Taylor’s contribution to it was 33. Extras didn’t contribute to the partnership.
Nicholls, whose 42-ball innings included four boundaries and a six, eventually conceded 30. He was unbeaten, as was Taylor, who eventually scored 37. His 25-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and three sixes.
New Zealand, who scored 93 for the loss of two wickets off 14.4 overs, won by eight wickets with 212 balls to spare. Yadav bowled a wicketless over, conceding two. Chahal bowled 2.4 wicketless overs, conceding 32.
Ahmed and Pandya bowled three wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 19, the latter conceded 15. Kumar bowled five overs, including a maiden. He conceded 25, picking up both the wickets that fell.
India led the five-match series 3-1.
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