India's seamers and Kohli 74 power them to 1-0 lead in rain-hit match
India's seamers were relentless with their interrogation of the New Zealand batters and were supported by excellent fielding and captaincy
India 143 for 5 (Kohli 74, Gill 37, Duffy 3-49) beat New Zealand 185 (Seifert 38, Arshdeep 4-70, Gurnoor 3-44) by five wickets (by DLS method)
A lot can change in four days. On last Friday New Zealand scored 259 in a T20I at Eden Park. In an ODI on Wednesday, they were bowled out for 185 by India's seamers, who were relentless with their interrogation of the batters and were supported by excellent fielding and captaincy. All the aggression with the ball and in the field proved to be useful as it earned Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill the time to get the win amid frequent rain breaks during their chase.
Anshul Kamboj, picked ahead of Mohammed Siraj, was the pick of the bowlers even though he took just two wickets. He extracted seam movement right until his last over, the 33rd of the innings, conceded just 22 in his 10 overs bowled across two spells and contributed to wickets at either ends with his discipline. The two Punjab seamers, Arshdeep Singh and Gurnoor Brar, caused sharp damage either side of Kamboj's wickets, getting four wickets with the short ball.
Arshdeep got a little greedy for the fifth wicket in the end, allowing the No. 11 Blair Tickner hit three sixes off him to rearrange his figures to 10-0-70-4, but Gurnoor backed him up with his third, ending a frustrating 39-run last-wicket stand between Tickner and Jacob Duffy.
