Deenadhayal Sub: "Shami should be eager to exploit the pitch. He is definitely apt for these conditions"

Sudheer: "Vijay Shankar appears to be a better prospect for 4th position. Will also give India an additional bowling option. His might be useful in English conditions."

PJ: "It will be fascinating to see how Munro approaches his innings. There's no question his participation at the World Cup might depend on this turn at bat."

Ishan Jain: "Two contrasting innings by India's all-rounders with a couple of similarities. Both scored 45 in very different circumstances, but equally important in the context of the game. Both got little unlucky with their dismissals. "

Narasimhan: "I can recollect memories of msd's knock back in 2012-13 against pak at Chennai after watching rayudu's knock. I fish it doesn't finish in vain like then"

Ganesh: "I think it definitely a wining score. Throughout the series Kiwis batting was underpressure. Hardik was a different between two side. His run may have been wining side."

Back with the chase soon, should be a cracker.

A flurry of wickets at the start and a flurry of wickets towards the end, but India wouldn't mind the latter as it was accompanied by some outrageous hitting from Hardik Pandya, who has catapulted India's total to 252 with a 22-ball 45 which included five sixes, each bigger than the other. Earlier, India wanted to be challenged, and so they were, as four fell to the old nemesis, swing. But unlike Hamilton, India's middle-order stood up, as Ambati Rayudu and Vijay Shankar stitched an invaluable 98-run stand, before the latter was run-out short of fifty courtesy an awful mix-up. Rayudu, though, battled on and upped the ante as his innings progressed and fell for 90 only after India had regained enough ground.

New Zealand new ball bowlers, Boult and Henry, were brilliant, and shared seven wickets between them, but without the pace of a Ferguson or the experience of Southee to follow, the hosts couldn't quite push home the advantage after reducing India to 18 for four