New Zealand 112 for 2 (Williamson 49*, Taylor 32*, Shami 2-16) v India
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India received a rude welcome to New Zealand but his intent to pepper the short square boundaries got better of him, and Mohammed Shami forced the hosts into rebuild mode with a double strike. Rebuild Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor did, going with a boundary for almost 10 overs before opening up to push the run rate towards five an over at the halfway mark.
From the moment Ryder short-armed the last ball of the first over for six over square leg, signs were ominous. He hit two fours in the next over, and went after the short square boundary in the fourth over again. Shami, though, kept the seam upright and the ball right up despite Ryder's intent. To the last ball of the fourth over, Ryder's feet didn't go, the bat turned a little, and he was bowled to make it 22 for 1. Martin Guptill didn't look in the best of touches, and edged Shami in the eighth over for a sharp catch for R Ashwin at first slip.
Williamson and Taylor then batted cautiously. Bhuvneshwar Kumar was allowed to a bowl a quiet and long first spell, 24 in seven overs. Shami went off with a sore back after the two wickets, but Ishant Sharma made a decent start. When Williamson and Taylor took calculated risks in the 15th over, moving inside the line to work Ishant away for boundaries, those were the first hits to the boundary since the end of the fifth over.
New Zealand had made up their mind to shift gears, though. In the next over, Williamson chipped down to Ravindra Jadeja twice, and took four and three wide of long-on. Taylor drove him wide of long-off to reach 4000 ODI runs. Runs began to came freely after that, although Taylor did survive a close lbw shout from Ishant in the 17th over. With five singles in the 19th over, bowled by Virat Kohli, the partnership crossed 50.
Ashwin's introduction didn't have any impact on the partnership as they kept picking up the singles with the odd boundary thrown in. The last 11 overs leading into the halfway mark produced 62 runs.
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