IND vs NZ, 1st ODI: Play resumes, India 62/1 after 13 overs
Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma
Indian openers were playing a patient inning while chasing a paltry 157 set by New Zealand at the McLean Park, Napier, before Rohit Sharma lost his wicket. He was dismissed off Doug Bracewell after making just 11 runs.
With Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli at crease, India's score stands at 62/1 after 13 overs.
Earlier, left-arm chinaman Kuldeep Yadav clinched four wickets to restrict New Zealand to a paltry 157 runs.
The host innings ended in just 38 overs with skipper Kane Williamson scoring the highest runs.
Williamson slammed a brilliant half-century to put up a decent fight but failed to find any partner at the other end as wickets kept falling at regular intervals.
Earlier, right-arm leg spinner Yuzvendra Chahal dismissed Ross Taylor and wicketkeeper-batsman Tom Latham in quick succession to put India in a dominating position. Kedar Jadhav too managed to take a wicket, thanks to a brilliant catch by Kuldeep Yadav.
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Pacer Mohammed Shami struck twice to dismiss New Zealand's openers early.
Opting to bat, the host lost Martin Guptill and Colin Munro for five and eight runs respectively. Both the players suffered the same fate and were clean bowled by Shami. Meanwhile, skipper Kane Williamson is going strong but requires a partner at the other end to put up a decent target for India.
Speaking after winning the toss, Williamson said, "Looks a good surface here and we want to put a score on the board. We know India are a good chasing side but we want to put runs on the board and I'm sure the surface will play the same throughout. Just the one spinner - Mitch Santner is back and also Doug Bracewell is in. It's about balancing the side, seam-bowling all-rounder is needed and that's what Bracewell comes in. I think it will be a fair pitch regardless of whether you're bowling seam, spin or batting. We were good in the SL series but want to keep improving. Looking for a good series to be played in the right spirit."
India, on the other hand, recently ended the Australia tour by creating several historic records.