48.6: Kristian Clarke to KL Rahul, SIX! DONE AND DUSTED! Kristian Clarke pitches it up, on middle and angling in. KL Rahul gets under it and whips it away using his wrists over the deep mid-wicket fence for a biggie. INDIA WIN BY 4 WICKETS AND TAKE THE LEAD IN THE SERIES 1-0!
48.5: Kristian Clarke to KL Rahul, FOUR! SCORES ARE LEVEL! Kristian Clarke just misses his length and bowls a low full toss, outside off. KL Rahul steps across, extends his arms and smacks it through covers for another boundary. All smiles in the Indian camp now.
48.4: Kristian Clarke to KL Rahul, FOUR! Pressure-releasing shot! A slower one. full but down the leg side. KL Rahul gets down on one knee and scoops it nicely over the short fine leg fielder for a boundary. There is a check whether it is a six or a four, but the replay shows that it has bounced just before. 5 needed in 8 now.
48.3: Kristian Clarke to Washington Sundar, Pitched up and around off, Washington Sundar lofts it towards sweeper cover for another run. 9 needed in 9 now.
48.2: Kristian Clarke to KL Rahul, Slower one, back of a length and on middle, KL Rahul punches it to long on for a run.
48.1: Kristian Clarke to Washington Sundar, Overthrows! The throw was absolutely not needed there. Short of a length and around off, Washington Sundar cuts it towards point. KL Rahul wants the run but is sent back. The fielder takes aim and has a shy at the bowler's end but misses. Even if he had hit the stumps, Rahul was in. There is no backup and the ball rolls away in the deep, which allows the single. This is ordinary cricket from New Zealand after being so sharp in the field for most of the innings.
47.6: Zakary Foulkes to Washington Sundar, Pitched up and angling into the pads, Washington Sundar chips it in the air but on the bounce to deep fine leg for one more. 12 needed in 12 now.
47.5: Zakary Foulkes to KL Rahul, Another short delivery, on middle, pace on, KL Rahul pulls it to deep square leg for one.
47.4: Zakary Foulkes to Washington Sundar, DROPPED! Another chance goes begging for the Kiwis! Zakary Foulkes hits the length hard, takes pace off once more. Washington Sundar shuffles across to scoop it but does not generate enough power as it flies behind short fine leg. Adithya Ashok, from the inner ring, runs backwards over his right shoulder, gets under it in the outfield, but spills it out. They cross.
47.3: Zakary Foulkes to KL Rahul, Back of a length and on middle, slower as well, KL Rahul swipes it away to deep square leg for anothe run.
47.2: Zakary Foulkes to Washington Sundar, Zakary Foulkes sees the batter back away, follows him, and serves this full, on leg. Washington Sundar drives it away towards deep point for a run.
47.1: Zakary Foulkes to KL Rahul, Short of a length and on off, takes pace off, KL Rahul mistimes his pull towards deep mid-wicket for a single.
46.6: Kristian Clarke to KL Rahul, Bangs this into pitch, outside off. KL Rahul drags this and loses his bottom hand off the handle, but still manages to pull it to deep square leg for one and retains the strike. 18 needed in 18 now.
46.5: Kristian Clarke to Washington Sundar, Slower one, on a length and on midlde, Washington Sundar flicks it to deep mid-wicket for another run.
46.4: Kristian Clarke to KL Rahul, On a length and on leg, KL Rahul clips it through mid-wicket for a run.
46.3: Kristian Clarke to Washington Sundar, Lovely shot! Fuller delivery, on off, Washington Sundar shows the full face of the bat and lifts it over mid off. Daryl Mitchell runs after and dives to push it back inside. However, as soon as Sundar played the shot, he looked in a lot of pain and only managed to get a single by hobbling gingerly to the other end. He was also seen holding his back. Might have just tweaked it a bit.
46.2: Kristian Clarke to Harshit Rana, OUT! EDGED AND GONE! Kristian Clarke gets his MAIDEN ODI WICKET! He is ecstatic and so are the Kiwis as they see another twist in the tale. Clarke hits the length hard this time, on middle, gets some extra bounce. Harshit Rana is not expecting that but tries to heave it across the line, and only gets a faint outside edge behind, where Mitchell Hay makes no mistake. Rana goes back after playing a handy knock of 29 off 23.
46.1: Kristian Clarke to Harshit Rana, FOUR! Gets it away and this will ease the nerves even more for India! Kristian Clarke bowls a low full toss, on off. Harshit Rana opens up his body and crunches it through the covers for a boundary, beating deep backward point to his right.
49.6: Prasidh Krishna to Kristian Clarke, Prasidh angles it into the batter on a good length, Kristian Clarke makes room and heaves it into the deep square leg and deep fine leg gap. Ravindra Jadeja gets across to his left and cuts it off, but the batters run for a couple. The throw from Jadeja is a bit wide of the keeper, and Jamieson looks to take the third, but Kristian has run far at the other end, so, they settle with a couple only. 14 runs off the final over. NEW ZEALAND FINISH EXACTLY AT 300/8!
49.5: Prasidh Krishna to Kyle Jamieson, Hard length and outside off. Jamieson heaves it to widish mid on for a single.
49.4: Prasidh Krishna to Kyle Jamieson, FOUR! Important runs these for New Zealand! Attempts for a yorker, but misses by a margin, on the leg stump line and it tails in a bit. Kyle Jamieson clears the front leg and drills it to the right of mid on and finds the fence.
49.3: Prasidh Krishna to Kristian Clarke, Up in the air... lands safely! And an outstanding run between the wickets. Slower length ball, outside off. Kristian Clarke mistimes his slash over cover and point and lands in the vacant real estate in the deep point region. Mohammed Siraj is a bit slow to get to the ball from the inner ring and that allows the batters an extra room to pinch in the third run.
49.2: Prasidh Krishna to Kristian Clarke, EDGED, FOUR! New Zealand will take it no matter how the runs come! An attempted yorker, on off, Kristian Clarke shapes up to drill that through cover, but gets a fat outside edge. There's no one in the deep third region and the ball races away to the fence.
49.1: Prasidh Krishna to Kristian Clarke, Skids through from a length, nipping back in and over middle, Kristian Clarke leans back to play the ramp shot, but the ball fizzes over his angled bat.
48.6: Harshit Rana to Kyle Jamieson, Slower length ball that jags back in from middle. Kyle Jamieson gets on the back foot and mistimes his heave off the inner half. The ball rolls to the left of deep fine leg and they hustle back for the second run.
48.5: Harshit Rana to Kristian Clarke, Pinpoint yorker, on middle, Kristian Clarke backs away to give himself room and squeezes it through point for a single.
48.4: Harshit Rana to Kyle Jamieson, Pace off, short and wide on off, Kyle Jamieson swings across to pull, but gets an inside edge and the ball bounces past the stumps to the left of the keeper for a single.
48.3: Harshit Rana to Kyle Jamieson, Executes another yorker, in front of the sticks. Kyle Jamieson gets a bit of an underedge while trying to carve it out and the ball rolls back to Harshit.
48.2: Harshit Rana to Kyle Jamieson, A yorker, on middle, Kyle drills it back to the bowler. Harshit dives on his follow-through to his right and half-stops it with his right hand.
48.1: Harshit Rana to Kristian Clarke, Full and wide outside off, Kristian Clarke shuffles across to scoop, but gets an inside edge and the ball rolls through square leg for a single.
47.6: Prasidh Krishna to Kyle Jamieson, Pace on, full and around off, Kyle Jamieson forces the drive to extra cover.
47.5: Prasidh Krishna to Kyle Jamieson, A yorker that tails in on middle, Kyle Jamieson jams the bat down and digs it out straight.
47.4: Prasidh Krishna to Daryl Mitchell, OUT! LBW! Krishna with a massive wicket in the backend. This is full and straight, in line of the stumps, slightly nipping back into the batter. Daryl Mitchell tries to smoke it over long on by clearing his front leg, but swings over the line and wears it on the back pad. A big appeal for LBW, and up goes the finger. Daryl Mitchell goes upstairs straightaway and takes a review. There is a daylight gap between bat and the ball and Ball Tracking shows three reds with the ball projected to crash in the leg stump. A fine, fine knock from Daryl Mitchell. Wickets kept falling around him, but he held his ground. 84 off 71 from him. New Zealand are 281/8.
47.3: Prasidh Krishna to Daryl Mitchell, FOUR MORE! Off the top edge! At 127.8 kph, this is short and over the shoulders, Daryl Mitchell tries to pull, tries to play it a bit fine, but gets it off the top edge and the ball races away to the deep fine leg fence for a boundary.
47.2: Prasidh Krishna to Daryl Mitchell, SIX! KABOOM! The floodgates are opened. Slower one by the looks of it, short and just outside off. Daryl Mitchell sits back and opens the front leg to create room before nailing the pull shot over deep mid-wicket for a cracking six.
47.1: Prasidh Krishna to Daryl Mitchell, FOUR! Clever, very clever! Pace from 'Skiddy', full at 136.6 kph, on the stumps. Daryl Mitchell shuffles a long way across off and just scoops it over short fine leg for a boundary.
