India beats New Zealand by six wickets, levels ODI series

Pune, India: India cruised to a six-wicket victory against New Zealand in the second one-day international in Pune Wednesday to level the three-match series 1-1.

Shikhar Dhawan and Dinesh Karthik scored half-centuries as India finished on 232-4 after New Zealand had scored 230-9.

Final scoreboard of the second one-day international between India and New Zealand in Pune on Wednesday:

M. Guptill c Dhoni b Kumar 11

C. Munro b Kumar 10

K. Williamson lbw b Bumrah 3

R. Taylor c Dhoni b Pandya 21

T. Latham b Patel 38

H. Nicholls b Kumar 42

C. de Grandhomme c Bumrah b Chahal 41

M. Santner c Kohli b Bumrah 29

A. Milne lbw Chahal 0

T. Southee not out 25

T. Boult not out 2

Extras (lb3, w5) 8

Total (9 wickets; 50 overs) 230

Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Guptill), 2-25 (Williamson), 3-27 (Munro), 4-58 (Taylor), 5-118 (Latham), 6-165 (Nicholls), 7-188 (de Grandhomme), 8-188 (Milne), 9-220 (Santner)

Bowling: Kumar 10-0-45-3 (w1), Bumrah 10-2-38-2, Jadhav 8-0-31-0 (w1), Pandya 4-0-23-1 (w2), Patel 10-1-54-1 (w1), Chahal 8-1-36-2

India (target 231)

R. Sharma c Munro b Southee 7

S. Dhawan c Taylor b Milne 68

V. Kohli c Latham b de Grandhomme 29

D. Karthik not out 64

H. Pandya c Milne b Santner 30

M.S Dhoni not out 18

Extras (lb7, w9) 16

Total (4 wickets; 46 overs) 232

Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Sharma), 2-79 (Kohli), 3-145 (Dhawan), 4-204 (Pandya)

Bowling: Southee 9-1-60-1, Boult 10-0-54-0, Milne 8-1-21-1, Santner 10-0-38-1, de Grandhomme 7-0-40-1, Munro 2-0-12-0

Did not bat: K. Jadhav, A. Patel, B. Kumar, J. Bumrah, Y. Chahal

Result: India won by six wickets

Toss: New Zealand

Umpires: Chettithody Shamshuddin (IND), Rod Tucker (AUS)

TV Umpire: Michael Gough (ENG

Match Referee: Chris Broad (ENG)

AFP