Bowlers join the party at Dhaka

New Zealand were at one stage 94 for two and then 132 for four before their batting collapsed. Abhishek Sharma (2-33) ended the 68-run second wicket partnership between wicketkeeper-batsman Bradley Watling and Brad Wilson by having the latter caught by Sunny Singh. Watling’s 55 and Wilson’s supportive 30 from 52 balls belied the disaster that lay ahead for the Kiwis. Praful Waghela dismissed captain Daniel Flynn for a first ball duck before seamer Rudra P Singh (2-23) and the 17-year-old left-arm spinner Gupta (2-17) broke the back of the Kiwi batting.

Watling and Sam Mackay (19) put up 32 for the fifth wicket but the former’s run out by Suresh Raina signalled the doom as the last six wickets fell for 14 runs in the space of eight overs. In the morning, Sunny Singh scored an unbeaten 68 that helped India post a respectable total slipping to 101 for six. Sunny Singh faced 81 balls and hit seven fours while adding 66 runs for the seventh wicket with Gaurav Dhiman.

Brief scores:

215 in 47.2 overs (A T Rayudu 36, S Singh 68 n.o, G Dhiman 38; T A Davis 2-47, C Smith 3-42) beat New Zealand: 146 in 44.5 overs (B Watling 55, B Wilson 30, R P Singh 2-23, P Gupta 2-17, A Sharma 2-33).