India go 2-0 up after narrow DLS win in low-scoring suspenser
India won by 4 runs (DLS method)
Player Of The Match
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4/30
On a night when quick bowlers from either side did great things, Gurnoor Brar stood out • Getty Images
India 113 for 7 (Iyer 30, Rahul 26*, Duffy 3-35, Jamieson 3-35) beat New Zealand 134 (Mitchell 55, Santner 31, Brar 4-30, Kamboj 2-25, Axar 2-28, Nabi 2-31) by four runs (DLS method)
Rain taketh what rain giveth. Consistent rain on the eve of the second ODI between New Zealand and India, which continued on match morning, played a significant part in giving us a pitch that hosted a rare low-scoring thriller in Wellington, but rain on the night of the match also denied us an organic finish. When the rain arrived to put a premature end to the 47-overs-a-side contest, India had just lost their seventh wicket and had scored 113 runs in a chase of 135. They were only four runs ahead of the DLS par score, a measure of how close the match was.
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