Our scorer Venkat Raghav says he heard Dhoni yell out to Kuldeep to go round the wicket and that Boult will just stop it [and you can get the edge]. And guess what happened the very next ball?

5.50 pm Rohit Sharma ran off, gesturing the number 10 with his hands, so that might mean India get 10 overs before the break. He and Shikhar Dhawan won't have too difficult a challenge and that's all down to a splendid new-ball burst from Mohammed Shami, making yet another strong case to be in India's first XI, and the two wristspinners. Yuzvendra Chahal was so menacing, getting dip and drift to secure two caught-and-bowleds in very shot time. And who'd he get rid of? Ross Taylor and Tom Latham, two of New Zealand's best players of spin. Kane Williamson fought hard, but he too wasn't allowed to get away, so much that his 36th ODI fifty was rather more laboured than normal. Kuldeep Yadav got rid of him and then polished off the tail

"It's my first tour in New Zealand," Kuldeep says. "The ground are small here. And the wicket is very flat. We just stuck to our basics. Me and Chahal. That's it. This total is chaseable. It's very easy. I'm sure we should win it. Looking forward to the World Cup, these games are important, in all three departments, especially fielding. When we play in Australia also, there was a lot of home support. Coming here, to New Zealand, we're getting the same support. It's really amazing"

Akshat: "Kuldeep Yadav's comments should tell you the story of New Zealand's woeful batting performance. I don't even India expected this innings to go so well for them"

A very serious mid-pitch chat between NZ's two premier fast bowlers