- New Zealand giving tough fight to India in limited overs format
New Zealand came to India for limited overs series in October- November. The visitors won the first match by 6 wickets at Mumbai with centuries from Taylor and Latham. In Pune, the Indian team came back strongly to level the series at 1-1. The third ODI match at Kanpur was a thriller with India scoring 337 for 6. Collin Munro made 75, Kane Willamson 64; Latham 65 could not help New Zealand to win the series.
In the T20I series too, New Zealand lost the first match by 53 runs at Delhi. In the second match, New Zealand leveled the series winning at Rajkot by 40 runs. The third T20I at Thiruvananthapuram was a thriller as India scored 67 for 5 in 8 overs. New Zealand could not handle pressure and lost the match by just 6 runs.
