The contract with Ronchi should be finalised in the next few days before the home T20 series against New Zealand commences.

Kiwi batter Glenn Phillips feels this player will play a crucial role in India's bowling attack on the tour of New Zealand

New Zealand vs Bangladesh, 2nd Test: New Zealand batting coach Luke Ronchi laid out the lessons the team learned from the loss in the first test and how their batting strategy was to frustrate the Bangladeshi spin attack.

Former Kiwi cricketer Luke Ronchi has been appointed as the New Zealand batting coach for the upcoming summer, replacing the post left vacant by Peter Fulton in July.

The New Zealand squad ran thin for the second ODI, with several players suffering from illness.

Luke Ronchi hit a brilliant half-century for Islamabad United.

Luke Ronchi went on to play four Tests, 85 ODIs and 32 T20 matches in total for the Black Caps with the shock loss to Bangladesh in the recently-concluded ICC Champions Trophy 2017 being his last in New Zealand colours.

Mitchell Santner played fighting knocks of 32 and 71 in New Zealand's resistance against the dominating Indian spinners and took five wickets, albeit in a losing cause

Ravindra Jadeja (5/73) and Ravichandran Ashwin (4/93) combined forces to dismiss New Zealand for 262. Murali Vijay and Cheteshwar Pujara then shared an unbeaten 107-run stand to put India on top on Day 3 of the first Test at Kanpur

Luke Ronchi's 107-run knock was the highlight of the New Zealand second innings which ended at 235 all out on the third and final day, providing the visiting side more batting practice ahead of the first Test