New Zealand beat India by six wickets in the first warm-up match before World Cup 2019. Chasing a modest total of 180, New Zealand opener Colin Munro fell cheaply to Jasprit Bumrah's perfect yorker in the second over. Martin Guptill (22 off 28) and skipper Kane Williamson (67 off 87) batted together till the 10th over, adding 29 runs. KL Rahul took a blinder, running backwards, to dismiss Martin Guptill. After that, Ross Taylor and Williamson together added 114 runs between them. However, both the batsmen got out towards the fag end of their innings but by then New Zealand's victory was a done deal. Earlier, India skipper Virat Kohli won the toss and chose to bat on a green track. Kedhar Jadhav and Vijay Shankar were not part of India's playing line up. India didn't have the greatest of starts as vice-captain Rohit Sharma and his partner Shikhar Dhawan both fell to Trent Boult after scoring two runs each inside four overs. In at three, KL Rahul also couldn't last long and went back to pavillion after dismantling his own stumps. Skipper Virat Kohli and Hardik Pandya, who came ahead of MS Dhoni to bat No. 5, built a small partnership but Kohli was undone by Colin de Grandhomme in the 11 over, with scoreboard reading 39/4. Hardik (30 off 37) and Dhoni (17 off 42) kept Indian innings going for a while but New Zealand bowlers picked three quick wickets of Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik and MS Dhoni to put India completely on the backfoot. But Ravindra Jadeja (54 off 50) batted with the tail to help India post 179 runs. He was helped by Kuldeep Yadav who scored 19 off 36 balls. (SCORECARD)
World Cup 2019 Warm Up Match Highlights, India vs New Zealand, Straight from Kennington Oval, London
Skipper Virat Kohli completes a simple catch to dismiss Ross Taylor. With just one to win, it was rather unnecessary shot from him. He is smiling on his way back. He goes back for 71.
Flighted ball from Jadeja and Willamson mistimes it completely for the first time in his innings and the ball goes over Karthik's head and races to the ropes.
Ross Taylor, after getting a life, tries a cheeky reverse-sweep towards third man and Yuzvendra Chahal chases it down and cuts it short. The Kiwi batsman come back for two.
Yuzvendra Chahal in order to flight the ball ends up bowling over picth ball right in the slot and Williamson slog-sweeps that one on the on side for a six.
New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson lofts that full and wide ball from Kuldeep Yadav over extra cover for a four. That was easy picking for Williamson.
Kane Williamson uses his feet well to create room and cuts that short ball from Kuldeep Yadav on the off-side through point for a four. The mini boundary meant fielder had no chance to stop that one.
Hardik Pandya bowls short and wide to Ross Taylor Taylor was quick to smash that over point for a four. It almost travelled the distance, just one bounce and over the fence.
Ross Taylor tries to break loose by playing an aggressive shot but ends up hitting it high in the air. Yuzvendra Chahal covers good ground running backwards but the ball was always going away from him and in the end falls between him and Bhuvneshwar Kumar who was running in from fine leg.
Marttin Guptill plays a nice pick-up shot but the ball goes high in the air, KL Rahul covers decent ground running backwards to take a wonderful catch. He made it look so easy. Hardik gets his first wicket. New Zealand two down. Gutill departs for 22 off 28 balls.
Martin Guptill goes over the bowler's head for a four. He didn't time the ball well as he would have liked but still fielding restrictions came to his rescue.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowled a good over to New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson, conceding one run. The key was that he targeted the stumps throughout the over. Williamson steals a single on the last ball.
Martin Guptill managed to cut that ball well in the gap towards the cover region for a four. The ball didn't have enough width but Guptill was so good.
Jasprit Bumrah bowls a perfect swinging yorker, hits Munro right in front of the wicket and the umpire has no hesitation in giving that out. That was a class act from Bumrah.
Martin Guptill and Colin Munro walk in to the crease. Bhuvneshwar Kumar will start for India. India have two slips in place and Dinesh Karthik is behind the stumps.
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