NZ vs IND

So Auckland is done, the teams move to Wellington now into the Hnry Stadium for the second of the five ODIs after a couple of days' gap. Make sure you join us for that, from here this is Sourabh Agrawal signing off on behalf of Pradeep and the rest of the team. Cheers!

Shubman Gill (India captain): (on India's bowling) We were very good with the bowling. Our fielding was very good too. That run out by Rohit bhai changed the momentum. We have seen both those batters do really well in India as well, overall it was a very good performance. (thoughts on Anshul and Gurnoor) Anshul is tailor-made for these conditions, when you try to swing and seam the bowl around. Gurnoor, we wanted to use him with the old ball, generating some extra bounce with his height and the way both of them bowled was magnificent. (rain breaks during chase) It is never easy when you are set and then it rains. The wicket got quicker and more nippy after the rain, the way Virat bhai batted made it easier. (moving ahead to Wellington) Don't really want to change anything, it is about consistency for us. If we can do the same things over and over again, we would be in a great space

Mitchell Santner (New Zealand captain): "I think the pitch was a little quicker than we expected, although that's something you generally anticipate at Eden Park. We probably didn't adapt as well as we could have. When you're trying to fight the extra bounce, batting can become quite challenging. After the rain, the surface skidded on nicely. Credit to the fast bowlers for adapting, and we also picked up some valuable learnings towards the end of the game that we can carry into Wellington."

Anshul Kamboj is the Player of the Match: [On his bowling approach and consistency] "I've just focused on maintaining consistent lines and lengths, without worrying too much about how the wicket is behaving. It's about sticking to the basics, hitting the right areas and executing the plan." [On using variations] "A little bit of off-spin was working really well, so I decided to use that variation again." [On his preparation ahead of the series] "I've been working on my lengths and maintaining good lines. I also look at the strengths and weaknesses of the batters and plan accordingly." [On adjusting his lengths to New Zealand conditions] "It doesn't really matter because I get a good amount of bounce off the wicket as well. For me, it's more about the length I'm bowling and staying focused on that." [On his approach across different venues] "It's about looking at the surface and understanding what's happening on that particular wicket. You assess what kind of delivery will be most effective and what the right length is, and then focus on executing that."

10:40 PM local time (3:10 PM IST): MATCH SUMMARY

India (143/5 in 22.4 overs) beat New Zealand (185/10 in 40.2 overs) by 5 wickets

Virat Kohli 74(51) | Arshdeep Singh 4/70(10)
Tim Seifert 38(43) | Jacob Duffy 3/49(7)

Naman Dhir has made it a bit of a habit in this tour to hit the winning runs, isn't it? Well, it should have not come down to him tonight but the result was never in doubt anytime in the run chase. The most nervous India would have got is when the irritating drizzle was taking valuable overs away but in the end the contest was brought down to 32 overs and India made light work of it taking a 1-0 lead in the 5-match series

And of course where there is a run chase, there is Virat Kohli. While pretty much every other batter struggled on this pitch at the Eden Park in Auckland, the man was at his absolute best scoring a scintillating 51-ball 74 in the process completing his 80th ODI half century giving his millions of fans an advnanced return gift on the eve of his 38th birthday

India lost Rohit Sharma early, he scored an ODI duck after more than 3 years but then Kohli took over. Gill and Kohli added 113 runs for the second wicket either sides of two rain breaks and that partnership was dominated by Kohli. India did lose 4 wickets to the short ball going from 114/1 to 136/5 but the target was just not big enough to bother them at all

22.4 Nathan Smith to Naman Dhir, FOUR! GAME, SET AND MATCH! India go 1-0 up in this 5 match ODI series! Comprehensive win for India, though they stutter a touch in the end, but get the job done quite easily. Short, Naman was up for it, hammered it past mid-wicket, races away to the ropes.

22.3 Nathan Smith to Naman Dhir, short delivery, just outside the off-stump, that took off again. Naman swivels, but bails out of the pull shot.

21.5 Jacob Duffy to Naman Dhir, banged in short, Naman on top of the bounce, swivels and pulls it all along the turf to deep square-leg for a single. Naman showing how the short delivery should be played.

The short ball gets Iyer again! His stay in the middle was streaky, the luck runs out and he finds the fielder this time. Duffy gets his third wicket, India are 5 down

21.4 Jacob Duffy to Shreyas Iyer, OUT! PULLED STRAIGHT TO MID-WICKET AND GONE! Iyer gets undone with a short ball in the end. Banged in short outside the off-stump, Iyer went for a pull, not full blooded though and picks out Nicholls who takes a simple catch.

Rcb: "What about Ruturaj Gaikwad instead of Shreyas Iyer?"
Shreyas is the designated number 4 for India in ODIs. Will most likely get to see Ruturaj in matches 4 and 5 though, when some of the Test regulars will go away