Latham, Taylor keep New Zealand's hopes alive
October 29, 2017  20:05
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NZ 214-3 (35 ovs) vs India 337-6 | Scorecard

Hardik comes back into the attack. The first ball sees Kohli misfield as he concedes a single to Tom Latham before Pandya bowls two wides in a row followed by three singles to get six from the over.

Axar doing a good job with the ball, giving away just 10 runs in his last three overs after he conceded 12 in his first two overs.

Latham breaks the shackles as he reverse paddles Axar fine on the off-side for a four before he punches the next ball to deep midwicket for two runs.

The in-form Latham looking in very good touch. Pandya tries the cross-seam slower ball but it sits up nicely for Latham, who cuts it past point for a four to bring up New Zealand's 200, in the 34th over.

Taylor looking to attack Pandya's gentle medium pacer as he sweeps it past short fine leg for another four to get 11 from the over.

The Pandya experiment not working as he has given away 36 runs from his four overs at nine per over.

Taylor top edges the sweep against Axar but it falls safely behind the wicketkeeper for a single.

After five singles, Taylor ends the over with a boundary as he paddles Axar fine for a four to get nine from the over.

New Zealand have reached 214 for three in 35 overs, needing 124 runs from 90 balls for victory with seven wickets in hand.

Latham has taken charge right from the start, racing to 26 from 22 balls, while Taylor has made the same number of runs from 29 balls.

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