Latham using the sweep shot quite well to target Kuldeep. The left-hander sweeps Kuldeep powerfully over square leg for a six to take New Zealand past the 200-run mark, in the 34th over.
A single to Taylor a few balls later helps him complete his half-century from 45 balls.
Latham continues to attack Kuldeep as he comes down the track and smashes it straight down the ground past mid-off for a four, as Kuldeep goes for 14 in his seventh over.
In the next over, Taylor has a huge appeal for caught behind turned down against Thakur as India decide against the review.
Thakur then bowls a wide followed by three singles before Latham continues his attacking approach.
He skips down the track and heaves Thakur over midwicket for a four and then pulls the next for another four.
Shami is back into the attack. Taylor gets four runs courtesy of an overthrow as substitute Manish Pandey goes for the direct hit but misses and ends up giving some free runs with no one backing up.
Shami tries a bouncer which goes high and is ruled a wide followed by two singles before Taylor smashes the pacer through the covers for a four to get 13 from the over.
Jadeja to bowl his 10th and final over. Latham reverse sweeps the first ball for a four before Taylor heaves the fourth ball for a six over midwicket.
The last ball is short as Taylor pulls it for another easy four as 15 comes from the over.
54 runs from the last four overs as New Zealand rally to reach 250 for three in 37 overs, needing another 98 runs from 13 overs for victory.
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