Mohali, Oct 23 (CRICKETNMORE) Virat Kohli scored an unbeaten 154 off just 134 deliveries as India beat New Zealand by seven wickets to take a 2-1 lead in the five-match One-Day International (ODI) cricket series here on Sunday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Kohli, who scored his 26th ODI century, shared a 151-run stand with captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (80) as India chased down New Zealand's total of 285 all out with 10 balls to spare.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Tom Latham (61) and James Neesham (57) played pivotal roles in New Zealand's total as they overcame a middle-order batting failure at the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) Stadium.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The show was dominated by right-hander Kohli, who hit 16 fours and a six as he and Manish Pandey (28) shared an unbeaten 97-run stand before taking India home.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
It was a day of records for Dhoni, who not only became the fifth Indian to complete 9,000 ODI career runs during his 61st fifty but also became the first wicket-keeper to effect 150 stumping dismissals.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
However, Dhoni's start to the day as a captain was not as bright as he would have expected as the visitors looked good from the beginning after being asked to bat on a pacy wicket.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Martin Guptill (27 off 21) and Latham managed to score quickly after the first two silenced overs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The seventh over saw Yadav dismissing Guptill with a leg before wicket (LBW) decision. By this time, New Zealand were 46 for one in 6.4 overs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The partnership between captain Kane Williamson (22) and Latham lasted for only 34 runs as the former attempted a sweep off a Kedar Jadhav delivery that went on to hit the pads, resulting in a LBW.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Later, Latham was joined by Taylor and the right-hander, whose highest score on this tour so far was 36, showed ominous signs of posting a big score.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
With ones and twos, he and Latham managed to drive New Zealand ahead and their partnership flourished and it looked like their team would manage to score more than 300.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
But it was not to be. A classical leg-spin delivery from Mishra sharply spun away from Taylor who had stepped out of the crease, giving home captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni to record his 150th stumping dismissal -- the first wicket-keeper in the world to do so. After the end of the 73-run stand, New Zealand were 153\/3 in 28.3 overs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
From thereon, New Zealand's shortcomings in shot selection came to the fore as they lost three wickets within the space of four overs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
While left-hander Corey Anderson (6) offered a catch to Ajinkya Rahane at mid-off to a full toss from Jadhav, Mishra enticed Luke Ronchi (1) out of his crease and the batsman missed the ball before Dhoni did another stumping.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The big wicket of Latham also came through a poor shot as he drove straight a Jadhav delivery at Pandya at short cover. Latham's innings witnessed three hits to the fence and one over it.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
All-rounder Mitchell Santner (7) too perished, as a leading edge off a Jasprit Bumrah delivery went to Virat Kohli at point, reducing the visiting side to 180\/7 in 34.2 overs. Tim Southee (13) was bowled by Yadav as the New Zealanders reeled at 199\/8 in 37.5 overs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
But Neesham got good support from tail-ender Henry as the duo formed a partnership to bail the team out of trouble.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
While Neesham scored 57 off 47 deliveries with the help of seven fours, Henry showed a lot of composure in his 37-ball unbeaten 39.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In the chase, India's start in pursuit of the New Zealand's total was poor with the opening duo of Rohit Sharma (13) and Ajinkya Rahane (5) falling early.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In between Kohli too struggled but stayed on after being given a reprieve by Ross Taylor at slip off a a pacer Matt Henry delivery when the Indian was batting on six.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Then, Dhoni joined hands with Kohli as the underperforming captain promoted himself up the order. It was a statement of intent from Dhoni who has been recently criticised for poor batting form.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
New Zealand's hopes of putting Dhoni under pressure evaporated as soon as Dhoni moved out of his crease to whack a bouncer from paceman Tim Southee.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The duo of Kohli and Dhoni played fluently afterwards. Mixing caution with aggression, they plundered boundaries at regular intervals to ease the run rate pressure.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Dhoni smashed six fours and three sixes during his 91-ball innings and when he got out -- a catch by Taylor at short cover off Henry delivery -- his team was in a strong position with 94 runs required from 16.1 overs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Later, Kohli and Pandey sealed India's win.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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