India vs New Zealand, 2017, 2nd ODI - 5 reasons why India won the match 

#3 New Zealand's failure to get a big score

The New Zealand batsmen were guilty of not converting their starts into big totals

India's fantastic start with the ball meant that New Zealand had it all to do right from the early overs but they never quite managed to recover from the early blows.

The Kiwis heroes from the 1st ODI - Ross Taylor and Tom Latham - did produce a brief rescue act, but unlike the match in Mumbai, they both failed to carry on and register a big total.

Colin de Grandhomme and Henry Nicholls also got good starts but even they perished when in their 40s and New Zealand never quite had that stable player at the crease who could have pushed on and got those big shots later on.

As skipper Kane Williamson told in his post-match comments, a total of 230 was never going to be enough and that is in part to India's brilliant bowling as well as the New Zealand batsmen failing to score big.