India vs New Zealand, 2017 - 1st ODI - 5 reasons why India lost the match

#1 Ross Taylor & Tom Latham's match-winning partnership

Taylor and Latham's 200-run partnership saw New Zealand make easy work of the 281-run target

Having posted a good total on the board, India started off well with the ball, reducing the visitors to 80-3 in the 18th over. The wickets included those of the experienced and dangerous pairing of Martin Guptill and skipper Kane Williamson.

Veteran Ross Taylor was joined at the crease by wicketkeeper-batsman Tom Latham and India would have been hoping to get one more wicket to make inroads into the inexperienced lower-middle order of the opposition.

However, Taylor and Latham forged a brilliant partnership to bat India out of the contest. They hardly gave the Indian bowlers any chance during their 200-run stand for the fourth wicket and saw their team through.

They knew that there was very little batting to follow in case a wicket falls but they never let the target out of their sights despite rarely going for the big shots. They rotated the strike well and looked well in control of the run-chase.

India tried hard but the breakthrough came right at the end, and by that time the match was lost as the partnership between Latham and Taylor proved to be a match-winning one.