Consolidated endeavors from batsmen and bowlers helped guarding champions India beat New Zealand by 45 goes through the Duckworth-Lewis strategy in a rain-hit Champions Trophy warm-up match at the Kennington Oval on Sunday.
Batting to start with, New Zealand were bowled out for 189 in 38.4 overs with opener Luke Ronchi (66) and bring down request batsman James Neesham (46).For India, pacer Mohammed Shami and Bhuneshwar Kumar scalped three wickets each while spinner Ravindra Jadeja took two wickets.
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Star off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin and pacer Umesh Yadav contributed with a wicket each.India began their pursuit on a positive note, yet after 26 overs, with 129/3 on the board, rain played spoilsport and constrained the players off the field. Be that as it may, till then, India were well in front of the D/L standard score of 84, which brought about their win.For India, Shikhar Dhawan (40) and captain Virat Kohli (52) were the real givers.