At Napier , New Zealand said they would go hard in India. This is a series that they have waited long for , rather nervously too , given the reluctance of the BCCI to honor the FTP and accountability to anyone. Now it happened, New Zealand are there to take full advantage of the abridged version of the tour.
It promises to be a series of equal strength : for their assault to the bat and ball , and shine in the field , New Zealand will still need their best at all times to get a better India , as was evident from the way Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni almost won a lost match their own . There was a lot of back and forth in the first ODI with both sides showing toughness at various points of the game. If they can keep that for the next 10 days , we could be in a memorable ODI series .
After Napier win, Brendon McCullum and Mitchell McClenaghan , the pitcher who did the most damage , have both said they were happy with the way the bouncers worked against India - four specialist batsmen fell pulling - and there will be no respite despite the absence of Adam Milne, who constantly upset about 150kmph in his first spell . Hamilton , however, could be closer to home to India. It has slowed recently , has been helping the spinners , has short boundaries and India should bring fond memories of comfortable victories in both the Test and ODI on their last trip to New Zealand .
There is extra incentive for India to win in Hamilton. If they do not , they will lose their No. 1 ranking in Australia temporarily .
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