DHARAMSALA, Oct 22: India beat New Zealand by four wickets to record their straight fifth win in the World Cup here on Sunday.
Virat Kohli struck 95 off 105 balls and shared 78 runs with Ravindra Jadeja (39 not out) for the sixth wicket to chase down the 274-run target in 48 overs.
Captain Rohit Sharma contributed 46 off 40 balls at the top of batting order.
Lockie Ferguson was the most successful New Zealand bowler with figures of 2 for 63.
Earlier, pacer Mohammed Shami grabbed 5/54 in his comeback game to help India restrict New Zealand to 273. Kuldeep Yadav bagged 2/73.
Daryl Mitchell top-scored for New Zealand with a career-best 130.
New Zealand lost openers Devon Conway (0) and Will Young (17) cheaply, but thereafter Mitchell and Rachin Ravindra (75) shared a 159-run partnership to revive their innings.
Brief Scores:
New Zealand 273 in 50 overs (Daryl Mitchell 130, Rachin Ravindra 75; Mohammed Shami 5/54).
India: 274 for 6 in 48 overs (Virat Kohli 95, Rohit Sharma 46; Lockie Ferguson 2/63).
SCOREBOARD
New Zealand innings:
Devon Conway c Iyer b Mohammed Siraj 0
Will Young b Mohammed Shami 17
Rachin Ravindra c Shubman Gill b Mohammed Shami 75
Daryl Mitchell c Kohli b Mohammed Shami 130
Tom Latham (c) lbw b Kuldeep Yadav 5
Glenn Phillips c Sharma b Kuldeep Yadav 23
Mark Chapman c Kohli b Bumrah 6
Mitchell Santner b Mohammed Shami 1
Matt Henry b Mohammed Shami 0
Lockie Ferguson run out (Rahul) 1
Trent Boult not out 0
Extras: (b 3, lb 5, w 7) 15
Total: (All out in 50 overs) 273
Fall of wickets: 9-1, 19-2, 178-3, 205-4, 243-5, 257-6, 260-7, 260-8, 273-9, 273-10
Bowlers: Jasprit Bumrah 10-1-45-1, Mohammed Siraj 10-1-45-1, Mohammed Shami 10-0-54-5, Ravindra Jadeja 10-0-48-0, Kuldeep Yadav 10-0-73-2.
India Innings:
Rohit Sharma b Ferguson 46
Shubman Gill c Mitchell b Ferguson 26
Virat Kohli c Phillips b Henry 95
Shreyas Iyer c Conway b Boult 33
KL Rahul lbw b Santner 27
Suryakumar Yadav run out 2
Ravindra Jadeja not out 39
Mohammed Shami not out 1
Extras: (LB-1 W-4) 5
Total: (For 6 wickets in 48 overs) 274
Fall of wickets: 1/71 2/76 3/128 4/182 5/191 6/269
Bowling: Trent Boult 10-0-60-1, Matt Henry 9-0-55-1, Mitchell Santner 10-0-37-1, Lockie Ferguson 8-0-63-2, Rachin Ravindra 9-0-46-0, Glenn Phillips 2-0-12-0. (PTI)
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