New Zealand comfortably placed at 170/2 as rain stops play

New Zealand batsmen played a listless Indian bowling attack with ease as they cruised to 170 for two in 33.2 overs before heavy showers stopped the proceedings in the second One Day International here today.
Put into bat, New Zealand scored steadily with in-form batsman Kane Williamson (76 batting) scoring his second successive half century while Martin Guptill (44) and skipper Ross Taylor (26 batting) also made useful contributions.
While Guptill and Williamson added 89 runs for the second wicket in only 15.3 overs, Williamson and Taylor added another 56 runs for the unbroken third wicket stand.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni won his second toss in a row and elected to field once again.

The threat of rain could have perhaps proved a factor in this decision, given his team didn't chase too well in the first match at Napier. The visitors went in with an unchanged side, while the Black Caps made one change, with Kyle Mills coming in for the injured Adam Milne.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar (0-20) started the proceedings once again, along with Mohammad Shami (1-28), and the two got some purchase from the air as clouds started hovering over Seddon Park as soon as the match began.

The skies were relatively clearer at the time of the toss. It didn't result in early breakthroughs though, as Kumar's pace hardly troubled the batsmen and Shami bowled a little too short.

The first wicket eventually did come in the 6th over, but once again it was more fault on part of the batsman. For a second consecutive match, Jesse Ryder played a nothing shot to Shami, and this time edged a rising delivery outside off-stump to Dhoni.
He threw away his quick start, wherein he scored 20 runs off only 11 balls, with four fours. It brought Kane Williamson to the crease, who carried on from where he left at Napier.