Throughout this series, New Zealand have shown fight and fortitude, only for their game to cascade into chaos. This time it was their middle-order batsmen who failed to build on their openers’ effort. The fall was drastic on a wicket which the openers had proved did not have many demons. R Ashwin was that man for India but was kept in check by Guptill (72) and Latham (53). That’s one of the things I thought I would repeat in this series,” Ashwin said.

Source: Hindustan Times October 10, 2016 16:41 UTC