New Zealand skipper Tim Southee admitted that India managed to slow them down in the middle overs especially Rohit Sharma handed the ball to his spinning duo of Ravichandran Ashwin and Axar Patel. The duo gave away just 64 runs from 7 to 16 overs with Ashwin (1/19) and Axar (1/26) dominating the New Zealand batters in the dew-laden condition.

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