India Vs New Zealand, 2nd ODI: Here are the key highlights

Pune, Oct 25: Team India produced a professional performance under pressure to record a convincing six-wicket win over New Zealand in a must-win game and level three-match series 1-1 here on Wednesday.

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Opener Shikhar Dhawan (68) and Dinesh Karthik (64*) struck brilliant fifties as India overhauled the below-par target of 231 set by the visitors.

Pacers Bhuvneshwar Kumar (3/45) and Jasprit Bumrah (2/38) led an inspired Indian bowling effort to restrict New Zealand to a modest 230 for nine after their skipper Kane Williamson elected to bat first.

With this win, Virat Kohli and his boys have shown they can come back strongly after being pushed to the wall.

Here are the highlights of the match:

# This was India's 50th ODI win over New Zealand in the 100th ODI they were up against each other. Lost 44, Tied 1 and NR 5 - success % 53.15.

# Shikhar Dhawan played shots all around the park en route his 22 ODI fifty. It was his first fifty against New Zealand.

# Dhawan also hit his ODI career's 50th six in the match as well. He's the 5th opener from India to do so.

# The left-handed batsman has also completed his career's 1000 ODI runs on Indian soil from 25 innings. He's second fastest after Rohit Sharma to do so.

# Dhawan shared a 57-run stand with Virat Kohli (29) before adding 66 runs with Dinesh Karthik.

# Karthik remained unbeaten on 64 in his 64th international innings. It was his 9th ODI half-century.

# Karthik and Hardik Pandya (30) forged a 59-run stand to secure the game for their team after Dhawan.

# MS Dhoni completed 9801 runs in the ODIs. He's now 199 runs short of his 10,000 runs.

# Dhoni completed 200 ODI catches on Indian soil with Martin Guptill's catch. He has taken 201 catches from 223 innings at home.

# It was only the second time in 12 ODIs this year when Trent Boult has gone wicket-less.

# Bhuvneshwar Kumar (3/45) has recorded his best bowling figures vs New Zealand in ODIs, eclipsing the 1 for 38 at Napier on January 19, 2014.

# Kumar has got his fourth Man of the Match award in ODIs - his first vs New Zealand. The said Man of the Match award is his first on Indian soil in ODIs.

# Indian fast bowlers captured six wickets - 3 by Kumar, 2 by Bumrah and one by Hardik Pandya. The last occasion when Indian fast bowlers bagged six wickets or more in an ODI in India was - eight wickets vs Sri Lanka at Eden Gardens, Kolkata on November 13, 2014 - 4 for 34 by Dhawal Kulkarni; 2 for 38 by Umesh Yadav & 2 for 55 by Stuart Binny.

# Tim Southee has captured Rohit Sharma's wicket five times. Only Sri Lankan Angelo Matthews has bagged his wicket most often than Southee - 7 times in 27 ODIs.

# Henry Nicholls (42) has posted his highest score in a losing cause in ODIs.