India vs New Zealand, 2017, 2nd ODI - 5 reasons why India won the match 

#2 Spinners make their mark

Making his comeback into the side, Axar Patel accounted for the in-form Tom Latham

One of the primary reasons for India's loss in the series opener at Mumbai was the failure on the part of the Indian spinners to curtail the New Zealand scoring as well as to get the breakthroughs.

Kuldeep Yadav paid the price as he was left out of the side and was replaced by Axar Patel and the latter accounted for the in-form Tom Latham, who had led to India's downfall at Mumbai.

Yuzvendra Chahal and Kedhar Jadhav also played their roles beautifully as they put the stranglehold on the New Zealand scoring during the middle overs as well as picking up some key wickets.