India vs New Zealand 2017, 2nd T20I: 5 things we learnt from the match

#3 Guptill manages to provide the oomph

New Zealand's experienced opener Martin Guptill had a forgettable Indian tour till today

Martin Guptill was having a horrendous India tour with nothing going right for him. He had either been undone by Bhuvneshwar Kumar or Jasprit Bumrah early in their spells or by Chahal who managed to outwit him with his guile and flight. Whatever the reason, Guptill has just failed to get going and New Zealand seemed to be handicapped by his continued failures.

However, at Rajkot, he showed signs of returning to form by giving a much-needed boost to the New Zealand innings early on. He took Yuzvendra Chahal for 16 in the 5th over and added yet another six against the leggie before the bowler extracted revenge by forcing a miscued loft that was pouched by Hardik Pandya at long-off. However, his 41-ball 45 gave New Zealand and Munro a stable platform to launch an attack.