Desperate to win their first match on the India tour, New Zealand posted 242 for the loss of 9 wickets in the second One-Day International at Kotla.

Earlier, Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and decided to bowl first. Umesh Yadav justified his skipper’s straightaway as he dismissed New Zealand opener Martin Guptill on the very second ball of the match. Beaten 3-0 in the Test series, down 1-0 in the ODI series, it was not the start that the visitors were hoping but their skipper Kane Williamson came to the rescue. He added 120 runs for the second wicket with Tom Latham to steady the ship. After Latham’s departure, Ross Taylor failed to score big and was dismissed for 21. But Williamson held firm from the other end and scored his eighth Test century. With 202 runs on the board by the end of 40th over and Williamson and Corey Anderson on the pitch, the visitors would have hoped to cross the 300-run mark. However, their batsmen failed to capitalise on the strong platform and kept on losing wickets at regular intervals after the 40th over. As a result, the visitors never got the impetus towards the end of the innings and finished their innings on 242 runs.

Here is how Twitter reacted to New Zealand’s innings:

https://twitter.com/DaantTodDunga/status/789043716510003201?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

https://twitter.com/_prejudiced/status/789043629658664960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Even NZ team felt bad last time as @imVkohli could not score a century so this time they are scoring so that he can. #indvsnz @vikashmoond7

— Rajat Srivastava (@rajat_srivas) October 20, 2016

Williamson has been dropped twice, he's fallen once, can't rule out motion sickness #INDvNZ

— Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket) October 20, 2016

https://twitter.com/CricketUrdu/status/789053642422661121?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

New Zealand batsmen gives a tight competition to West Indies ones when it comes to not rotating the strike. So many dot balls. #indvsnz

— Bharat Jain (@EdgedAndGone) October 20, 2016

.@ashwinravi99 and @imjadeja should pack up and go home. @JadhavKedar is usurping them: Current ODI average 5.66, SR 10, econ 3.40! #indvsnz

— Shiamak Baria-Unwalla (@Crikipedia) October 20, 2016

What a wicket by Axar Patel!
Someone needs to gift the lad a multi vitamin tablet.. #INDvsNZ

— Sameer Allana (@HitmanCricket) October 20, 2016

Cheete Ki chaal, Baaz ki nazar,Bajirao ki talvaar aur @msdhoni ki Gloves par sandeh nahi karte. Kabhi bhi maat de sakti hain. #IndVsNZ

— Koo_Ke (@rowdy_khiladi) October 20, 2016

No easy singles at any stage of the innings, the highlight of the Indian performance in the field.#indvsnz

— रोहित जुगलान Rohit Juglan (@rohitjuglan) October 20, 2016

Safe hands of Son of Sujata :
Williamson Departs
Safe Hands Of Son Of DEVKI :
Ronchi departs #IndvsNZ

— Saiyaara ✨ (@BeingKushSharma) October 20, 2016

https://twitter.com/VK18rocks/status/789026089054199808

Surely NZ Cricket would be better off playing Hesson ahead of Guptill. Or any Bus Driver. Or a drunk kiwi holidaying in India. Or the Benj.

— Pitt the Younger (@DragonsWCEagles) October 20, 2016

Martin Guptill Does Bhumi Pujan For New Zealand. 😉 Gone For DUCK. 😉#NZ 20/1 5 Overs#indvsnz #INDvNZ

— Sir Jadeja fan (@SirJadeja) October 20, 2016

माचिस तो यूँही बदनाम है, आग तो कोहली ने लगा रखी है: @virendersehwag की Commentary ?? #indvsnz

— SST ~ ? (@LifeKiKLPD) October 20, 2016

https://twitter.com/monusin19/status/789067280772628480

Honestly I don't rate Williamson too highly as a captain. Phenomenal batsman, but perhaps someone else could take over as skipper? #indvsnz

— Shiamak Baria-Unwalla (@Crikipedia) October 20, 2016