London, May 25 -- : New Zealand defeated India by six wickets in their first World Cup warm-up match at the Kennington Oval on Saturday.
In a below-par 180-run chase, New Zealand lost its openers Colin Munro and Martin Guptill inside the first 10 overs. Munro (4) was given leg-before in the second over of the match off Jasprit Bumrah. Hardik Pandya dismissed Guptill (22), who played an aerial but KL Rahul ran to his right from mid-on and completed the catch, leaving the Kiwis at 37/2
Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor built a solid 114-run partnership for the third wicket to well place New Zealand. The duo completed their respective fifties before Yuzvendra Chahal got rid of Williamson for 67.
Having enough wickets in hands, Taylor and Henr...