India, Jan. 11 -- Trust a New Zealand team to punch above their weight. Even without a host of first-choice players for the one-day series against India, the Kiwis gave the star-studded India a fright in the first game of the three-match series at the new Baroda Cricket Association International Stadium here on Sunday.

In the first men's international game at BCA's new home, the visitors put up a spirited show to play their part in an exciting match which India won by four wickets with one over to spare.

Put into bat, NZ defied the home side's spinners to raise 300/8 and their bowlers then backed it up by making India fight for every run in the chase. Only a vintage effort from Virat Kohli saved India the blushes. Riding on his sublime ...