India, March 3 -- Shreyas Iyer continued his purple patch with the bat since his return to the Indian team as he played another crucial knock against New Zealand in the Champions Trophy group stage match on Sunday. The stylish batter has registered four fifty-plus scores in his last six ODIs as he has once again become undisputable in the ODI set-up. India were in a tricky position against New Zealand after losing the top order cheaply with just 30 on the scoreboard as Rohit Sharma (15) and Shubman Gill (2) failed to give a solid start. While Virat Kohli also flopped on his landmark ODI with the bat and scored just 11.

Shreyas took the onus on himself and stabilised India's sinking ship by raising a 98-run stand with Axar and struck 79 f...