India vs New Zealand | ODIs Not as Relevant as T20Is or Tests This Year: Virat Kohli

India lost the second ODI against New Zealand by 22 runs at Eden Park in Auckland, and with it, the three-match series as well. India captain Virat Kohli, though, was impressed with India’s fightback towards the end of the game.

Kohli rued New Zealand’s recovery from 197 for 8 to 273 for 8, but lauded his lower order batsmen for fighting back from tough situations. Navdeep Saini in particular was impressie, scoring 45 off 49 and taking the game deep from 153 for 7, along with Ravindra Jadeja (55).

“Two good games, it’s great for the fans,” Kohli said at the post-match presentation. “I’m impressed with how we finished. We let things slip away from 200 for 8 to 270+ in the first half but came back strongly with the second half of our batting. We were in trouble with the bat, but Saini and Jadeja played really well, and so did Shreyas (Iyer, who made 52).