Another whirlwind innings from Corey Anderson blasted New Zealand to 7-271 in the rain-interrupted second one-day international against India in Hamilton on Wednesday.
With the match reduced to 42 overs after rain halted play for nearly two hours, India will be chasing 297 under the Duckworth-Lewis method.
Anderson continued on from an unbeaten 68 in the first ODI in Napier on Sunday, and a 36-ball century against the West Indies in the New Year’s Day one-dayer.
The 23-year-old left-hander belted 44 off 17 balls, stroking two boundaries and sending five sixes into the Seddon Park crowd, including one which snared one fan $NZ100,000 ($A95,350) when he took a one-handed catch in a marketing promotion.
Jesse Ryder again had the Black Caps off to a quickfire start with 20 from 11 balls, but bottom-edged a shorter ball from Mohammed Shami for wicketkeeper MS Dhoni to take a regulation catch early in the sixth over.
Martin Guptill and Kane Williamson put on 89 for the second wicket, before Guptill was tempted into a pull shot and the top edge flew to Shami at fine leg.
Guptill’s measured 44 came off 65 balls, and included five boundaries and a six off Ishant Sharma over the long-on boundary.
Ross Taylor joined Williamson with the score at 2-114 after 21 overs, and the pair built a solid partnership until steady rain halted play with the score on 2-170 after 33.2 overs.
Williamson added only one more run to his tally when play resumed. Using his feet against Ravindra Jadeja, Williamson was beaten by flight and drift, leaving Dhoni an easy stumping to dismiss him for 77.
That brought Anderson to the crease to keep the runs flowing until he was out with one ball remaining in the 39th over, skying a slower ball from Sharma to Shikhar Dhawan at long-on.
That signalled something of a mini-collapse, as Brendon McCullum (0), Taylor (57) and Nathan McCullum (1) disappeared in the space of six balls.
Shami was particularly effective in halting the onslaught in the final overs, picking up 3-55 off seven overs.
On Sunday, the Black Caps won the first ODI in Napier by 24 runs. The third game in the five-match series is scheduled for Eden Park in Auckland on Saturday.
