India beat Kiwis by 6 wickets

MNA Sports Desk: Half-centuries from Shikhar Dhawan and Dinesh Karthik fired India to a comfortable six-wicket win over Kiwis or New Zealand after a pitch-tampering storm threatened the second one-day international in Pune on Wednesday.

Dhawan scored a classy 68 and Karthik notched an unbeaten 64 as India made 232-4 to clinch victory with 24 balls to spare and level the three-match ODI series 1-1.

New Zealand captain Kane Williamson won the toss and chose to bat as the visitors looked to clinch the series with a victory following their six-wicket win in the opening ODI in Mumbai on Sunday.

India had other ideas though and restricted the Kiwis to 230-9.