Kolkata, Nov. 5 -- There was bounce, but the spongy kind that often undermined the big flashy shots. There was pace off the pitch, but the placement still had to be on point in a ground as unusual as Auckland. Winds swept across the ground to keep alive the chance of bringing in the clouds and with them some rain, making it a no-brainer to put New Zealand into bat. Once that was done, Shubman Gill walked his talk of using height and finding the right length in the middle overs with a four-pacer attack. India struck gold. New Zealand have been here before, getting dismissed for 157 by India in Napier in 2019, 168 in Wellington in 2003 before that. But rarely have they been tested by the short ball so consistently. With Auqib Nabi and Anshul ...