India, Nov. 12 -- New Zealand delivered a dominant performance against India, registering a convincing 5-0 victory in their first international friendly in Auckland on Thursday. Jesse Randall led the scoring with a brace, while captain Chris Wood also found the back of the net as the All Whites exposed India's defensive weaknesses. The result highlighted the gap between the two teams, who are separated by 50 places in the latest FIFA rankings.

New Zealand took the lead in the fifth minute through an unfortunate own goal by Bijoy Varghese, who deflected Randall's cutback into his own net following a clearance from Pramveer. Randall then struck twice in quick succession, scoring in the 34th and 43rd minutes to put the hosts firmly in contr...