Scorecard
Chasing a accomplishment appetite of 289 runs, India's weakness abut amore fast bowling came to the avant-garde afresh as they were abiding out for 88 runs in 29.3 overs.
The Indian batting collapse started in the seventh over ashamed Kyle Mills had Virender Sehwag (19) angled bottomward the leg accessory by wicket-keeper Gareth Hopkins.
Daryl Tuffey afresh took three wickets in three overs to breach the ashamed of the Indian top order. The aerial right-arm pacer ancient trapped Dinesh Karthik (14) arrect in avant-garde of the wicket, afresh had Rohit Sharma (4) angled by captain Ross Taylor at ancient boner and afresh had Suresh Raina (6) angled by Scott Styris at added slip.
If that was not enough, Tuffey ran out Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni in the abutting over to allay India to 53/5. Dhoni bankrupt a charge and responded to Yuvraj Singh's anxiety for a quick single. Yuvraj backed out at the aftermost moment, but Dhoni, who brimming and affronted complete fast to arise ashamed in his crease, could not beat a celerity Tuffey who calm the affray and access the stumps with a complete hit.
Left-arm pacer Andy McKay afresh got into the act ashamed he had Yuvraj (5) angled by Taylor at ancient boner to allay India to 62/6.
From afresh on, it was abandoned a bulk of time ashamed the Indian innings folded.
Earlier, Ross Taylor access a able 95 and Scott Styris cool 89 below accountability as New Zealand accustom a backbreaking 288.
New Zealand were advancing at 28/3 afterwards adequate the arrest in the day-night bender afore skipper Taylor and all-rounder Styris propped up the innings with a annual 190-run bend for the fourth wicket.
The amalgamation was New Zealand's best for the fourth wicket in one-day internationals, the anterior able achievement 168 amidst Lee Germon and Chris Harris abut Australia in the 1996 World Cup quarterfinal at Chennai.
Taylor looked set to complete his fourth one-day hundred ashamed he was trapped leg-before by left-arm seamer Ashish Nehra, who was the best accustomed bowler with 4/47.
The New Zealand captain hit one six and eight fours in his 113-ball knock.
India paceman Praveen Kumar did the ancient blow ashamed he had opener Martin Guptill angled aback for 11 and afresh bowled debutant Kane Williamson for no annual in his alive breach spell.
Nehra was the added wicket-taker in the anterior overs, accepting opener Peter Ingram angled aback for 12.
India afresh had to adjournment for added than 31 overs to get accession wicket as Taylor and Styris activated themselves appreciably able on a blah bend to accession the innings.
Sri Lanka are the third accession in the tournament. Each accessory will ball the added active in the basal accord afore the top two accredit for the final on August 28.
