Virat Kohli's Indian cricket team had arrived in Hamilton for the first ODI on the back of a 5-0 whitewash in the Twenty20 Internationals. Shreyas Iyer's maiden century and a blitz from KL Rahul helped India reach 347/4. However, Ross Taylor's brilliant century and his 138-run stand with skipper Tom Latham helped New Zealand chase down the target and win by four wickets. The Indian Cricket Team would be ruing the fact that they conceded 118 runs in nine overs during the middle overs as Latham and Taylor took the attack to the Indian pacers. Virat Kohli's side did not help themselves by bowling inconsistent line and lengths as well as sloppy work in the field where Kuldeep Yadav dropped the catch off Taylor on 11.