Seven years later, the Indian bowlers recreated the nightmare World Cup 2019 semi-final in New Zealand

NEW DELHI: New Zealand got off to a terrible start against India in the second ODI at the Henry Stadium in Wellington on Saturday. The Indian bowlers were on target from the first over and made life difficult for the home batsmen.The last time New Zealand scored seven runs or less at the end of the first five overs in an ODI was against India in the 2019 World Cup semi-final in Manchester. The Black Caps once again found themselves struggling against the Indian attack, with just seven runs on the board and one wicket down after five overs.Indian captain Shubman Gill won the toss and elected to field first. Arshdeep Singh and Auqib Nabi took full advantage of the conditions and kept the New Zealand batsmen under pressure.

Arshdeep Singh starts with a girl

Arshdeep gave India the perfect start by bowling a maiden. Will Young struggled to deal with the pacer movement of his left arm and failed to score in the first six balls.Auqib Nabi shared the new ball and struck in his first over. Tim Seifert, facing five balls without scoring, attempted a full delivery but played the strike too early. He kicked the ball towards mid off where Anshul Kamboj took a good catch.Auqib picked up his first ODI wicket as New Zealand lost their first wicket by just two runs.

New Zealand batsmen struggle for a wicket

Henry Nicholls joined Young at the crease but runs continued to be hard to come by. Auqib kept harassing the left-hander with deliveries coming back to him.Arshdeep also kept up the pressure from the other end. New Zealand managed just two runs in the third over and another two in the fourth.At the end of five overs, New Zealand were 7/1.