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Sent in to bat, New Zealand's batting fired in unison with Will Young (70), Rachin Ravindra (51) and Tom Latham (53) posting half-centuries.

The batter added that he knew Ravindra’s capabilities with the bat. “I wasn't surprised at all. Obviously, I've played a lot of cricket with him back home and he actually plays a very aggressive brand of one-day cricket.

The 33-year-old was absent for the tournament opener match against England and is now aiming to make a return during New Zealand's third match against Bangladesh on October 13 in Chennai.

Honestly once the game starts, it's the captain's team. It's the team that needs to take it forward, they need to execute it, they need to do the job, Dravid said during his interaction with the media

"We're both sort of Kiwis now. I was born in New Zealand and my family's from India, but I completely see myself as a Kiwi and obviously very proud of my roots and my ethnicity," Ravindra said at the post-match press conference on Thursday.

There were useful knocks by Jonny Bairstow (33) and captain Jos Buttler (43), but they failed to kick on against the 2019 finalists, who were led by stand-in captain Tom Latham.

New Zealand will step out on the field to take revenge for the Cricket World Cup 2019 final which they had lost in the Super Over.

On adapting to the conditions, Latham said that the goal is to be there till the end of the tournament and the team takes pride in its adaptability.

New Zealand's regular skipper Kane Williamson will miss the opening match as he is yet to recover fully from injury, stand-in captain Tom Latham will lead the side.

Minister of State for External Affairs Rajkumar Ranjan Singh visited New Zealand from September 24-29 during which he participated in the 1st India Business Summit and deliberated with the leadership of that country on strengthening bilateral ties.

Kane Williamson said that his knee held up pretty well while batting during the ICC Cricket World Cup warm-up match

The New Zealand skipper will play the role of specialist batter in a warm-up match against Pakistan on Friday in Hyderabad with the aim of batting and fielding in their second and last warm-up against South Africa in Trivandrum on Monday.

Though the Pakistan team is touring India after a gap of seven years, they feel home better than New Zealand given the familiar conditions

New Zealand cricket team arrived at Hyderabad airport on Wednesday night ahead of the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023

After nearly a decade since their last visit in 2012-13 for a bilateral series, Pakistan hav finally arrived in India.

This step has been taken considering the match in Hyderabad coincides with festivals on the day and large gatherings are expected around the city, a BCCI press release said

The tremor, with a depth of 10 km, was felt by residents in Christchurch and other South Island areas, according to Xinhua news agency.

The spectators were barred from the first warm-up game because of lack of security for the match

Southee injured his thumb when he dove across with both hands to take England batter Joe Root's catch but saw the ball hit his thumb and deflect to third man

Moeen Ali's four-wicket haul followed by Dawid Malan's century helped England beat New Zealand by 100 runs at the Lord's