WATCH: Rohit Sharma's Brilliant Catch Stuns Martin Guptill

For India, it was young all-rounder Shivam Dube who got the first wicket. Rohit Sharma took a brilliant catch at deep square-leg near the boundary rope by lobbing the ball in the air and settling in at the end to send Guptill back to the hut

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New Delhi: Shreyas Iyer (58 off 29-balls) finished off in style with a mighty six to propel team India to a six-wicket win in the series opener against New Zealand on Friday. After put to bat first, Kiwi star openers Martin Guptill and Colin Munro got off to a flier start in Auckland as they brutally thrashed the Indian bowlers to score a 50 run partnership inside 5 overs. Team India desperately needed a wicket to stop the flow of runs. For India, it was young all-rounder Shivam Dube who got the first wicket. Rohit Sharma took a brilliant catch at deep square-leg near the boundary rope by lobbing the ball in the air and settling in at the end to send Guptill back to the hut.

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Fine Fifties from Williamson, Munro and a fiery late flourish from veteran batsman Ross Taylor powered the Kiwis to 203/5 against India. Chasing 204 to win, Manish Pandey (14 off 12 balls) and Shreyas Iyer (58 off 29 balls) bossed the chase to power India to a super 6 wicket win against Kiwis as the duo got the job done with 6 balls to spare. India now lead 5 match series by 1-0.