Tom Latham: Building partnerships and keeping composure was key to the successful chase

Stand-in skipper Tom Latham says building partnership and holding ir nerves in crucial moments helped New Zealand cross finish line in high-scoring first ODI against India. New Zealand recorded ir highest-ever run chase of 348 runs, riding on Ross Taylor's unbeaten 84-ball-109 and Latham's attacking half-century.

'Building partnerships and keeping composure'

"Great performance from guys. It was nice to keep our composure at end and get across line," Latham said at post-match presentation. 

"For us it was about building partnerships. total was a little more than what we would have liked to chase. But we mand to get off to a good start and keep wickets in hand.

"We saw how hard it was to defend with left-right combination. It's nice to make winning contributions. way Ross played was fantastic."

India posted a huge 347 for 4 and Latham said his team will look to find ir "perfect" game in second ODI. "We weren't quite where we wanted to be with ball. So we got to improve and hopefully we will play perfect game at Eden Park." Taylor, who was judged Man of Match for anchoring chase, said right-left combination and short boundaries helped New Zealand chased overhaul total.

"It has been an interesting summer, so as to speak, good to get across line. To restrict m under 350, gave us a chance. We were fortunate with right-left combination and we targeted short boundary. Tom came in and released pressure of me," he said.

"It's been a happy hunting ground for me. Hopefully we can put up a good performance in next game. It was nice to be re at end after I got out thrice towards end in T20 series."

India will take on New Zealand in second ODI on Saturday in Auckland.