Abhishek Purohit

India's fast bowlers will have to be prepared to bowl long spells in New Zealand, and run in with the same intensity they showed in South Africa, captain MS Dhoni has said

India born Ish Sodhi is looking forward to the challenge of bowling against India, who are fine players of spin

India haven't won an international since they began touring in December; an unforgiving schedule won't help as they look for a reversal during the Tests

Through hell and back, Jesse Ryder is happy that he is back, and in love with cricket again

Our correspondent soaks in the gorgeous view of Hawke's Bay, and gets used to following traffic rules even when there are no vehicles in sight

The New Zealand XI for the tour match against the Indians had only one international player in captain Anton Devcich, and the two-day affair would have meant little more than a centre-wicket practice opportunity in a game environment for the Indians

The Indians drew their warm-up game against New Zealand XI after taking a first-innings lead in Whangarei

Robert O'Donnell, the New Zealand XI batsman said that he was disappointed to not convert his score into a century, but was delighted to come good against a Test-level attack

The New Zealand XI batsmen lasted long enough to give the Indian bowlers a six-hour workout on a nice batting wicket in Whangarei

New Zealand coach Mike Hesson said his side would continue to pepper India with the short ball in the Test series as well after the tactic helped them to a 4-0 victory in the one-day series

MS Dhoni and his men have been given the luxury of a single day's break after the late-night finish to the ODI series on Friday, before they begin their sixth match in a fortnight

Brendon McCullum has termed the 4-0 win over India the "most satisfying" one-day contest he has been involved in and also called it a "ground-breaking" series for New Zealand

MS Dhoni has indicated that India will keep the faith in their current group of limited-overs batsmen in whom they have "invested heavily"

MS Dhoni said that the series was decided by the gulf in class between the middle orders of India and New Zealand

Plays of the Day from the fifth ODI between New Zealand and India, in Wellington

Nathan McCullum, who boasts an economy rate of 4.91 in the series, said that it had been a great challenge bowling against batsmen who are more equipped to deal with spin, on wickets that don't offer a lot of turn

Kyle Mills has said he has never operated in a New Zealand attack that has as much depth as the current lot

India have lived up to their reputation of being profligate with the ball, but worryingly even their batting has begun to falter outside Asia

New Zealand have made light work of the world champions mainly due to a consolidation strategy at the top of the order, executed to perfection by Ross Taylor and Kane Williamson

For New Zealand to win the match, and seal the series, with so much ease in such conditions was some feat. It would not have been possible without the partnership between Ross Taylor and Kane Williamson