Mitchell hits Jadeja to long-on for a single to bring up his fifty from 49 balls. Jadeja needlessly concedes a boundary courtesy of an overthrow after stopping a ball on his follow through trying to hit at the stumps at the striker's end.
Rohit is unhappy as Jadeja needlessly gifts four extra runs, as seven come from the 23rd over.
Mitchell and Williamson have kept New Zealand afloat with some resolute batting in the middle overs.
In the next over, Williamson clips Jadeja on the leg side for a single to bring up New Zealand's 150, in the 24th over.
Williamson misses the sweep against Kuldeep and struck on the pads but the impact is clearly outside the line of the off-stump.
Jadeja continues as Mitchell again takes on the spinner lofting the fourth ball for a straight six and clips the next for a couple of runs.
New Zealand are 161/2 in 25 overs, needing another 237 runs from 25 overs for victory as the asking rate is fast closing in on 10.
India happy to continue with spin from both ends. Williamson drives Kuldeep down to long-off for a single to bring up his fifty from 58 balls.
Mitchell mistimes the lofted shot down the ground but is lucky that the ball falls well short of long-off.
The last ball turns sharply into Williamson who was making room to cut but can only dab it away.
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