The ball continues to beat the edge as Pant plays and misses, pushing at Henry before he watchfully defends the next.
A bit of misunderstanding between Pant and Rahul before they run across to complete an easy single.
Rahul misses the clip off the inswinger and is struck on the pads for a leg bye and Pant is beaten again off the last ball.
New Zealand have a fielder at leg slip for Rahul against O'Rourke. The third ball swings into Rahul, who misses the glance as the ball goes off the thigh pad to Phillips at leg slip but there is no bat.
But Rahul falls in similar fashion next ball. The full delivery is down the leg side as Rahul goes for the glance but gets the thin edge and is caught by wicketkeeper Blundell.
Rahul is the third Indian to fall for a duck as the hosts slip to 33/5 in the 23rd over.
Ravindra Jadeja comes in at No 7. He gets a cracking delivery which rises up quite sharply to have the left-hander fending.
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