Foulkes continues and Gill cuts it straight to backward point for a dot.
Gill then plays the next ball to third man for a single.
A dot later, Rohit goes after the scrambled seam delivery, edges it and is dropped by the keeper on 7.
Overpitched ball next, Rohit leans in and hammers it through extra cover for a four.
Rohit doesn't make the most of the reprieve and is out next ball. A soft dismissal as he chips the ball straight to mid-on. He is out for 11 and India lose the first wicket.
Jamieson continues and he starts with a dot.
Jamieson bowls a ball that comes in and Gill plays it to the leg side for a dot.
Gill then plays the ball to point, a misfield and there is a misunderstanding between Gill and Rohit, they avert a run-out.
Gill then short am jabs the next ball to mid-wicket for a for a four.
Back-to-back fours now as Gill flicks the next ball off his pads to deep square leg for a boundary.
Gill then gets a single to the leg side as 9 come off it.
Foulkes opens the attack at the other end and he starts with a no ball while Gill is off the mark with a single to the leg side.
Free-hit next and Rohit lofts it over the infield for the ball to fall in no man's land towards long off for a couple.
A dot later, Rohit guides the ball to third man for a single.
Gill then cuts the ball to point for a dot. Gill then comes down and eases into the drive as he caresses the ball through covers for a four.
A single to end the over as 10 come off it.
Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill come out to chase 338 for victory while Jamieson opens the attack for New Zealand.
And Rohit is off the mark with a four off the first ball of the innings as he creams the full and wide ball through covers.
Rohit then sees off five dots as 4 come off the opening over.
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