The host team India who lost the first game against Kiwis in Mumbai and now after trailed by 0-1 in the three-match ODI series against New Zealand, the Team India bowling coach Bharat Arun on Tuesday admitted that the Kane Williamson who leads side competed exceptionally well in the opening match and that it would be a bigger challenge for his side to make a comeback. The Men in Blue have rarely been in such a situation in the ODI series in the recent past, but a six-wicket defeat at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai has put the hosts trailing in the series. Now, India has to win the second game if they want to keep themselves alive in the ongoing series.

Arun said that Mohammed Shami and Umesh Yadav are first choices for Test matches while Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah are preferred the option for the limited overs format. "If you look at Shami and Yadav, they are your number one Test bowlers. And Bhuveshwar and Bumrah have been exceptional and posses all the skills to do well in ODI competitions,"

Arun believe "Well with these two boys (Chahal and Yadav) have done exceptionally well for us and we would like to take a good look at them before we could come upon a combination for the World Cup. So, so far they have shaped exceptionally well," he said. After performing extremely well against Australia, the two struggled against the Kiwis batsmen Tom Latham and Ross Taylor in Mumbai as they conceded 125 runs and managed a single wicket.

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