Top 5 batting performances by a New Zealander on Indian soil

In about 13 days time, New Zealand will start their tour of India, consisting of thee Tests and five ODIs and ahead of that series, we go back in time to see great efforts by visiting Kiwi batsman on Indian soil in the longer format of the game.

5.Ross Taylor 113 (Bangalore 2012)

Ross Taylor played a captain’s knock

After getting humbled by an innings in Hyderabad, New Zealand arrived in Bangalore hoping to turn the tables on the hosts. Captain Ross Taylor called it right at the toss and opted to bat first.

But the openers didn't justify the call, and he walked out to bat at the score of 63. He slowly began to build the innings in the company of the likes of Martin Guptill, Daniel Flynn and others, but India kept pegging the Kiwis at vital junctures to ensure they didn't get away with the game.

Taylor used the slog-sweep over midwicket to good effect and eventually got to a well-deserved hundred at a venue he knew very well, having played three seasons of the Indian Premier League there with the Royal Challengers Bangalore.

He was eventually dismissed for 113, becoming one of five victims of Pragyan Ojha for the day. His effort, along with Kruger van vyk’s 71 helped New Zealand post a competitive 365 in their first innings.