After 7 overs,New Zealand Women 35/1 ( Sophie Devine (C) 23 , Amelia Kerr 6)

Jhulan keeps things tidy in this over, allowing Devine and Kerr a single each as two runs are added to the White Ferns total.

After 6 overs,New Zealand Women 33/1 ( Sophie Devine (C) 22 , Amelia Kerr 5)

Kerr clips the back-of-length ball from Meghna through square leg in the second delivery, getting enough time to come back for a second. Meghna though keeps things tidy for the remainder of the over with five dots in six deliveries.

After 5 overs,New Zealand Women 31/1 ( Sophie Devine (C) 22 , Amelia Kerr 3)

Devine continues to boss the early overs, collecting back-to-back fours in Goswami’s third over including a slap through point off a short-of-length final delivery of the over. She’s raced into the 20s in no time already.

After 4 overs,New Zealand Women 21/1 ( Sophie Devine (C) 13 , Amelia Kerr 2)

Meghna’s getting prodigious swing early on, getting the ball to jag back in around the middle stump with Devine having to bring her bat down in time to avoid getting trapped leg before. Shout for a caught-behind next ball, but the umpire instead signals it a wide. Lovely straight drive by Devine followed by a square drive as Devine collects back-to-back boundaries off Meghna in the next two deliveries. Keeper Richa Ghosh is brought close to the stumps after those two fours. Single off the fifth, before Kerr gets off the mark with a brace in the last delivery.

After 3 overs,New Zealand Women 9/1 ( Sophie Devine (C) 4 , Amelia Kerr 0)

Superb over from Jhulan Goswami as she collects a maiden. Meanwhile, Amelia Kerr finds herself at the crease after Bates is run out for 5 thanks to a brilliant direct hit by Vastrakar.

OUT! Superb piece of fielding by Pooja Vastrakar, who effects a direct hit at the striker's end from cover as Suzie Bates falls well short of the crease after responding to Sophie Devine's call for a quick, albeit risky single. NZ 9/1

Suzie Bates run out (Vastrakar) 5(10)

After 2 overs,New Zealand Women 9/0 ( Suzie Bates 5 , Sophie Devine (C) 4)

Meghna Singh bowls from the other end. Starts off with three consecutive dots before Bates collects her first boundary, albeit in a streaky manner as a thick outside edge flies high over the slip cordon and all the way to the third man fence. Four from the over.

After 1 over,New Zealand Women 5/0 ( Suzie Bates 1 , Sophie Devine (C) 4)

Bates gets off the mark with a single off the fourth delivery, guiding the ball towards third man, before Devine collects the first boundary of the innings, cutting the ball through backward point next ball for it to race all the way to the fence. Five from the first over bowled by Goswami.

Suzie Bates and skipper Sophie Devine walk out to open the innings after New Zealand are asked to bat, and Jhulan Goswami will bowl with the new ball as usual.The Kiwis take the knee as a gesture against racism, as has been the norm in international sport of late, though the Indians continue to hold their hands on their chest for the same.

Lisa Sthalekar and Craig McMillan analyse the Seddon Park pitch:

"The pitch that was used for Australia-England earlier was a bit faster and bouncier. This one looks really good and a little bit dry as well. I think they’ll be looking somewhere at the 240-250 mark. Spin to win in today's game."