Ahmadabad: England started slowly, but Joe Root and Jos Buttler put on a key partnership of 110 runs to help the team recover. Root scored 77 runs, while Buttler scored a useful 43. Adil Rashid and Mark Wood added an unbeaten 30-run partnership for the 10th wicket to help England cross the 280-run mark.
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For New Zealand, Mitchell Santner, Rachin Ravindra, and Glenn Phillips took two wickets each, while Matt Henry was the pick of the pacers with three wickets.
New Zealand will need to start quickly in their chase if they want to stay in the series.
