IND vs NZ: Ross Taylor, Tom Latham centuries help Kiwis beat President's XI

After losing the first warmup match by 30 runs New Zealand came back strongly in the second yesterday thanks to centuries from Ross Taylor 102 retired out and Tom Latham 108 retired out to emerge with a 33run win over the Board Presidents XI BP XI at the Cricket Club of Indias Brabourne StadiumNZs Ross Taylor celebrates his 100 against Board Presidents XI at the Brabourne Stadium yesterday PICSSURESH KARKERAElecting to bat first on a good surface the Blackcaps got into the right rhythm with Martin Guptill and Colin Munro adding 46 runs for the opening stand The partnership was brought to an end by Saurashtra pacer Jaydev Unadkat Munro 26 found BP XI skipper Shreyas Iyer at midon while attempting to go over himWillamson falls to spinBP XI introduced spin as early as the eighth over The move got the better of Kiwi skipper Kane Williamson 1 After surviving on three occasions two of which included dropped catches by Avesh Khan and Shahbaz Nadeem Guptills 32 stay at the crease came to an end courtesy Karn Sharma A tossed up delivery was hit straight back at himFrom 733 the seasoned Taylor and Latham steered the visitors out of trouble The duo added 166 in 137 balls for the fourth wicket Taylor in particular was clinical with his shot selection He reached his century in 81 balls an innings that was decorated with 14 boundaries and a solitary hit over the fenceOn an otherwise pretty ordinary day in the fielding department for BP XI skipper Iyer made up for a dropped catch earlier as he timed his jump to perfection to pull off a brilliant onehanded effort at midoff to send Henry Nicholls 24 packing off Unadkat The Kiwis posted a stiff 344run target to test the hostsBoard Presidents XI pacer Jaydev Unadkat left celebrates the wicket of New Zealands Henry Nicholls at Brabourne Stadium yesterdayUnadkat shinesUnadkat was the pick of the bowlers with his 457 The way I was bowling in the IPL gave me a lot of confidence Sometimes its all about confidence for a bowler Im looking to be in good rhythm and am confident of bowling exactly what I want to bowl Its coming out of the hand nicely and thats what is important as bowler who hits the deck hard looks to swing the ball early and with variations Unadkat who breached the 20wicket barrier in the IPL this year saidBP XIs run chase began quite poorly with Mumbai batting prodigy Prithvi Shaw 22 failing to find his mojo to follow his 66 in the first match He was among Mitchell Santners three wickets The visitors dominated the entire match but BP XI had their chancesAfters Karun Nair 53 Shreyas Iyer 24 and Gurkeerat Mann 65 led a strong resistance the duo of Unadkat 44 and Karn 19 had the spectators on the edge of their seats in the dying moments of the match Their 71run stand was broken by Tim SoutheeAfter Karns exit it was just a matter of time before BP XI were bowled out They made for 310 in 471 oversJaydev excels with bat tooI added a new dimension to my game I was batting well since the last two seasons in domestic cricket and Im happy that its coming off well on the bigger stage Todays innings is a huge confidencebooster Im definitely looking to add that dimension of batting to my game because that is what is the need of the hour mdash a bowler who can bat and slog well is always beneficial to any team said Unadkat when asked if batting was something he was particularly working on