11.20pm India now go 2-0 up in the five-match series. The third ODI in Hamilton doesn't have a great forecast, let's hope we get a full game of cricket there. Thank you all for your august company. On behalf of our stellar scoring team and my co-commentator Abhijato, this is Sreshth wishing you a good night and a happy festive weekend. Take care.

11.15pm New Zealand's 134 looked modest, but India's chase never settled on a difficult surface. Jacob Duffy removed Shubman Gill for a golden duck and later got Virat Kohli for 7. Kyle Jamieson beat Rohit Sharma repeatedly before drawing the edge that ended his innings for 23. Between them, Duffy and Jamieson took six wickets and kept the pressure on throughout.

Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul added 39 for the fifth wicket, with Iyer counterattacking for 30 before Jamieson's sharp, in-seaming bouncer found the edge. Rahul kept India in the chase, but Naman Dhir and Anshul Kamboj fell at awkward moments, leaving the tail exposed.

Rain stopped play with India 113 for 7 after 26 overs, Rahul unbeaten on 26. They were four runs ahead of the DLS par score, and the match was abandoned at the cut-off time, giving India a four-run win. The visitors are now 2-0 up in the series, courtesy their seamers, especially Gurnoor Brar.

Winning captain Shubman Gill: "...as long as we get the win. It wasn't easy batting. Getting them out at 134, I thought it'll be an easy target, but it wasn't. Happy we got there in the end. In the last match, Gurnoor bowled really well too. As he gets more experience, he'll get more consistent. He already has the pace and bounce. Most of the seamers have all the qualities. International cricket is about performing under pressure. [2-0 up now] The pitch was challenging but we lost two extra wickets than we'd have liked in the end. The last two shots (Dhir and Kamboj wickets) would've have looked good had we lost via DLS. It would've been a stinker but happy we got there in the end."

Losing captain Santner: "It was a tricky wicket, there was no hiding. They bowled really well, especially at the top. We were under at the halfway stage and our boys bowled really well. We started well with the ball, took the wickets, the boys managed the breakthroughs. [On not bowling himself] I warmed up for a little bit. It was one of those wickets where the seamers were posing a challenge. It was a tough wicket but we could've scraped to 160-180. Tickner is back in the hotel, but he's had a concussion recently too."

Gurnoor Brar, player of the match: "Really enjoyed, bowling here in NZ, the bounce and pace... I enjoyed it. In India, the pitches are flat and you have to bowl the hard length. Here there's more bounce. If you are a fast bowler who is bowling at 140-142kph, you have to be aggressive. But you have to know your limits as well. I just try to bowl the hard length in which the batters try to pull. Like shoulder level."

11pm local: Game over. India win by four runs by the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method.

Aby Mathew: "A win is a win is a win . Be it 1 run or 10 wickets.. india did well to bowl out the kiwis for less than 150 and kiwis fought hard but the better team won in the end "

Avijit : "Despite the final result. For India in ODIs is still Kohli or bust"

Angus: ""by the barest of margins"Do you enjoy making all your NZ readers upset? The commentators love to trot that line out every time NZ have a narrow loss :( "

devon: "this isn't fair"

10.55pm Heavy rain. Looks like India have done just about enough to win this game by the barest of margins. But let's just wait for the official word.

Mallik: "@Deep: We will never know. And the fact that cricinfo team pointed out that their main when bowlers finished their quota for DLS cut off and other bowlers had to come in. Very simplistic to assume that india got lucky. Also given Mitchell was dropped on 21, if the result went in NZ favor, it would have been NZ getting lucky but that evened out may be"

Deep: "If India wins on DLS, I would say they got lucky. 20 runs on this pitch with the tail is tough, even if KL is still there"

10.50pm We are inching towards the cut-off time of 11pm local.

10.42pm 10.55 restart. 37-over chase. The target will be 133. But as soon as I type this, the drizzle is back and the covers are back on. So let's see whether we restart or not.

ShriRam: "Overs reduced 10Target reduced by 3 runs ONLY, how come? "-- It's a mix of seven-down and low target, but more emphasis on seven-down.

Mathi: "One of the best test matches in white ball ever.....Anyways, we have VJD Method not approved by ICC.... They should consider this.."

Ganesh Shevate: "Namaskar, Happy Deepawali, I feel low scoring games are more interesting as compare to high scoring games." -- I'm on your side. And happy Deepawali to you and everyone celebrating.

According to Duckworth-Lewis-Stern: India are four runs ahead of the DLS par of 109

Vihaan Ahlawat: "DLS somehow makes a hell lot more sense to me than a few of the shots that have been played today."

Utsav: "So they shaved off 10 overs and only 2 runs? I really don't understand DLS."

Manish : "What is the cutoff time to start the game again!" -- No updates on that front from either the home board or the away board, as of now. The moment we know, I shall share.

10.33pm Players are still off. Drizzling.

Abhijay : "MS Dhoni once famously said that even the ICC doesn't understand the DLS system lol"

10.15pm The rain has become lighter. The fans are hanging around.

Ashish Sarawagi: "Do bear in mind that NZ hasnt used their 5th bowler as yet. so If number of overs is reduced to less than 35, it will be to India's advantage as fast bowlers are almost bowled out. "

Satish : "OMG. We want to see the real result, not the theoretical conclusion. "

10.10pm The umpires are taking the players off due to rain.

India are just ahead of the DLS par score of 109. If this is how the game ends, that'll be a "horrible anticlimax," as my co-commentator Abhijato exclaims.

Since this is a 47-over-a-side game, we are losing one over every 4 and a quarter minutes. That means the DLS-adjusted target will also reduce if the rain stops, which works in India's favour.

It is drizzling. India are just ahead on DLS. 109 is the par score and India are 112. What will the umpires do?

Natesh: "Wow. Now its interesting. If NZ can whip out Rahul we could be in for a really tense match.."

Krishna kumar : "Turning out the drop by shubman gill of Mitchell on 21 is proving costly for India . India would have already been won if gill had taken that catch ."

Prasanna S: "Kamboj should approach his innings like a night watchman. "

Prasad : "Why go for the big ones? Need singles and rotation of strike and we would be home free "

Virat: "Why Naman Why? Why did you go for the shot to get your batting avg halved? why?"

Rohan Nargolkar: "That section of boundary rope was moved, you can clearly see that it was further away than the rest of the hoardings. That deserved additional scrutiny."

Som: "One boundary cushion was maybe six inches further away from compared to the adjacent ones saves the day for NZL. Not intentional though. just like SKYs in the final T20 world cup"

GBA: "Wellington has very poor white ball turn outs. We typically get one or maybe two matches a season, so everyone just forgets it's on. Tests at the Basin is what cricket here is all about!"

Liam: "I mean you can say the crowd is poor but its election day in New Zealand, I dont think crickets the most important thing today"

Abhishek: "That 24.3 leave was Pandya like"

Jason Stachursk: "Having a match in Wellington on election night was a very curious choice - no surprise the crowd is sparse."

NW: "Bad crowd not surprising - rain, election, and 9 hours on a stadium seat vs the perfect surrounds of the Basin Reserve … " -- the turnout here is reallllllllly low though