New Delhi: India identified inability of their spinners to make breakthroughs as one of the reasons for their seven-wicket loss to New Zealand in the second ODI in Rajkot on Wednesday.

The tourists chased down a 285-run target with 15 balls to spare as Daryl Mitchell’s unbeaten 131 and Will Young’s 87 set up their win.

Indian spinners Kuldeep Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja gave away 1/126 from a total of 18 overs as India regretted a dropped catch of Mitchell when he was on 80.

“We still thought 290 was about right. We thought the wicket would get a bit tougher........

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