England wanted an excellent over and a boundary countback to get their arms on the trophy final time round, however two majestic a whole lot from Devon Conway and Rachin Ravindra meant the Black Caps romped dwelling within the re-run with virtually 14 overs to spare.
Conway completed 152 not out whereas his Wellington team-mate Ravindra reeled off an unbeaten 123 – greater than double his earlier ODI greatest.
Empty seats within the 134,000-capacity Narendra Modi Stadium might be tallied within the tens of hundreds however the followers who did present up witnessed a exceptional stand of 273.
The pair got here collectively within the second over after Sam Curran strangled Will Young down leg for a golden duck and proceeded to pile on 30 fours and eight sixes in a significant assertion of intent.
England, in the meantime, have been chaotic with the bat, torpid with the ball and sloppy within the discipline. Put in to bat first they relied on Root to spare the blushes of his mis-firing top-order team-mates.
Dawid Malan was first to go for a scratchy 14, caught behind flashing exhausting on the spectacular Matt Henry. Jonny Bairstow (33) loved a smoother begin – together with a flicked six off Trent Boult from the second ball of the day – however he supplied a tame catch off Mitchell Santner simply as he seemed to take management.
Harry Brook, deputising for Stokes, additionally burned brightly and briefly. He clattered two fours and a six off Ravindra as he dropped three successive deliveries brief, then lifted the subsequent one straight down Conway’s throat at deep midwicket.
When Moeen Ali misplaced his off stump hacking throughout the road at Glenn Phillips, England had slipped to 118 for 4, however a stand of 70 between Root and Buttler (43) supplied some stability.
Root had unleashed a trademark reverse ramp for six off Boult early in his keep, however for essentially the most half he performed conservatively relatively than wanting dominate. Measured towards the remainder of his facet, it was a lower above. Measured towards the opposition, it was not sufficient.
Joe Root top-scored for England as these round him fell cheaply
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He departed within the forty second over, nutmegging and yorking himself in a single swift motion as he tried to reverse sweep Phillips.
Chris Woakes set the tone for a chastening reply, kicking off with a half-volley that Conway gratefully stroked by cowl and delivery 10 from his opening over. Young’s low-cost exit raised English spirits, nevertheless briefly, when he grazed a leg-side loosener from Curran into Buttler’s gloves however that merely introduced the match-winners collectively.
Ravindra, promoted to quantity three for the primary time in his ODI profession, made an early goal of Woakes because the skilled seamer served up a sequence of light 4 balls.
When England sought to reclaim management by the blunt tempo of Wood, it solely made issues worse. Conway drove his first ball straight previous him for 4 earlier than Ravindra peeled off a pair of pretty strokes, a swivel pull that raced flat by the night time sky for six and a perfectly-timed punch by level on prime of the bounce.
Wood seemed rattled as he continued to crank up his speeds just for the ball to vanish with regularity, Conway eagerly exhibiting off his prowess towards the fast stuff. By the top of the 10-over powerplay the Kiwis had roared to 81 for one, a transparent 30 previous England’s rating on the identical stage.
Ravindra had Moeen in his sights now, clubbing him for six in every of his first two overs, and even the arrival of Adil Rashid’s leg-spin couldn’t sluggish issues down.
Stokes emerged from the dugout to ship some phrases of encouragement on the first drinks break however, even at that stage, it appeared too late.
The required charge continued to come back down as each males reached celebrated centuries, Conway first over the road however Ravindra one ball faster in simply 82.
The closing levels of the chase have been a procession, with runs flowing at will and a weary England facet barely capable of comprise them earlier than the ending touches got here off the second ball of the thirty seventh over.
