Matt Henry removes Rohit, Kohli and Iyer in the opening over at Bay Oval

Matt Henry removed Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer in the opening over at Bay Oval to leave India three down without a run on the board in pursuit of 334

New Zealand's 333 all out had given the home side a total worth defending in the fourth ODI of the tour. One over into India's reply, it looked close to decisive.

India won the toss and chose to bowl, and for fifty overs that call remained arguable. It unravelled the moment Matt Henry took the new ball, India's three most experienced batters dismissed for ducks before a run had been scored.

India were 7 for 3 after 4.4 overs, needing 327 from 272 balls, with Ruturaj Gaikwad and Ishan Kishan left to start the innings a second time.

Three wickets in the opening over

Henry's first delivery of the match squared up Rohit Sharma, who edged behind the wicket to Finn Allen at first slip. Rohit went for a golden duck.

Virat Kohli lasted four balls. Henry found the gap between bat and pad and bowled him, India had lost their opener and their number three inside the innings' first over, neither having troubled the scorers.

Shreyas Iyer, India's captain for the series, was trapped on the pad to the first ball he faced. The on-field umpire turned the appeal down; New Zealand reviewed, and the decision was overturned.

Henry's figures after two overs read 3 for 0. All three of his wickets were ducks.

Young's career-best sets the target

New Zealand's innings had been built around Will Young, whose 125 from 108 balls was a career-best in the format. He struck 14 fours and four sixes before holing out to Naman Dhir, caught by substitute fielder Kumar Kushagra.

Tim Seifert gave the innings its early momentum with 58 from 48 balls, including six fours and three sixes. Finn Allen made 41 from 30 and Mitchell Santner contributed 24 from 29.

New Zealand were bowled out for 333 from their full fifty overs, losing their last wickets to run-outs in the closing stages. They lost wickets at intervals rather than in a cluster, and the accumulation was steady enough to put the total beyond a comfortable chase.

Young's innings was the spine of it. He faced 108 of the 300 deliveries New Zealand received, more than a third of the innings, and that occupation let the batters around him play their shots from the start.

India's bowlers share the wickets

No India bowler ran through the New Zealand order, and the wickets were spread across the attack. Auqib Nabi, Axar Patel and Gurnoor Brar took two apiece.

Arshdeep Singh removed Santner, caught behind by Ishan Kishan, and Axar Patel accounted for Allen. Dhir's single wicket was the important one, ending Young's innings.

Brar also dismissed Michael Bracewell for 15, Dhir taking a diving catch, while Nabi trapped Kristian Clarke lbw for 22. Nabi was involved again in the final over, when New Zealand lost their last two wickets to run-outs.

The expensive overs came in the middle. Kuldeep Yadav was taken for 19 in a single over, and Dhir conceded 14 in his fourth, though the part-time option finished with the wicket of Young and figures of 1 for 14.

Gaikwad and Kishan left to rebuild

The pair came together with the innings barely begun and the required rate already climbing above seven an over. India's immediate task is less to chase the total than to survive the new ball and bat deep enough to make the target reachable.

Kishan, keeping wicket in this match, had taken a catch behind the stumps during the New Zealand innings. He now has the longer job of the two.

New Zealand hold the advantage

New Zealand need only to keep the scoreboard pressure on and rotate their seamers. With Matt Henry able to return for a second spell and the required rate rising, the home side can afford to attack for wickets rather than contain.

India still have batting to come, and fifty overs is a long time in a one-day international. But a side three down for nothing inside the first over has very little margin for a second mistake.

Scorecard: New Zealand 333 all out in 50 overs (Will Young 125, Tim Seifert 58, Finn Allen 41; Auqib Nabi 2 wickets, Axar Patel 2, Gurnoor Brar 2) v India 7 for 3 after 4.4 overs (Matt Henry 3 for 0)