India were beaten 3-0 by New Zealand in Christchurch as Darren Bazeley brought his reign as New Zealand head coach to an end in style.
The goals came from Finn Surman, James McGarry and captain Chris Wood -- all in the first half -- as India lined up in a weird, haphazard formation that neither offered protection nor provided any discernable threat.
They started with two left backs playing centre-back in a back three (Jay Gupta and Akash Mishra), a winger in central midfield (Ashique Kuruniyan) and a centre-forward (Manvir Singh) who ploughed a lone furrow up front chasing aimless hoicks forward.
The first goal came when Vishal Kaith came and completely missed an in swinging Callum McCowatt corner and the ball bounced in off hometown hero Surman. India kept the score at 1-0 (mostly down to New Zealand's lackadaisical finishing) but two goals in three minutes towards the end of the half gave the score a more realistic reflection of the two teams' performances.
McGarry, who'd been trying his luck from range all game, was teed up well at the edge off the box after yet another corner and he curled a lovely hit into the bottom corner. Wood, guilty of many a miss before this, then made it three with a tap-in after superb work from McCowatt and Jesse Randall down the New Zealand right.
There would be no further goals in the game, mostly thanks to sub keeper Hrithik Tiwari's heroics in the second half.
India return from this international break having conceded eight goals in two games and having offered little resistance in this feel-good Bazeley farewell for the hosts.
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