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NZ vs IND: New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson says his side is already focused on next challenge

The two teams will lock horns again in a two-match Test series next, scheduled to start from February 21.

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New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson has lauded his team's top draw performance during their ODI series win over India.

His remarks came right after the Blackcaps defeated India by five wickets and clinched the three-match ODI series by 3-0.

"It is a different format but there are some parts that I guess guys will get confidence from, going into that series," Williamson.

"So, the focus does change and the guys are looking forward to that," Williamson told reports during the post-match press conference.

Speaking on the topic of his side losing their T20I series by 5-0 against India, Williamson claimed that it's disappointing to lose matches and his side learned a lot from those losses.

"It is always disappointing when you lose, you always want to win but there are heap of good things throughout that T20 series."

"We all saw the fine margins that were there in terms of results and sometimes it does not go in your way but in terms of the progression, I think that was there," he said.

This is also India's first series loss in any format since March last year.

Batting first, the Men In Blue got off to yet another poor start as they lost two early wickets in Mayank Agarwal (1) and Virat Kohli (9) with just 32 runs on the board.

However, KL Rahul's knock of 112 runs boosted India to 296/7 in the allotted fifty overs.

In chase of target score of 297 runs, Openers Martin Guptill and Henry Nicholls gave the home side the perfect start and formed a 106-run stand for the first wicket.

However, it was Colin de Grandhomme (58*) and Latham (32*) who guided the Blackcaps to victory in the end by five wickets with 17 balls to spare.

The two teams will lock horns again in a two-match Test series next, scheduled to start from February 21.

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