It looks like a good batting surface and ground was small too. Also, the Indian side bowling performance was not that great. India still got a chance to bounce back in this series and let's see how they will perform in the next match.
India's side both openers are not experienced players and that will be a disadvantage. If they give a good start then middle-order batsman can play good and bowling need to improve the line and length. I think India needs to win next both matches to win this series.
Remembering the old matches between Aus-India where the grounds were damn good for batting and 400+ was the target throughout the series. The case here is the same where the target should be 400, nothing less.
That is the truth, the grounds are small in New Zealand and they played well to chase the target. The pitch was batsman friendly and there is nothing for the bowlers, the team batting second will have the advantage in these kind of situations and to see a match with 695 runs in a match is entertaining for the audience, if the remainder of the series is played on dead pitches then the team chasing will have the advantage.
With inexperienced opening batsmen too, they managed 347 so 400 is not a bad target but Rohit not being there matters a lot. Glad to see dube out and feel Jadhav deserves a position top the order as he is a good batsmen. I feel Rohit will again try and put Rahul up the order to try new combinations after losing the first ODI.