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Virat Kohli joined forces with MS Dhoni to thump a mammoth 154 from 202 balls that guided India to a comfortable seven wicket win - their second of the five-match ODI series - in Mohali on Sunday.The hosts - left smarting after the narrow six-run loss in the Capital three-day ago, had Ross Taylor to thank - in part - for dropping Kohli on six in the fifth over of the 286-run chase.Kohli made the most of the reprieve and powered the chase with his captain, who had promoted himself to number 4, after India lost Rohit Sharma and Ajinkya Rahane inside the first ten overs - with the score on 41.Kohli, as has been the trend, began on a cautious note to ensure he held his wicket in tact as New Zealands seamers looked to make more inroads. The team batting second had won each of the last three ODIs in Mohali before this, chasing down 299, 258 and 304. The Kohli-Dhoni combine looked to add to that tally.The duo rotated the strike early on and when the opportunity presented itself, found the boundary with ease. Dhoni - in particular - did the bulk of the hitting and clubbed six fours and three sixes in his 91-ball 80, before he fell in the 36th over. The wicket-keeper batsman became the the 17th player overall, the fifth Indian, and the third wicketkeeper to reach the 9000-run mark in ODIs.India needed 93 from 78 balls at that stage and Kohli had to step up a notch, and he did just that, by first flicking Tim Southee for a boundary past fine leg and then guiding James Neeshm for a single to third man to bring up his 26th ODI hundred. Kohli and Pandey found the boundary more regularly to reduce the deficit to 55 from 48 balls.New Zealands chances of pulling of another win looked bleak as India had seven wickets in hand. Kohlis late onslaught off Trent Boult - where he hit three fours and a six - tied scores with two overs still to play. Pandey hit the winning runs off the second ball of the 49th over.Bit of luck went my way, I feel sorry for Ross, its never easy to drop a catch and the batsman carries through. Ive done that, and Brendon got 300 in Wellington, Kohli said. We may have given a bit too much to New Zealand, but we took it as an opportunity to chase them down, because we know we are a good chasing team.Good to have MS up the order, and Manish gave me confidence as well when he came in. Shows the confidence he has, he was run-out in the last game, but he came here and did his job. Some of the boundaries he hit early on helped me relax. We fed off each other, I fed off MS as well. And it wasnt the easiest pitch.Some balls were stopping on us. 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Why cant fans just sit back and enjoy what is being played out in front of them?Lets face it, the quality of rugby the All Blacks are playing is sensational. No-one can complain they are not getting their moneys worth when watching them play. But the attitude of New Zealand fans blows me away. We have never been able to have enough of winning, but the All Blacks are a great streak and we are still managing to criticise one way or another.Theres no such thing as perfection, in any walk of life; thats just the reality. But when youve got something that is pretty close with a team that is growing and doing really good things, your job as a fan is to sit back and enjoy not criticise it.Lets not forget that when this whole international season started no-one was expecting this sort of rugby from a team that had lost so much experience. Steve Hansen admitted that, and now four international sides, Wales, Australia, Argentina and South Africa know how it feels.The way it stands at the moment, the success is almost working against the team.It is the nature of New Zealand fans, not only in rugby, but other sports as well. At the same time, all those sports do tend to bring the best out of themselves because they are fuelled by a desire to prove the doubters wrong.Its the sportspeople who go out onto the field, or to the Olympics or Paralympics or whatever, who respond to those people who tell them: Youll never do this, or youll never do that. They get out there and show people they can do it, and I guess thats probably because we are such hard knockers that it brings out the best in our athletes.But you do have to wonder how much better they might be if they didnt have to go through that and could concentrate on their sports and playing to their best.I remember losing a couple of games for Wasps when playing in England and being almost embarrassed to go out and sign autographs for fans afterwards and to shake their hands. They were telling me that everything would be fine and that a win would come along eventually. And they would still be there to watch it.My belief was that it wasnt the attitude I had come from in New Zealand. What the fans were saying was they could accept it, and were used to it, but having come from the All Blacks and Auckland environment of the 1990s, that wasnt something I could accept. And I couldnt understand why they could accept it.This All Blacks team have been put on a massive pedestal where a whole bunch of New Zealanders are finding any reason they can to eat away at the bottom of it to cause it all to come crashiing down.ddddddddddddts frustrating: How good were they on Saturday night?They were as good as they could be, and South Africa to their credit played well -- much like Argentina the week before. They did what they could do but they just couldnt live the All Blacks.If I were Owen Franks, I would be getting outside Dane Coles whenever he touches the ball because he just seems to be able to put people over the tryline.Ive got a good mate, who I spent a lot of time throwing my arm around and smashing in the front-row for Auckland and the All Blacks in Sean Fitzpatrick, who is generally regarded as one of the great All Blacks of all time.But Dane Coles is certainly reminding me a lot of Fitzy, especially in his attitude towards that All Blacks jersey, and the way he plays the game; he has got leadership written all over him. If ever Dane Coles is out there when Kieran Read had an injury then as a shining light in the No. 2 jersey Coles epitomises what being an All Blacks players is all about.Weve watched this kid mature.Ive criticised him at times for his hot temper but he has that under control, although a hot temper directed in the right way can be a good thing. If he can harness that and point it in the right direction in all that he keeps doing he could be incredible; he is still coming to his peak and has a lot of years ahead of him.Regarding the other night, we need to take one step outside and look back at teams like South Africa and Australia, who have key players out injured, and recognise they do not have the depth that New Zealand enjoy.I do think Elton Jantjies froze on the big stage, as did Lions teammate Faf de Klerk inside him. Theyve had a great year and done really well with the Lions, but theyve had to step up to international level and they look like theyre lacking experience.Its thrown out there all the time, but experience means that you just go and do your job, and you dont freeze, when the spotlight is on you.But if youve never been there before and you have to front up to a full stadium and 50 million people around the world watching, you can sometimes go back into your shell; and I think the Springboks halves did that on Saturday.Its a bit like Argentina in Perth. They failed to start like they did against New Zealand and suddenly after 15 minutes they were 21 points down. With all the best intents in the world, that is game over.Perhaps that is a measure of how much their effort against New Zealand took it out of them because they certainly didnt look the same side. And again that is experience as they are still getting used to this competition and the need for consistency above all. ' ' '