Absolutely nothing wrong with the pitch, the Somerset legend Sunny Gavaskar called it 'an absolute road', and he knows Indian conditions as good as anyone.
New Zealand's batsmen where reckless. Just because India had a debutante opening the bowling it doesn't mean you can't have a look. Pandya to be fair bowled with good pace and found some late movement. The ball that got Taylor out was a cracker.
Latham showed how good the pitch was, his 79* was a beautiful innings. And late on when the ODI King Kohli batted he showed how good a batting pitch it was.
New Zealand need to engage their brains ahead of the second ODI.