In a remarkably abundant summer, Taylor has posted his ninth and 10th one-day international centuries after scoring centuries in each of three tests against West Indies.
Under the tutelage of former New Zealand batsman Martin Crowe, Taylor has overcome the leg-side pattern of scoring which was the feature of his early career and developed a much more broad-based and prolific run-scoring ability.
He came to the wicket on Friday when New Zealand was 41-2 and after India bowled exceptionally well in the early overs. With Williamson, Taylor set about repairing the innings and stayed together from the 13th to the 38th overs.
Williamson reached his half century from 64 balls and Taylor followed with a 50 from 54 balls, including six fours.
Captain Brendon McCullum dashed 23 from 18 balls and Jimmy Neesham 34 from 19 balls, with three fours and two sixes, to substantially boost New Zealand's total in the final overs.
The first test starts in Auckland on Thursday.
