Second T20 India vs New Zealand highlights: Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav opted to bowl first against Santner’s New Zealand after winning the toss in the second T20I at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh Stadium in Raipur. India chase down 209 runs from 15.2 overs to take a 2-0 lead in the series against New Zealand. From the New Zealand team Mitchell Santner’s 47(27) and Rachin Ravindra’s 44(26) supported New Zealand to get to 208/6 from 20 overs. In the previous week after stinging 1-2 ODI series loss, the series opener match for the hosts was a near-perfect match and a relief for coach Gautam Gambhir. While Abhishek Sharma and Rinku Singh bossed the batting innings and bowling unit yet again, even as their magic man Jasprit Bumrah could not find himself among the wickets.
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Hitting form of Skipper Suryakumar Yadav was a concern coming into the game. While he found some runs in Nagpur, it is evident that the batter from Mumbai is struggling to find his pristine feel with the bat. Along with Suryakumar Yadav, there will also be eyeballs fixed on the two wicket-keepers, Ishan Kishan and Sanju Samson, who squandered their starts in the first match.
Teams:
Playing XI of India : Sanju Samson (w), Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Rinku Singh, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy.
Playing XI of New Zealand : Devon Conway, Tim Seifert (w), Rachin Ravindra, Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Daryl Mitchell, Mitchell Santner (c), Zakary Foulkes, Matt Henry, Ish Sodhi, Jacob Duffy.
India – 209/3 (15.2) Vs New Zealand – 208/(20.0)
India won the match by 7 wickets against New Zealand
Key highlights of India innings
1st wicket : 6/1 at 0.5 overs (Sanju Samson)
Second wicket : 6/2 at 1.1 overs (Abhishek Sharma)
Third wicket : 128/3 (Ishan Kishan)
