India vs New Zealand 2nd T20I: Suryakumar Yadav’s Experiment Works, NZ Go 6 Down
India versus New Zealand Score, 2nd T20I: New Zealand are struggling in the match against India.
India vs New Zealand 2nd T20I Updates:
Kuldeep Yadav has hit twice while Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy, Shivam Dube and Hardik Pandya have claimed a wicket each as New Zealand are five down against India in the second T20I of the five-match series in Raipur tonight. Rachin Ravindra fell for 44 off 26 balls. Earlier, India captain Suryakumar Yadav won the toss and opted to bowl. The hosts rested Jasprit Bumrah, while Axar Patel sat out due to a finger injury he endured during the first T20I. Harshit Rana and Kuldeep Yadav are the players included in India’s playing XI. The Black Caps have also made three changes to their team. (Live Scorecard)
India (Playing XI): Sanju Samson (w), Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Rinku Singh, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy.
New Zealand (Playing XI): Devon Conway, Tim Seifert(w), Rachin Ravindra, Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Daryl Mitchell, Mitchell Santner(c), Zakary Foulkes, Matt Henry, Ish Sodhi, Jacob Duffy.
Mark Chapman is GONE! Hardik Pandya bowled a slower delivery angled away from the left-handed. Chapman tried to smash it on the leg side but was beaten by the lack of pace. He hit it high in the air, and Abhishek Sharma took a good catch coming forward from long-on.
Good comeback from Arshdeep
Arshdeep Singh leaked 36 runs in his first two overs, but he has made a noteworthy comeback here. The left-arm pacer bowled smartly on his return to the attack and conceded just four runs.
NZ 155-5 (16)

Kuldeep returns 2/35!
Eleven came off the final over from Kuldeep Yadav. Mitchell Santner slammed the spinner down the ground for a four. Kuldeep finished with figures of 2 for 35. New Zealand had 30 balls remaining in their innings, and a well-tailored approach could take them close to 200.
NZ 151-5 (15)
NZ struggle!
Varun Chakravarthy bowls an eight-run over and thus ends his quota of four overs with figures of 1 for 35. New Zealand are struggling, as one more wicket would see India enter the tail. The visitors have all their hopes pinned on Mitchell Santner and Mark Chapman, the last recognized pair of batters.
Big Wicket!
Smart bowling from Kuldeep Yadav! He has outfoxed set batsman Rachin Ravindra. Kuldeep bowled it around the tramline, and the ball turned away from Ravindra, who found an inside edge to Arshdeep Singh at short third.
Ravindra c Arshdeep Singh b Kuldeep Yadav 44 (26)
NZ 129-5 (12.3)
India vs New Zealand 2nd T20 Cricket Score Updates: Hardik Paandya picked up Mark Chapman. New Zealand are six down. Earlier, Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav won the toss and opted to bowl first against Mitchell Santner’s New Zealand in the second T20I at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh Stadium in Raipur this evening. The series opener was a near-perfect match for the hosts and a relief for coach Gautam Gambhir after the stinging 1-2 ODI series loss the preceding week.
Whereas Abhishek Sharma and Rinku Singh bossed the two extremes of the batting innings, the supreme bowling unit yet again came up trumps even as their magic man Jasprit Bumrah could not find himself among the wickets.
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And so there will be ample room for improvement, starting with captain Suryakumar Yadav’s hitting form. While he found some runs in Nagpur, it is evident that the Mumbaikar is struggling to find his pristine touch with the bat. There will also be eyeballs fixed on the two wicket-keepers, Sanju Samson and Ishan Kishan, who squandered their begins in the first game.

Pandya comes back
Hardik Pandya comes into the attack and picks up the wicket of Mark Chapman. It was a slower one digging into the surface, which the left-hander tried to whack through the mid-wicket boundary, but ended up giving the catch to the long-on fielder. Pandya has been brilliant today with the ball for India. He was good in the power play and came back for the second period and did well, also. At one point, New Zealand did look like they were going to get 220 or so, but the second half of this innings has been quite contrary for them thus far.
Arshdeep back into the attack
Arshdeep Singh has come back into the attack. His bowling has not been not upto the mark in his first burst, but he will be hoping to pull things back. He has a lethal yorker up his sleeve to beat the batters and also has a good slower bumper, which can act as a change-up from time to time. Additionally, it has been a more measured approach from the Kiwis in the last 15 minutes or so. Both Mitchell Santner and Mark Chapman have been reluctant to hit aerial shots. They have looked to play low percent shots through the ground and run hard between the wickets.
Kuldeep gets Ravindra
Well, all guns blazing approach has resulted in another wicket here for New Zealand, and it is the most decisive one in Rachin Ravindra. It was a smart piece of bowling from Kuldeep, who threw it wide of the batter, asking him to hit through the off-side, which Ravindra could not get the timing right, and ended up giving a simple catch to the point fielder there. It was clever because all evening Ravindra was looking to attack the ball through the mid-wicket area and Kuldeep delivered a ball asking him to hit in the area which he has not done all evening hence induced the wicket.

mitchell falls
Well, just as when it does seem like another partnership was brewing, Daryl Mitchell has fallen here. He tried to hit the ball on the leg-side and ended up giving a simple catch to the long-off fielder. It will be interesting to see how New Zealand will play when the actual World Cup starts. Yes, you want to optimize your potential as much as you can in batting, but under pressure, can you do the same? Is the question, and an approach like this will always expose the team to a risk of all or nothing. Are we increasingly moving away from the adage that bowling wins you tournaments? We will find out.
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