India vs New Zealand 2nd T20 highlights: Suryakumar Yadav 82(37) and Ishan Kishan 76(32) help India to chase down 209 runs from 15.2 overs to take a 2-0 lead in the series against New Zealand. Earlier, Mitchell Santner’s 47(27) and Rachin Ravindra’s 44(26) cameos helped New Zealand to get to 208/6 from 20 overs after Indian skipper Suryakumar won the toss and opted to bowl first against Santner’s New Zealand in the second T20I at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh Stadium in Raipur
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 previous week. While 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.
Captain Suryakumar Yadav’s hitting form was a concern coming into the game. 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 starts in the first game.
Teams:
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
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