🏏 India vs New Zealand ---2nd T20 International 🏏

You don't win or lose games because of 11 you select. You win or lose with what those 11 do on the field.

Rahul Dravid

Some news from the ground⭐️: Harshal Patel has just received his cap, Ajit Agarkar doing the honours.His debut match tonight.

An international game in Jaipur after 8 years resulted in an Indian victory.

The new era with the leadership of Rohit Sharma and Rahul Dravid began with a convincing win.

Most things went right for India right from the beginning, with Rohit Sharma winning the toss.

Having been asked to bat first, New Zealand scored 164 courtesy of half-centuries from Mark Chapman and Martin Guptill.

India’s chase began with fireworks from Rohit Sharma. Suryakumar Yadav then notched up a fifty to make the chase comfortable.

With a few hiccups in the end, the hosts got home with 3 balls to spare. The series moves to Ranchi, where the visitors need to win to stay alive in the competition.

The five-wicket win in Jaipur on Wednesday kick-started the Rohit Sharma-Rahul Dravid combination though there were some nervous moments in closing the chase of 165.

The hosts can take many positives from the first match in Jaipur. Apart from Sharma’s stroke-filled 48 and Ravichandran Ashwin’s 2/23, Suryakumar Yadav made great use of the opportunity of batting at number three with a solid 62 off 40 balls while Bhuvneshwar Kumar did well in picking 2/24 in his four overs.

India's captain Rohit Sharma-led team aims for series win! 😃

New Zealand will try to come back to keep the series interesting.

Here is our IND vs NZ 2nd T20I Match Prediction -- Case 1: If India bats first

First Innings score prediction: India will score 170-180

Result prediction: New Zealand will win the match by 5 wickets

Case 2: If New Zealand bats first

First Innings score prediction: New Zealand will score 155-165

Result prediction: India will win the match by 6 wickets

India won the toss and obviously elected to field again.

India: 1 Rohit Sharma (capt), 2 KL Rahul, 3 Suryakumar Yadav, 4 Rishabh Pant (wk), 5 Shreyas Iyer, 6 Venkatesh Iyer, 7 Axar Patel, 8 Deepak Chahar, 9 R Ashwin, 10 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 11 Harshal Patel

New Zealand: 1 Martin Guptill, 2 Daryl Mitchell, 3 Mark Chapman, 4 Glenn Phillips, 5 Tim Seifert (wk), 6 James Neesham, 7 Mitchell Santner, 8 Tim Southee (capt), 9 Trent Boult, 10 Adam Milne, 11 Ish Sodhi

Cheers..

IND vs NZ head to head in T20I

Total Match: 18

India Won: 8

New Zealand Won: 9

Abandoned: 1

Pitch Report for IND vs NZ 2nd T20I

Historically, the Ranchi pitch has been known to assist the spinners. However, it should be good for the batters too.

Originally posted by: Savera84

India won the toss and obviously elected to field again.

India: 1 Rohit Sharma (capt), 2 KL Rahul, 3 Suryakumar Yadav, 4 Rishabh Pant (wk), 5 Shreyas Iyer, 6 Venkatesh Iyer, 7 Axar Patel, 8 Deepak Chahar, 9 R Ashwin, 10 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 11 Harshal Patel

New Zealand: 1 Martin Guptill, 2 Daryl Mitchell, 3 Mark Chapman, 4 Glenn Phillips, 5 Tim Seifert (wk), 6 James Neesham, 7 Mitchell Santner, 8 Tim Southee (capt), 9 Trent Boult, 10 Adam Milne, 11 Ish Sodhi

Cheers..

Yay go India. Glad Harshal patel got a chance.

Thank you Madhu di for thread. Good to see u, we missed u in previous match

Rohit Sharma makes it two from two - a thoroughly good start to his new job. Mohammed Siraj is the player to miss out for Harshal; Siraj suffered a hand injury in the first T20I. Three changes for New Zealand, meanwhile, with Milne, Sodhi and Jimmy Neesham all coming into the XI. Lockie Ferguson sits this one out, as do the spin duo of Rachin Ravindra (although he didn't bowl on debut the other night) and Todd Astle

"Quite a few feedbackers asking why Harshal rather than Avesh. I guess it could be because they're looking for a death-overs option today, and Harshal offers that with all his slower variations. Plus he's a handy hitter down the order, so it definitely extends their batting too."

Captains speak…

Tim Southee: We would have bowled first, taking the dew into consideration. It's always about trying to improve. We have to focus on the positives. We'll have to deal with the dew, and find a way to put up a good performance. We have three changes.

Rohit Sharma: We are going to field first. We have seen it here, it's a nice option to go with. Considering the dew factor, it's good to chase in Ranchi. It was a good effort from the boys. It was a good learning for them as they finished the game, it was a good positive to have from that game. The game is such that you need some energy and experience. We have youngsters who want to express themselves, it's a good setup, it's important moving forward. We have one change, Harshal comes in for Siraj.