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Sunday, January 26, 2020

2020 India Tour of New Zealand Second T20I @ Auckland Sunday Jan 26,2020

 

 

India Beat New Zealand in Second T20I, Take 2-0 Series Lead

 Scorecard

New Zealand 132/5 in 20 Overs

India              135/3 in 17.3 Overs

Match Result - India won by 7 wickets

MOM - K L Rahul

Series Result - India lead the 5-Match T20I series 2-0

India tightened their grip on the T20I series with a seven-wicket drubbing of New Zealand in the second match after their bowlers stifled the hosts in Auckland on Sunday Jan 6,2020
 The trio of Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami allowed no respite to Kane Williamson's team after New Zealand surprisingly chose to bat, restricting them to 132/5

Chasing 133 proved to be a cakewalk for the visitors on a pitch that was slightly on the slower side, but the short boundaries ensured the match ended with 15 balls to spare.

KL Rahul then scored 57*(50 balls 4x3 and 6x2)while Shreyas Iyer scored 44 (33 balls 4x1 and 6x3) the duo adding 86 runs for the third wicket and after Rohit Sharma's twin failure.

Tim Southee took 2-20 as India had to do without major contributions from both Sharma and skipper Virat Kohli.

Rohit (8) was out caught at slip in the first over off Southee. New Zealand's new ball bowlers were compact and didn't let the Indian top order get away unlike in the first T20I.

Rahul and Kohli then added 31 runs for the second wicket. The latter then was caught behind off Southee in the sixth over with Tim Seifert taking a brilliant diving catch.

Kohli scored 11 off 12 balls and the wicket's slow nature was starting to impact proceedings. New Zealand held back their spinners too, but Rahul and Iyer settled down in this passage of play

Match Highlights

KL Rahul last five innings (T20)
91
45
54
56
57*


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