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 Fri, 23 January 2026
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20:42

Santner gets the runs

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NZ 178-6 (18 ovs) vs Ind | Scorecard

Rana is back in the attack and Santner welcomes him with a shot through the line, over mid-on for a four!

Rana then bowls a wide.

Santner then flicks the ball just over square leg for a four.

Short ball next and Santner gets on top of the bounce and cuts it through backward point for a four! 

Santner then plays it to backward point for a dot.

Santner then chips the next ball towards mid-on for a quick single.

Foulkes then attempts a lap shot and comes across the line, gets hit on the pad outside the line, big shout, no says the umpire and a leg bye given for  the single. 17 comes off the over.


Zakary Foulkes is the new man in and is beaten off the slower ball as he tries to poke at it. A wicket and 6 runs come off it. 


Pandya is back in the attack and Santner starts the over with a couple towards long-off.

Santner then miscues the slice over the in-field at cover for a single.

A wide ball next before Chapman slaps the ball to long off for a single.

Santner then digs out the yorker towards the long off and scampers for a single.

Slower short ball next, Chapman attempts the pull, miscues and he is caught at mid-wicket for 10.


20:29

Santner, Chapman have big job on hand


NZ 155-5 (16 ovs) vs Ind | Scorecard

Arshdeep back in the attack and Chapman and Santner start the over with a single each off the first two balls.

Chapman then digs out the yorker next ball.

Chapman then takes a single to the leg side.

Arshdee then bowls a wide ball and Santner plays it to the off side and he is called for a quick single.

Arshedeep ends the over with a dot, a length ball outside off, Chapman lets it go and four runs come off the over. 
 

Kuldeep continues and Chapman drives the ball to deep mid-wicket and scampers for a couple.

Flatter ball next and Chapman plays the ball down to long on for a single.

Santner then times the full toss past long on for a four!

Santmer then test the fielders as he plays the ball to mid-wicket and steals a couple.

Santner then hits the ball to sweeper cover for a single.

Chapman then drives the ball to mid-wicket for a single as 11 come off it.

20:20

Ravindra out for 44 as NZ lose half the side

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NZ 140-5 (14 ovs) vs Ind | Scorecard

Varun is back in the attack and Arshdeep misfields at short fine as Santner glances it to the leg side and four runs to start the over.

A dot later, Santner comes back for a couple to the leg side.

A dot later, Santner takes a single.

Chapman then pulls the ball to long-off for a single as 8 come off it.

 


Mitchell Santmer is the new man in and he is off the mark with a couple to the off side thanks to a misfield.

A dot later, Santner takes a single to sweeper cover as a single and 5 runs come off it. 


Kuldeep is back in the attack and Ravindra and Chapman start the over with a single each.

Kuldeep then drops it wide, Ravindra chases it and Arshdeep at short third man takes a good catch diving forward. Ravindra out for a well made 44 off 26.
20:10

Dube removes Mitchell

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NZ 127-4 (12 ovs) vs Ind | Scorecard

Mark Chapman is the new man in and after a dot, he is off the mark with a single to deep mid-wicket.

Chapman ends the over with a slice down to deep backward point for a single as a wicket and 7 runs come off it. 

Shivam Dube is in the attack now and Ravindra starts the over with a single to sweeper cover.

Dube then bowls a short ball and Mitchell hits a four in the gap through deep backward square leg and deep mid-wicket.

Pace off next, widish ball, Mitchell tries to go big only to hit it down the throat of Hardik Pandya at long on. He is out for 18 off 11.  




Varun is back in the attack and first ball Samson attempts a stumping as Ravindra plays and misses. The third umpire takes a look at it, not out.

Varun then bowls two wides.

He bowls another widish ball and Ravindra just slices it through the line, down the ground for a four!

Ravindra then chips the ball over mid-on for a single.

Mitchell then nudges the ball towards the leg side for a couple.

Varun then has Mitchell hit on the back leg as he misses the attempted slog sweep. Big shout for LBW. Umpire says not out. India take the review and lose it as ball tracking showed wickets missing. 

Mitchell plays a dot off the last ball as 9 come off the over. 

19:56

Kuldeep removes Phillips

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NZ 111-3 (10 ovs) vs Ind | Scorecard

Time for drinks now.

India have picked wickets at regular intervals even as New Zealand have taken on the bowlers.


Abhishek Sharma is the new man in and Mitchell starts the over with an uppish drive over mid-off for a couple.

A dot later, Mitchell and Ravindra take a single each.

Abhishek then bowls it fuller and Mitchell slaps it over the non-striker for a four!

Another full ball and Mitchell drives the ball hard down the ground for another four as 12 runs come off it. 


Daryll Mitchell is the new man in and he is off the mark with a single as 15 runs and a wicket come off the over.


Kuldeep continues and Phillips starts the over with a six down the ground!

Phillips follows that up with a four as the ball runs past the keeper off  the outside edge. That brings up the 50-run stand.

A dot later, Phillips cuts it past cover point for a four!

Kudeep then bowls the wrong one, Phillips tries to go through the leg side, the ball flies off the leading edge and he is caught at backward point for 19 off 13. New Zealand lose their 3rd wicket. 
19:44

Chakravarthy clobbered

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NZ 84-2 (8 ovs) vs Ind | Scorecard

Chakravarthy is back in the attack, short ball and Ravindra goes big as he pulls for a six over deep mid-wicket.

Ravindra then cuts the next ball to deep backward point  for a single.

Phillips then plays the next ball to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Ravindra then takes a single to the off side.

Phillips then hits the next ball to backward square leg for a single, looks for a couple but Ravindra says no.

Ravindra then goes on one knee and slogs the full ball over cow corner for a flat six as 16 come off the over. 



Kuldeep Yadav is in the attack now and Phillips is beaten on the outside edge first ball.

Phillips then hits the tossed up to the off side and takes a single.

Ravindra and Phillips then take a single each off the next two balls.

Ravindra then drives the next ball to the leg side for a single.

A dot to end the over as just four singles have come in the over. 
19:34

New Zealand lose both openers


NZ 64-2 (6 ovs) vs Ind | Scorecard

Rana continues and he appeals first ball as Ravindra is hit on the pad.

Slower one in the slot next and Ravindra sends it down the ground for a six to bring up the 50.

Ravindra then pulls the next ball to backward square leg for a couple.

Ravindra then just latches on to the full ball and hammers it through covers for a four!

Wide ball down the leg side next and wide called rightly.

Straight, slow and full next, Ravindra latches on to it and hits it through the line over mid-wicket for a six!

The ball has been lost in the crowd and there is a change of ball now. 

Dot to end the over as 19 come off it. 
  


Glenn Phillips is the new man in and he knocks the ball to mid-wicket and takes off for a single even as Kishan attempts a run-out in vain.

Ravindra then plays a dot next before he is off the mark with a punch to long-off for a single.

A dot to end the over as 2 runs and a wicket come off it. 


Varun Chakravarthy is in the attack now and after a dot, the mystery spinner strikes second ball as Seifert tries to slog sweep, mistimes the shot, the ball keeps swirling in the air for a long time. Ishan Kishan has his eyes on the ball till the last moment and holds on to a good catch as Seifert is out for 24 off 13.

 
19:22

New Zealand lose Conway for 19

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NZ 43-1 (4 ovs) vs Ind | Scorecard

Rachin Ravindra is the new man in.

Ravindra plays four dots as he misses the lap shot off the last ball of the over and that is a wicket-maiden. 


Harshit Rana in the attack now and he starts around the wicket and the ball comes in sharply misses the stumps.

Slower ball, Conway then goes up and miscues it straight to mid-off, where Hardik grabs the ball on the second attempt. New Zealand lose the first wicket.   


Arshdeep continues and Seifert and Conway start the over with two singles before Seifert swings across the line and sends the ball over mid-on for a four!

Short ball next and Seifert pulls it over square leg for a four!

Seifert then goes wide off leg stump and slaps the fuller ball through mid-off for another four!

Short ball again and Seifert pulls it to fine leg to end the over with another boundary as 18 runs come off it.
 
19:11

Conway, Seifert go big


NZ 25-0 (2 ovs) vs Ind | Scorecard

Hardik opens the attack at the other end as Seifert is surprised by the extra bounce. 

A good length ball outside and Seifert plays it to the off side for a dot.

Seifert comes down the track, goes for the big hoick and misses.

Seifert then comes across the stumps and mishits the lap shot and the ball goes to fine leg for a four!

He then mistimes the next ball and goes big over the infield and he gets a couple to deep backward point.

He then plays the ball to mid-off and scampers for a single as 7 come off it. 



Devon Conway and Tim Seifert will open the batting for New Zealand while Arshdeep Singh opens the attack for India. 

And Conway plays and misses first ball as the ball deviates away to beat the edge.

Touch short and Conway just punches it through the off side for a four.

Fuller ball next and Conway creams it through point and Ishan Kishan misfields in the deep to allow the ball to roll onto the advertisment boards for another four.

A dot later, Conway comes down the track and slashes it hard over deep backward point for a six! The first of the night. 

Conway then punches the ball past mid-off for a four as 18 come off the first over.  
18:37

Kuldeep, Harshit in the team tonight

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India captain Suryakumar Yadav has won the toss and elected to bowl first against New Zealand in the 2nd T20I in Raipur on Friday.

India have made two changes bringing in Kuldeep Yadav and Harshit Rana. Axar Patel is out injured and Jasprit Bumrah has been rested. 

New Zealand have three changes with  Seifert, Foulkes and Matt Henry in the Playing XI.

Playing XIs:

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
 
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

Sanju Samson would look to hit his straps in a much-needed settled role at the top of the order, while Ishan Kishan would be better served to make the limited opportunities count in the second T20 international between India and New Zealand in Raipur on Friday.

In and out of the playing eleven for no fault of his own, Samson is now certain to get an extended run ahead of next month's T20 World Cup.

Falling to a soft dismissal in the series opener, Samson would be determined to display his wide range of shots that have helped him rack up three hundreds in the shortest format.

Another batter who needs to repay the faith of the team management is Kishan, a surprise inclusion in the World Cup squad and played ahead of Shreyas Iyer in Nagpur on Wednesday night.

 
The southpaw looked good in his brief stay before being caught at cover. With batting till eight, most Indians players bat in top gear trying to hit every ball out of the park. Kishan would continue with that fearless approach and can only hope that it pays off.

Focus has been on captain Suryakumar Yadav's form ahead of the ICC event and even though he could not make a major contribution, the 32 off 22 balls would have lifted his confidence by a few notches.

Despite the individual areas of improvement emerging from an emphatic win in the first T20, the performance as a team sent ominous signals to rivals ahead of the World Cup where India go in as defending champions.

If India are to become the first team to defend the T20 World Cup title, Abhishek Sharma must continue to breathe fire at the top of the order like he did on Wednesday night.

The left-hander seems to be in the form of his life and someone who has a shown a rare ability to hit most balls out of the ground.

In the lower-order, Rinku Singh coming back into the team and firing instantly was another big positive for India.

Even in the absence of Kuldeep Yadav, the bowling department looks well rounded.

If Arshdeep Singh and Hardik Pandya keep taking wickets in powerplay, Jasprit Bumrah can be used for three overs post the powerplay, giving the side an additional weapon in the middle overs.

Largely due to the massive total, India were able to negate the dew factor in Nagpur.

Dew is expected in Raipur as well and no total would be safe as South Africa showed last month, chasing down 359 rather comfortably against the hosts in an ODI game.

New Zealand know they were not up to the mark on the bowling front and being a side which learns and adapts quickly, the Black Caps would be backing themselves to level the series.

They would be slightly worried about Devon Conway's recent mode of dismissals, caught in the slip cordon off away moving balls.