India vs New Zealand, 2nd T20I Live Score Updates: India Off To Good Start In Chase of 100 vs NZ

IND vs NZ: FOUR

FOUR!!! Shubman Gill hits a brilliant boundary on Jacob Duffy’s delivery. Gill patiently waits for the short of the length delivery and flicks it over the on-side for four runs. India off to a terrific start. 

IND 8/0 (1 overs)

IND vs NZ: We are back

Hello and welcome back to the second innings of the second T20I match between India and New Zealand. Shubman Gill and Ishan Kishan opening the batting attack for India in the runs chase of 100. Jacob Duffy comes to bowl the first over for New Zealand.

IND vs NZ: New Zealand 99/8 in 20 overs

India restrict New Zealand to 99/8 in 20 overs. For the hosts, Arshdeep Singh scalped two wickets and conceded only 7 runs in 2 overs. Apart from him, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Deep Hooda, and Washington Sundar scalped one wicket each. For New Zealand, Mithcell Santner remained unbeaten at 19 off 23 balls. 

IND vs NZ: OUT

OUT!!! Arshdeep Singh strikes again in the same over and removes Lockie Ferguson for duck. Ferguson gets hit on the glove as the ball goes up in the air and lands safely into the hands of Washington Sundar. New Zealand lose their eighth wicket. 

NZ 83/8 (18 overs)

IND vs NZ: OUT

OUT!!! Arshdeep Singh joins the party and dismisses Ish Sodhi for 1. Sodhi mistimes the shot as it goes up in the air and Hardik Pandya takes a fantastic catch at the mid-on.

NZ 83/7 (17.4 overs)

IND vs NZ: OUT

OUT!! Skipper Hardik Pandya scalps his first wicket of the night and Michael Bracewell becomes his prey. The ball hits the top edge of the bat and Arshdeep Singh takes a brilliant catch at the fine leg boundary. New Zealand lose their sixth wicket.

NZ 80/6 (17 overs)

IND vs NZ: FOUR

FOUR!!! Mitchell Santner comes as a new hope for New Zealand as he hits a brilliant boundary on Washington Sundar’s delivery. Santner smartly places a shot into cover as the fielder in the deep fails to stop it from going across the boundary line. Four runs to New Zealand.

NZ 67/5 (13.3 overs)

IND vs NZ: OUT

OUT!!! A confusion led New Zealand to lose their fifth wicket. Mark Chapman plays a reverse sweep on Deep Hooda’s delivery and goes for a single. However, a miscommunication between and Michael Bracewell, costs Chapman his wicket as the ball goes straight to Kuldeep Yadav, who throws it back to Ishan and Chapman gets run out for 14.

NZ 60/5 (12.4 overs)

IND vs NZ: OUT

OUT!!! What a delivery!!! Kuldeep Yadav’s spinning delivery rattles off Daryl Mitchell’s off-stump. Mitchell tries to play a defensive shot on the delivery but completely fails to judge it and departs for 8. New Zealand in deep trouble as they lose their fourth wicket.

NZ 48/4 (10 overs)

IND vs NZ: FOUR

FOUR!!! Daryl Mitchell gets off the mark in style as he hits a boundary on Kuldeep Yadav’s delivery. Mitchell plays a pull shot and gets four runs after clearing the mid-wicket. New Zealand eyeing a recovery after three sudden dismissals.

NZ 40/3 (7.5 overs)

IND vs NZ: OUT

OUT!! Deepak Hooda joins the party and gives India their third wicket of the night. Glenn Phillips tries to play a reverse sweep on Hooda’s delivery but ends up missing it and ball rattles up the middle and the leg stump. Brilliant display of bowling from India.

NZ 35/3 (6.5 overs)

IND vs NZ: OUT

OUT!!! Washington Sundar provides India with their second breakthrough as he removed Devon Conway for 11. Sundar hits Conway on the gloves as the ball lands straight into the hands of Ishan Kishan. New Zealand lose their second wicket and a brilliant start for India.

NZ 28/2 (4.4 overs)

IND vs NZ: OUT

OUT!!! Yuzvendra Chahal enters with a bang and gives India an early breakthrough with a dismissal of Finn Allen. Chahal’s spinning delivery completely bamboozles Allen as tries to go for a reverse sweep but misses the ball and gets clean bowled. What a great decision of bringing Chahal early into the attack. 

NZ 21/1 (3.3 overs)

IND vs NZ: FOUR

FOUR!!! What a shot from Allen. The batter makes a brilliant use of Hardik’s short of a length delivery as he places a top edge towards the fine leg and gets a boundary. Brilliant piece of batting. 

NZ 18/0 (2.2 overs)

IND vs NZ: FOUR

FOUR!!! Finn Allen turns out to be lucky as he steals a boundary on Hardik Pandya’s delivery. The ball hits at thick edge and flies straight to Ishan Kishan, who fails to grab the opportunity and it goes for a four. 

NZ 14/0 (2.1 overs)

IND vs NZ: FOUR

FOUR!!! Devon Conway gets off the mark in style with a brilliant boundary on Hardik Pandya’s delivery. Conway smartly flicks it over the deep mid-wicket as the ball goes for four runs.

NZ 6/0 (1 overs)

IND vs NZ: We are underway

The second T20I between India and New Zealand begins with Hardik Pandya opening the bowling attack for the hosts. On the other hand, Finn Allen and Devon Conway open the batting attack for New Zealand. 

IND vs NZ: New Zealand’s Playing XI

New Zealand (Playing XI): Finn Allen, Devon Conway(w), Mark Chapman, Glenn Phillips, Daryl Mitchell, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner(c), Ish Sodhi, Jacob Duffy, Lockie Ferguson, Blair Tickner

IND vs NZ: India’s Playing XI

India (Playing XI): Shubman Gill, Ishan Kishan(w), Rahul Tripathi, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya(c), Deepak Hooda, Washington Sundar, Shivam Mavi, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh

IND vs NZ: Here’s what Hardik Pandya said at the toss

We were also thinking to bat first but bowling is also fine. This is a new team, but we have spoken about getting into the challenge and having to do difficult things. It can’t difficult than this in a bilateral series, losing the first game and then two games on the line. Looking forward to this game. We are going to make mistakes and we’ll learn from them. It might turn. Umran misses out, Yuzi comes in.

IND vs NZ: Here’s what Mitchell Santner said at the toss

We are gonna have a bat. The stats say that it’s challenging to chase here. We’ll try to get some runs on the board and see what it does. We had a tough one-day series, it was nice to bounce back with a win. Different guys stepping up at different times is always nice. It’s never easy to beat India at home. That partnership between Surya and Hardik put them right back in the game. The key is to take wickets through the middle, that’s the best way to slow them down. You got to take that (bigger ground dimensions) into account. Same team.

IND vs NZ: New Zealand opt to bat

New Zealand skipper Mitchell Santner won the to0ss and opted to bat against India in the second T20I of the three-match series, at the Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow. 

IND vs NZ: HELLO!

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the 2nd T20I between India and New Zealand from the Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow.