NZ vs IND 2nd T20: Team India gave the gift of victory on Republic Day, beating New Zealand by 7 wickets

The second match of the 5-match T20 series between India and New Zealand was played at Eden Park in Auckland. Host New Zealand won the toss and decided to bat first. The team scored 132 runs losing 5 wickets in 20 overs and gave India a target of 133 runs to win. India did not have a good start and opener Rohit Sharma was cheaply disposed. Team captain Virat Kohli also failed to do anything special. After losing both important wickets, India won the match by seven wickets on the basis of superb batting by Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul. With this, India has gone 2–0 in the series. The next match of the series will be played on 29 February.

03.30 PM: Shivam Dubey smashed a six off Tim Southee to give India victory in this match. Also has taken a 2–0 lead in the five-match series.

03.16 PM: India's opener KL Rahul has completed his Fifty. The team's position is very strong in this match. India's score is 103-2.

03.10 PM: KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer's partnership is taking India closer to victory in the match. So far, 47 runs have been shared between the two batsmen. India need 46 runs from 35 balls to win.

02.50 PM: India has completed 50 runs. At the moment, there is a pair of KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer at the crease. The team is still 76 runs away from victory.

02.35 PM: India have lost their second wicket in the form of Virat Kohli. The team needs 94 runs to win now. India's score is 39-2.

02.32 PM: Virat Kohli and KL Rahul have handled the Indian innings after losing the wicket of Rohit Sharma. The team is rapidly moving towards 50 runs.

02.13 PM: India has got an initial setback. Rohit Sharma is out after scoring 8 runs.

02.11 PM: Indian innings has started. At the crease, there is currently a pair of Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul.

02.00 PM: New Zealand have set a target of 133 runs in front of India. In the last match, New Zealand had set a target of 204 runs in front of India which India won by six wickets.

01.49 PM: New Zealand score 118 runs at the loss of 4 wickets in 18 overs. Tim Seifert (24) and Ross Taylor (13) are playing.

01.45 PM: New Zealand score 115 runs at the loss of 4 wickets in 17 overs. Tim Seifert is playing 23 and Ross Taylor is on 11.

01.35 PM: New Zealand's score has crossed 100 runs.

01.30 PM: New Zealand score 94 runs at the loss of 4 wickets in 15 overs. Tim Seifert 08 and Ross Taylor are playing 09 runs.

01.24 PM: India got the fourth success in 12.3 overs. Yuzvendra Chahal caught by captain Kane Williamson off Ravindra Jadeja. Williamson returned to the pavilion after scoring 14 runs in 20 balls. New batsman Tim Seifert has arrived.

01.22 PM: New Zealand score 79 runs in 12 overs at the loss of 3 wickets. Kane Williams and 13 runs scored by Ross Taylor.

01.15 PM: India got their third success in 10.2 overs. Ravindra Jadeja caught a catch from Colin de Grandhom on his own ball. Grandhom returned to the pavilion after scoring 5 runs off 5 balls. New batsman Ross Taylor has arrived.

01.12 PM: New Zealand score 73 runs in 2 overs at the loss of 2 wickets. Kane Williams playing 09 and Colin de Grandholm scoring 03 runs.

01.05 PM: India got second success in 8.4 overs. Virat Kohli catches Colin Munro off Shivam Dubey. Munro returned to the pavilion after scoring 16 runs in 25 balls with 2 fours and 1 six. New batsman Colin de Grandhom has arrived.

12.55 PM: New Zealand score 58 runs for the loss of one wicket in 7 overs. Kane Williamson 2 and Colin Munro are scoring 21 runs.


12.52 PM: India got first success in 5.6 overs. Virat Kohli catches Martin Guptill off Shardul Thakur's ball. Guptill returned to the pavilion in 20 balls with 33 fours and 2 sixes. New batsman captain Kane Williamson has arrived.

12.45 PM: New Zealand score 39 runs without loss in 5 overs. Colin Munro 13 and Martin Guptill are playing 25 runs.

12.33 PM: New Zealand score 18 runs in 2 overs. Mohammed Shami had a four in this over.

12.27 PM: New Zealand score 13 runs without loss in 1 over. Colin Munro 0 and Martin Guptill are scoring 12 runs. In this over of Shardul Thakur, Martin Guptill hit two consecutive sixes.

12.22 PM: The game has started. Colin Munro and Martin Guptill are leading the innings for New Zealand. The bowling attack is being started by Shardul Thakur.

11.55 AM: India's Playing XI: Virat Kohli (captain), Rohit Sharma (vice-captain), KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Shivam Dubey, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Shardul Thakur, Ravindra Jadeja.

11.55 AM: New Zealand Playing XI: Kane Williamson (captain), Martin Guptill, Ross Taylor, Colin Munro, Colin de Grandhom, Mitchell Santner, Tim Seifert (wicketkeeper), Hamish Benete, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, Blair Tickner.
11.50 PM: New Zealand won the toss and decided to bat first.

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