Auckland India New Zealand T20 / Indian team won two consecutive T20s against New Zealand for the first time

• New Zealand scored 132 runs, India scored 135 for 3 wickets in 17.3 overs.
• Lokesh Rahul scored 57 and Shreyas Iyer scored 44, both added 86 runs.
• The third match of the series will be played on January 29 at Seddon Park, Hamilton

India defeated New Zealand by 7 wickets in the second match of the five T20 series. The New Zealand team won the toss and decided to bat in the match played at Eden Park in Auckland on Sunday. He scored 132 runs for 5 wickets in 20 overs. Chasing the target, the Indian team scored 135 runs for 3 wickets in 17.3 overs.

India defeated New Zealand in two consecutive matches in T20 for the first time. At the same time, he went 2–0 in the series, winning his first match by 6 wickets. The third match between the two teams will be played in Hamilton on 29 January.

Rahul hit 11th career half-century

Rahul scored an unbeaten 57 not out. This is the 11th half-century of his career. Shreyas Iyer scored 44 runs. Rahul and Iyer shared an 86-run partnership for the third wicket. Shreyas was caught by Ishi Sodhi at the hands of Saudi. Shivam Dubey remained unbeaten after scoring 8 runs. He won Team India by hitting six. Rahul was adjudged Man of the Match. Earlier, opener Rohit Sharma returned to the pavilion after scoring 8 runs off 6 balls. He was caught by Ross Taylor off Tim Southee. Captain Virat Kohli was dismissed by 11 runs. His catch was caught by Shiffert off the ball of Saudi.

Guptill and Shifert scored 33-33 runs

For New Zealand, Martin Guptill and Tim Schiffert scored 33–33 runs. Ravindra Jadeja took 2 wickets for India the most. Shardul Thakur, Shivam Dubey and Jaspreet Bumrah had one success each. New Zealand captain Kane Williamson could score 16 runs off 20 balls. Chahal caught him off Jadeja’s ball. Guptill hit four fours and two sixes. He shared a 48-run partnership in 6 overs for the first wicket with Colin Munro. Munro was dismissed for 26 off 25 balls. Kohli caught him off Shivam Dubey.

Grandhom proved to be a flop for the second consecutive match

Colin de Grandholm returned to the pavilion for 3 runs. Jadeja caught him on his own ball. They were dismissed without opening an account in the last match. Ross Taylor was out for 18 off 24 balls. Bumrah got Rohit caught by him.

Scorecard: New Zealand

Batsman runs ball 4s 6s
Martin Guptill CA. Kohli bo Shardul 33 20 4 2
Colin Monroe CA Kohli bo Shivam 26 25 2 1
Ken williamson ca Chal bo Jadeja 14 20 0 0
Colin de Grandhom CA. And bo Jadeja 3 5 0 0
Ross Taylor CA Rohit bo Bumrah 18 24 0 0
Tim Shiffert not out 33 26 1 2
Michelle Santner 0 0 0 0
Run: 132/5, Over: 20, Extra: 5.

Wicket Fall: 48/1, 68/2, 74/3, 81/4, 125/5.

Bowling: Shardul Thakur: 2-0-21-1, Mohammed Shami: 4-0-22-0, Jaspreet Bumrah: 4-0-21-1, Yuzvendra Chahal: 4-0-33-0, Shivam Dubey: 2 -0-16-1, Ravindra Jadeja: 4-0-18-2.

Scorecard: India

Batsman runs ball 4s 6s
Rohit Sharma Taylor Bow Saudi 8 6 2 0
Lokesh Rahul not out 57 50 3 2
Virat Kohli Chiffert Bow Saudi 11 12 1 0
Shreyas Iyer Saudi Bow Sodhi 44 33 1 3
Shivam Dubey 8 4 0 1
Runs: 135/3, Over: 17.3, Extras: 7.

Wicket Fall: 8/1, 39/2, 125/3.

Bowling: Tim Southee: 3.3-0-20-2, Hamish Bennett: 3-0-29-0, Blair Tickner: 3-0-34-0, Mitchell Sentner: 4-0-19-0, Ish Sodhi: 4 -0-33-1