India vs New Zealand, 2nd ODI Live Score & Updates: India take on New Zealand in the second ODI at Rajkot’s Niranjan Shah Stadium as they look to seal the three-match series. After a thrilling four-wicket win in the opener at Vadodara, the Indian team, led by Shubman Gill with stars Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma returning in the ODI format, will be eager to continue their winning momentum.
However, India face a slight problem with Washington Sundar ruled out due to a rib injury. All eyes will be on who replaces him in the playing XI, with Nitish Kumar Reddy emerging as a strong candidate. While Ayush Badoni has been added to the squad, the team management is likely to go with a player who can contribute with both bat and ball.
“He [Badoni] has been playing, he has been performing, he has played some India A one-day matches and he has performed. Of course, it is the selectors who pick the team, but for any common man, when Washington is out, you cannot normally go with only five bowlers,” India’s batting coach Sitanshu Kotak explained.
“For example, in the last game, if we had only five bowlers and Washington got injured in the fourth or fifth over, then who would have bowled those overs? So every team would like to have a sixth bowling option. Sometimes, if it is an all-rounder like Washington, then it’s an equally good bowler; sometimes it might be more of a batter who can bowl,” he added.
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India vs New Zealand ODI series: Squads
India Squad: Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill (c), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Ravindra Jadeja, KL Rahul (wk), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Arshdeep Singh, Ayush Badoni, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel
New Zealand Squad: Devon Conway, Henry Nicholls, Will Young, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Hay (wk), Michael Bracewell (c), Zakary Foulkes, Kristian Clarke, Kyle Jamieson, Adithya Ashok, Jayden Lennox, Nick Kelly, Josh Clarkson, Michael Rae
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