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IND vs NZ 2nd T20I Highlights: India win by 6 wickets, level the series 1-1

India beat New Zealand by 6 wickets after their run-chase went down to the wire in a low-scoring match on a rank-turning surface.

IND vs NZ 2nd T20I Highlights: India win by 6 wickets, level the series 1-1

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India Vs New Zealand At Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow, 29 January, 2023

29 January, 2023
Starts (IST)
Match Ended
New Zealand

New Zealand

99/8 (20.0 ov)

2nd T20I
India

India

101/4 (19.5 ov)

India beat New Zealand by 6 wickets

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23:12 (IST)

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So after a nerve-wreacking clash, India have levelled the series and the third match will have a lot more than just consolation or pride to play for. The series is on line, well and truly alive! That's it from our live coverage! See you again on Wednesday. Untill then, have a good night!

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23:09 (IST)

IND vs NZ LIVE:

Hardik Pandya: I always believed that we'll be able to finish the game, but it went quite late. All these games are important with the moments. You don't need to panic because it was about rotating the strike rather than taking the pressure. We followed our basics.

To be honest, it was a shocker of a wicket. Both the games we have played on so far. I don't mind difficult wickets. I am all up for that, but these two wickets were not made for T20. Somewhere down the line the curators or the grounds that we are going to play in should make sure they prepare the pitches earlier. Other than that, happy.

Even 120 would have been a winning total. Bowlers - they stuck to their plans and ensured they did not rotate the strike. We kept rotating the spinners. Dew didn't play much part in this. They were able to spin the ball more than us. It was carrying through well.

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23:06 (IST)

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New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner: It was a great game of cricket. To get it so close was great effort from the bowlers. If we'd got an extra 10 or 15, could have been the difference. The calmness of Surya and Hardik to get them over the line was pretty good. We bowled 16 or 17 (17) overs of spin, definitely something different. With the bounce out there, it looked challenging. You are not sure what a good total is. 120 might have been a good score. Rotation of the strike might have been the difference.

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22:44 (IST)

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Washington Sundar: All of us were on our toes. I am sure everyone watching would have been on their toes. This has been very very exciting. Two-three games like this out of every 10-11 games would be amazing. That kind of misjudgment happens in such pressurizing matches (on the mix-up with SKY). It was very important for Surya to stay till the end that's why I sacrificed my wicket.

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22:36 (IST)

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India have finally chased down a poultry 100-run target! But mind it that was no poultry total considering the surface and the manner in which New Zealand bowled made it even more thought to reach the target. The bowling cards of both sides have looked like a batting card today as 30 of the 40 overs were bowled by spinners. The series is now levelled 1-1 and Ahmedabad will have a game to savour as both sides will play to end on a winning note and also lift the trophy.

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22:30 (IST)
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19.5 Finally a boundary! Short and SKY flat bats it over mid-off. The ball meets the boundary cushion and SKY has a boundary to his name. Imagine a match where Suryakumar Yadav played 31 balls and hit only one boundary! Such has been the contest tonight, and and excellent game of cricket despite of it being low scoring!
 
India win by 6 wickets

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22:28 (IST)

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19.4 Hardik Pandya plays towards mid on and they take a quick single. A direct hit would have been a wicket.
 
India need 3 runs off 2 balls

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22:27 (IST)

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19.3 Tickner has dropped SKY in his follow-through. He smashes it straight and the ball goes straight into Tickner's hands but pops out as fast as it went. Tickner cannot believe!
 
India need 4 off 3 balls

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22:25 (IST)

19.2 That's a dot ball! 5 needed of 4 balls now.

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22:24 (IST)

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19.1 Short, wide of off and Hardik gets and edge that seemed to race away to boundary, but the third man was too fine and cuts it down. Just a single.

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22:30 (IST)

IND vs NZ LIVE:

19.5 Finally a boundary! Short and SKY flat bats it over mid-off. The ball meets the boundary cushion and SKY has a boundary to his name. Imagine a match where Suryakumar Yadav played 31 balls and hit only one boundary! Such has been the contest tonight, and and excellent game of cricket despite of it being low scoring!
 
India win by 6 wickets
22:22 (IST)

IND vs NZ LIVE:

18.5 Finally a boundary! Hardik Pandya flicks it square on the leg side and the ball has finally seen the fence! Welcome boundary for India and they shall breathe easy now. A boundary after 45 balls for India
 
India 94/4 after 19 overs
22:03 (IST)

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14.3 Washington Sundar has sacrificed himself! Poor stuff from Suryakumar Yadav.  Tried a reverse sweep, the ball just went a few yards away from him but he set off for a single. Sundar denied but SKY kept running and the former sacrificed himself at the end as Finn Allen ran across to take the bails off himself. Washington Sundar run out (Finn Allen) 10(9)
21:47 (IST)

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11.1 A bad full toss from Glenn Phillips, completely outside the leg stump. Sundar sits on his knees and sweeps it away for four runs. Had the fine leg inside the circle been a little bit squarer, Sundar would be walking back to the pavilion. But he is safe.
21:44 (IST)

IND vs NZ LIVE:

10.4 End of Rahul Tripathi. He couldn't stay calm for long. On a good length from Ish Sodhi and spinning away from the batter, he sits on his knees and tries to sweep it anyways. The ball gets the top edge and Glenn Phillips takes a good catch at deep mid-wicket. Rahul Tripathi c Glenn Phillips b Ish Sodhi 13(18)
 
India 51/3 after 11 overs
21:32 (IST)

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8.5 Ishan Kishan is gone, gone by a whisker! He nudged it on the leg side and the batters completed the first run quite quickly, wanted the second run but Tripathi sends him back after a bit of hesitation. Kishan runs back to make ground but his bat is on the crease as Mitchell Santner breaks the stumps! Ishan Kishan (runout Glenn Phillips) 19(32)
21:24 (IST)

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7.1 Ish Sodhi bowls full to start his spell and Rahul Tripathi has smashed it straight over the bowler's head for a boundary! Not allowing the bowler to settle.
21:23 (IST)

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6.6 The last ball spoils the over. Drifting down the leg side, Kishan gets a glove on it while trying to sweep and the ball goes past wicketkeeper's right shoe to the fence for four runs.
 
India 34/1 after 7 overs
21:18 (IST)

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5.5 Excellent shot by Ishan Kishan! Bracewell bowl wide on the off side and Kishan cuts it square for four runs! 
 
India 29/1 after 6 overs
21:11 (IST)

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3.5 Shubman Gill has gone! Tries to pull a short delivery but the ball spins too much to trouble the batter, he gets an upper edge on that pull and the ball flies away to deep square leg fielder. Shubman Gill c Finn Allen b Michael Bracewell 11(9)
21:06 (IST)

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2.4 A little bit of width offered by Santner and Shubman Gill has cut through point region. He is looking the best batter on this surface.
20:59 (IST)

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0.6 Now Shubman Gill gets a boundary! Pulls it away towards square-leg region and the ball races away to the cushion.
 
India 8/0 after 1 over
20:34 (IST)

IND vs NZ LIVE:

18.2 Shivam Mavi tries the short ball ploy too, but gives away four runs. Jacob Duffy timed it well and the ball goes over deep mid-wicket for four runs!
 A boundary after 28 deliveries for the Kiwis!
20:33 (IST)

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17.6 Another wicket goes down of another short ball! Lockie Ferguson the man to be dismissed this time. Gets his gloves on that surprise short ball and it flies to area between the wicketkeeper and short third man. Ishan Kishan and Washington Sundar both run for it, but Sundar reaches first to take it. Lockie Ferguson c Washington Sundar b Arshdeep Singh 0(2)
 
New Zealand: 83/8 after 18 overs
20:08 (IST)

IND vs NZ LIVE:

13.3 Pitched up and Mitchell Santner drives it through the covers! Excellent timing on that occasion and that shall break the shackles for Kiwis.
 
New Zealand 67/5 after 14 overs
19:52 (IST)

IND vs NZ LIVE:

9.6 And what has that effort on the previous ball done! That has dismantled Daryl Mitchell completely! Kuldeep Yadav bowls quicker through the air, the ball spins in sharply and knocks the off stump of Mitchell! That beat the inside edge of his bat. New Zealand have lost the fourth wicket. Indian spinners wrecking havoc in Lucknow. Daryl Mitchell b Kuldeep Yadav 8(13)
 
New Zealand 48/4 after 10 overs
19:38 (IST)

IND vs NZ LIVE:

6.5 Deepak Hooda goes through the gates and the dangerous Glenn Phillips is gone! Tries to play a reverse sweep but misses it completely and Hooda hits middle and leg stump! Glenn Phillips b Deepak Hooda 5(10)
 
New Zealand 35/3 after 7 overs
19:25 (IST)

IND vs NZ LIVE:

4.4 Devon Conway is gone. But he has asked for a review. Seemed like an edge of the glove that went up in the air for a lobe in the hands of Ishan Kishan. The on-field decision is out! Conway wanted to reverse sweep the ball there. The TV umpire has to wait for snicko before making a decision. The ball has touched the gloves, yes! India have a second breakthrough and Washington Sundar bags on after Chahal. Devon Conway c Ishan Kishan b Washington Sundar 11 (14)
 
 
19:18 (IST)

IND vs NZ LIVE:

3.3 Finn Allen is gone! Tries to play a reverse sweep but gets an inside edge and is bowled! Yuzvendra Chahal is amongst wickets straight away. Finn Allen b Yuzvendra Chahal 11(10)
19:14 (IST)

IND vs NZ LIVE:

2.2 Four more! Allen tries to flick it towards the square boundary but the ball gets a top edge and flies towards the fine leg region to the boundary.
 
New Zealand 21/0 after 3 overs
19:05 (IST)

IND vs NZ LIVE:

0.4 Beautiful shot from Devon Conway! Hardik bowls fuller than good length on the fourth stump line and Conway flicks it in the mid-wicket region. Good start to the innings for Kiwis. Hardik is trying to get some swing but didn't found much.
 
New Zealand 6/0 after 1 over


India will face New Zealand in the second T20I of the series and will look to defend their enviable home turf record as the Kiwis dare to snatch an elusive victory on Indian soil.

While T20Is are not supposed to offer too much consequence this year, they are surely here for the entertainment of the fans.

It will be interesting to see how India make a comeback after losing the first match and whether will they only change their strategy or will also change their personnel. Is it the right time to hand Prithvi Shaw another international cap? Or will it be too early to break faith in Ishan Kishan and Shubman Gill?

The Indian top order failed miserably and seems too heavily dependent on Suryakumar Yadav. If not for Washington Sundar, they were staring at a humiliating defeat.

The fast bowlers as well have looked wayward as Umran Malik’s line and length does not complement his speed and Arshdeep Singh seems to have a tendency of being inconsistent.

New Zealand, for the first time on this tour, will feel stronger and motivated enough as they have a real chance to crush Indians.

Their batters attacked the Indian bowlers tirelessly and posted a very good total. The bowlers then came to the fore and restricted Indian batters well within the target. The spinners too managed to turn the ball square, though they themselves were surprised.

The temperature in Lucknow is expected to be on the cooler side – India is enjoying winter! Both the teams are expected to play an unchanged XI, unless Prithvi Shaw sees the light of the day.

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Updated Date: January 29, 2023 22:49:31 IST

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