IND vs NZ: New Zealand set a target of 154 runs in front of India

 New Delhi:

New Zealand has set a challenge of 154 runs in front of the Indian team. In 20 overs, New Zealand scored 153 for 7 wickets. At one time, New Zealand's last five overs, which seemed to be moving towards a big score, scored less runs than expected. New Zealand had scored 125 runs for three wickets in 15 overs at one time. New Zealand, who scored 125 runs in 15 overs, lost the fourth wicket on 15.1 balls. Ashwin got Tim Sheffert caught by Bhuvnevar as soon as he started the over. Sheffert scored 13 runs in 15 balls. After this Neesham was found on the field. 128 runs were scored in 16 overs. After this Harshal Patel came to bowl. In this over, a six was hit on the first ball itself but Harshal managed to take the wicket of Phillips. New Zealand's fifth wicket fell on the score of 137. After this Mitchell Santner came to bat. New Zealand's score was 138 runs in 17 overs. Bhuvneshwar Kumar did the 18th over. Only two runs were scored in this over and Jimmy Neesham was caught by Rishabh Pant on the last ball of the over. In this way New Zealand's sixth wicket fell. After this Adam Milne came out to bat. Harshal Patel came for the 19th over. Six runs were scored in this over. Deepak Chahar did the last over.

New Zealand have scored 125 runs for three wickets by the end of 15 overs. New Zealand seemed to be moving towards a big score after scoring 84 for two in 10 overs in the match. After this Axar Patel came to bowl the 11th over. Venkatesh Iyer dropped a catch in this over. After 11 overs, the team's score was 89 runs. Then Harshal Patel came to do the 12th over. Suryakumar Yadav caught Darrell Mitchell on his ball. In this way, New Zealand's third wicket fell for 90 runs. After this Tim Seifert came out to bat. After 12 overs, New Zealand's score was 94 runs. Axar Patel came to do the 13th over. 8 runs were scored in this over. At the end of the 13th over, New Zealand's score was 3 for 102. Deepak Chahar did the 14th over. 12 runs were scored in this over and New Zealand's score was 114 runs. Bhuvneshwar Kumar came to the 15th over. 11 runs were scored in this over.

In the second T20 match, Martin Guptill and Darrell Mitchell came out as openers for New Zealand and started with a bang. In the very first over of Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Guptill started with a bang. Hit two fours in the first two balls. 14 runs in the first over. Not only this, Martin Guptill became the highest run-scorer in the international T20 format as soon as he scored 11 runs. Deepak Chahar did the second over. 10 runs were scored in it. The third over was given to Axar Patel after seeing the smoky runs being scored. 5 runs were scored in this over. The fourth over was then given to Bhuvneshwar. 12 more runs were made in this. In four overs, the score became 42 runs without loss. After this, the fifth over was given to Deepak Chahar, in which the first success came on the score of 48. Rishabh Pant caught Guptill behind the wicket on Deepak's ball. Guptill scored 31 runs in 15 balls. After this Chapman came to bat. New Zealand's score in five overs was 52 runs for the loss of one wicket.

In the sixth over, the ball was given to Ravichandran Ashwin. A total of eight runs including one four were scored in his over. The seventh over was handed over to debutant bowler Harshal Patel. Four runs were scored in this over. Ravichandran Ashwin again did the eighth over. After this over, New Zealand's score was 74 runs for the loss of one wicket. The next over was again given to Axar Patel. New Zealand's second wicket fell for 79 runs in this over. In an attempt to hit a six off Patel, Chapman was caught by KL Rahul on the boundary. Chapman scored 21 runs in 17 balls. After this, Glen Phillips landed on the field. After 9 overs, New Zealand's score was 80 runs for the loss of two wickets. The tenth over was then given to Ashwin. 4 runs were scored in this over.

The Indian team has won the toss and elected to bowl first. The dew will play an important role on the Ranchi ground. An important change has been made in the Indian team. Harshal Patel has been included in place of Mohammad Siraj. Indian Playing 11 for today's match is as follows. Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Venkatesh Iyer, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Deepak Chahar. At the same time, a change has been made in New Zealand's team. Ish Sodhi has been included in the team in place of spinner Astle. If the Indian team wins here today, it will take an unbeatable lead in the series. However, New Zealand's team will try its best to win this match and level the series 1-1.

Today, the second match of the T20 series between India and New Zealand is from 7 pm at JSCA International Stadium Complex in Ranchi. The Indian team took a 1-0 lead in the series after winning the first match by 5 wickets. So far 2 T20 International matches have been played on the pitch of Ranchi. While one match has been canceled due to rain. In such a situation, it has become difficult to estimate the pitch. But the role of dew can be seen in today's competition. Surya Kumar Yadav and Rohit Sharma played a brilliant innings in the first match. Surya Kumar played an innings of 62 runs. At the same time, captain Rohit Sharma also played an important role in the team's victory by playing an innings of 48 runs.