New Zealand are facing India in the second T20I of the five-match series on Friday, January 23, at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, Raipur. The opening match between the two sides
ended with India emerging victorious, defeating the visitors by 48 runs. The Men in Blue came back strongly after the ODI series disappointment and will look to carry that momentum forward in the second game. Meanwhile, the Blackcaps will aim to bounce back strongly and secure a win in front of their home crowd.
Toss Update
Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav won the toss and elected to bowl first, expressing hope that the team would like to chase in this match, with the dew in mind. After winning the opening encounter, the hosts will look to take a significant lead with a victory in this match.
Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah not included in India's Playing XI for 2nd T20I
The Indian team has made a couple of changes for the second T20I in Raipur. The all-rounder Axar Patel, who sustained a finger injury during the first T20I, has been left out of the playing XI. Fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah, too, has not been named in the XI due to workload management.
NZ vs IND, 2nd T20I — What did the captains say?
Suryakumar Yadav, India Captain
We are going to bowl first. There is already little bit of dew out there, we haven't chased in recent times, so we want to chase. I think it (the pitch) looks good. I think it's the same wicket they said, which was used for the ODI series. I think we play every game, we try and improve on all the aspects. We never get perfect. We are always learning. But yeah, we look to do the same things again. We try and do the same thing in the bowling department, fielding and batting. We have two changes - Axar is missing out because he got hit in the last game. And Bumrah is resting tonight. So Harshit and Kuldeep come in.
Mitchell Santner, New Zealand Captain
We would have also bowled. I just think the ground’s already wet. I don’t think it’s going to get any better for us. Every time you play against a quality side in their home conditions, you’ve got to learn, and we did. Obviously, the way they came out with the bat throughout the whole innings, they came out pretty hard. So we know that now on the bowling side. We’ve just got to be a little bit clearer with our plans and try to squeeze them a little bit more. We’ve got three changes - Seifert for Robertson, Christian Clark is out, Zak Foulkes is in, and Matt Henry is in for Jamieson.
NZ vs IND, 2nd T20I — Playing 11s
New Zealand
Devon Conway, Tim Seifert (w), Rachin Ravindra, Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Daryl Mitchell, Mitchell Santner (c), Zakary Foulkes, Matt Henry, Ish Sodhi, Jacob DuffyIndia
India
Sanju Samson (w), Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Rinku Singh, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy
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