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India beat New Zealand by 4 wickets in the 2nd T20I

Hagley Oval, Christchurch, . India won the toss and chose to bowl.

New Zealand179/520 ov
India181/619.5 ov
India won by 4 wickets (1 ball left)

Match report

From the scorecard

India won the toss and chose to bowl. New Zealand made 179 for 5 in 20 overs, Glenn Phillips 70 from 43 balls and Bevon Jacobs 58 from 46 balls. Arshdeep Singh took 2 for 32.

India reached 181 for 6 in 19.5 overs, Tilak Varma 51 not out from 26 balls and Naman Dhir 31 from 17 balls. Mitchell Santner took 4 for 21.

India won by 4 wickets (1 ball left).

Key performers

New Zealand innings

179/5(20 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Tim Seifert †c Tilak Varma b Arshdeep Singhc Tilak Varma b Arshdeep Singh7601116.67
Finn Allenb Prince Yadavb Prince Yadav151401107.14
Daryl Mitchellc Tilak Varma b B Kumarc Tilak Varma b B Kumar6510120.00
Glenn Phillipsc Naman Dhir b Arshdeep Singhc Naman Dhir b Arshdeep Singh704344162.79
Bevon Jacobsc AR Patel b Nithish Kumar Reddyc AR Patel b Nithish Kumar Reddy584651126.09
Mitchell Santner (c)not outnot out4*50080.00
Michael Bracewellnot outnot out10*211500.00
Extras(lb 1, w 7, nb 1)(lb 1, w 7, nb 1)9
Total20 Ov (RR 8.95)20 Ov (RR 8.95)179/5
Fall of wickets: 8-1 (TL Seifert, 1.3 ov), 17-2 (DJ Mitchell, 3 ov), 40-3 (FH Allen, 5.2 ov), 156-4 (GD Phillips, 18 ov), 164-5 (BJ Jacobs, 18.5 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Bhuvneshwar Kumar4050112.5063331
Arshdeep Singh403228.00102120
Prince Yadav403017.50104010
Naman Dhir10707.0010000
Axar Patel402807.0080200
Nithish Kumar Reddy3031110.3352210
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stTL Seifert 7(6) & FH Allen 1(3)89
2ndDJ Mitchell 6(5) & FH Allen 3(4)99
3rdFH Allen 11(7) & GD Phillips 9(7)2314
4thBJ Jacobs 50(41) & GD Phillips 61(36)11676
5thBJ Jacobs 8(5) & MJ Santner 0(0)85
6thMG Bracewell 10(2) & MJ Santner 4(5)15*7

India innings

181/6(19.5 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Sanju Samson †c GD Phillips b Jacob Duffyc GD Phillips b Jacob Duffy14171182.35
Abhishek Sharmac NG Smith b MJ Santnerc NG Smith b MJ Santner272131128.57
Vaibhav Sooryavanshic Daryl Mitchell b NG Smithc Daryl Mitchell b NG Smith480050.00
Shreyas Iyer (c)b MJ Santnerb MJ Santner7110063.64
Axar Patelc Daryl Mitchell b MJ Santnerc Daryl Mitchell b MJ Santner11901122.22
Tilak Varmanot outnot out51*2661196.15
Naman Dhirc GD Phillips b MJ Santnerc GD Phillips b MJ Santner311713182.35
Nithish Kumar Reddynot outnot out26*1311200.00
Extras(lb 2, w 5, nb 3)(lb 2, w 5, nb 3)10
Total19.5 Ov (RR 9.13)19.5 Ov (RR 9.13) · Target 180 from 20 ov181/6
Fall of wickets: 40-1 (SV Samson, 4.4 ov), 44-2 (Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, 6.2 ov), 56-3 (Abhishek Sharma, 8.4 ov), 69-4 (SS Iyer, 10.3 ov), 70-5 (AR Patel, 10.5 ov), 112-6 (Naman Dhir, 14.5 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Matt Henry211105.5091100
Jacob Duffy3.5041110.7075121
Lockie Ferguson3037012.3341212
Michael Bracewell403508.7561210
Nathan Smith3034111.3354100
Mitchell Santner402145.25110100
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stSV Samson 14(17) & Abhishek Sharma 22(13)4028
2ndVaibhav Sooryavanshi 4(8) & Abhishek Sharma 0(2)410
3rdSS Iyer 5(8) & Abhishek Sharma 5(6)1214
4thAR Patel 11(8) & SS Iyer 2(3)1311
5thTilak Varma 1(1) & AR Patel 0(1)12
6thNaman Dhir 31(17) & Tilak Varma 9(8)4224
7thNithish Kumar Reddy 26(13) & Tilak Varma 41(17)69*30

Commentary

End of innings: IND 181/6 (19.5 ov)
19.52
Jacob Duffy to Nithish Kumar Reddy, 2 runs
19.5Wd
Jacob Duffy to Nithish Kumar Reddy, wide
19.41
Jacob Duffy to Tilak Varma, 1 run
19.32
Jacob Duffy to Tilak Varma, 2 runs
FIFTY for Tilak Varma (50 off 25)
19.24
Jacob Duffy to Tilak Varma, FOUR
19.11
Jacob Duffy to Nithish Kumar Reddy, 1 run
End of over 1918 runsIND 170/6440406
Tilak Varma 44(23)Nithish Kumar Reddy 23(11)NG Smith 3-0-34-1
18.66
NG Smith to Tilak Varma, SIX
18.50
NG Smith to Tilak Varma, no run
18.44
NG Smith to Tilak Varma, FOUR
18.30
NG Smith to Tilak Varma, no run
18.24
NG Smith to Tilak Varma, FOUR
18.14
NG Smith to Tilak Varma, FOUR
End of over 1817 runsIND 152/6614Wd041
Tilak Varma 26(17)Nithish Kumar Reddy 23(11)Jacob Duffy 3-0-30-1
17.61
Jacob Duffy to Tilak Varma, 1 run
17.54
Jacob Duffy to Tilak Varma, FOUR
17.40
Jacob Duffy to Tilak Varma, no run
17.4Wd
Jacob Duffy to Tilak Varma, wide
17.34
Jacob Duffy to Tilak Varma, FOUR
17.21
Jacob Duffy to Nithish Kumar Reddy, 1 run
17.16
Jacob Duffy to Nithish Kumar Reddy, SIX
End of over 179 runsIND 135/6122112
Tilak Varma 17(13)Nithish Kumar Reddy 16(9)LH Ferguson 3-0-37-0
16.62
LH Ferguson to Tilak Varma, 2 runs
16.51
LH Ferguson to Nithish Kumar Reddy, 1 run
16.41
LH Ferguson to Tilak Varma, 1 run
16.32
LH Ferguson to Tilak Varma, 2 runs
16.22
LH Ferguson to Tilak Varma, 2 runs
16.11
LH Ferguson to Nithish Kumar Reddy, 1 run
End of over 1613 runsIND 126/6422221
Nithish Kumar Reddy 14(7)Tilak Varma 10(9)NG Smith 2-0-16-1