India beat New Zealand by seven wickets with 15 balls
to spare. Both the two young talents from India KLRahul and Shreyas Iyer leads
the team in to the consecutive victory in a row. Earlier in the same Eaden
ground in Akland the first T-20 match India registers 6 wicket win. The boys Rahul and Shreyas knocked fifties. Shreyas
have got player of the match with his brilliant knock. And Todays entire match also
went around the two young Indian Batsmen. Man of the match Lokesh Rahul gets
tremndous 57* 0ff 50 balls. With his
support Shreyas again played a great innings. He gets 44
out off 33 balls. Then He was out trying to hit the ball
over the ropes. An excellent catch from Tim Southee. However, this wicket is
more of a consolation for Ish Sodhi as India need just 8
runs from 21 deliveries. The run chase did not get off to
an ideal start as Rohit Sharma lost his wicket to Tim Southee in the first
over. Southee also got the wicket of Virat Kohli(11) in
the sixth over of the innings. Rahul brought the run chase back on the track
alongside Shreyas Iyer with an 86-run partnership for the
third wicket. Rahul scored his second fifty on the trot in the series from 43 deliveries and remained unbeaten for 57. Earlier
Black Caps’ skipper Kane Williamson won the toss, elected to bat first. Martin
Guptill got the hosts off to a good start but lost his wicket for 33 in the sixth over to Shardul Thakur. Colin Munro failed to
make a mark as he got out to Shivam Dube after scoring 26
runs from 25 deliveries. Indian bowlers continued to put
pressure on Kiwi batsmen in the middle overs. Kane Williamson struggled to get
the ball into gaps and lost his wicket trying to sweep Ravindra Jadeja. He took
two wickets for 18 runs.With this victory India move ahead 2-0 lead in the five Matches T-20 series.
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