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Ind vs NZ: Defeating New Zealand by eight wickets, India also captured the second ODI, series

Raipur. India’s pace attack decimated New Zealand’s frail batting line-up in the second ODI here on Saturday, helping the hosts take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series with an eight-wicket win. The pace attack, led by Mohammed Shami, performed brilliantly on a difficult pitch as India bundled out New Zealand for 108. Chasing this target, India won by scoring 111 runs in 20.1 overs with captain Rohit Sharma’s 51-ball 50 and Shubman Gill’s unbeaten 40 (53 balls).

It was a resounding victory for India but the cricket-obsessed spectators present at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh Stadium were a bit disappointed with the early end of the match. This stadium of Raipur made a grand debut in its first international match. New Zealand lost five wickets for 15 runs in the 11th over, in which the role of Shami (3/18) and Mohammad Siraj (1/10) were important. Both of them made it difficult for the batsmen to collect runs with their excellent seam bowling on a bowler-friendly pitch. The ball was stopping, due to which it was difficult for the batsmen to add single runs.

However, when the Indian batsmen came to the crease in the evening, the batting looked easy. The third and final ODI of the series will be played in Indore on Tuesday. New Zealand opener Phil Allen could not even open the account and missed Shami’s full length ball which went uprooting his stumps. Then Siraj’s ball reached the hands of Shubman Gill by taking the edge of the bat of number three batsman Henry Nicholls. Brilliant return catches by Shami and Hardik Pandya (2/16) again put New Zealand in more trouble.

Shami dismissed Daryl Mitchell on his own ball who was trying to flick his ball. On the other hand, in the 10th over, Hardik’s catch of Devon Conway on his own ball with one hand was excellent. Shardul Thakur (1/26) also managed to grab a wicket when his ball took the edge of Tom Latham’s bat and went into the hands of Shubman Gill. The New Zealand captain played a loose shot and Gill also took a simple catch in the slips. New Zealand were in trouble but last match’s centurion Michael Bracewell (22 runs) was at the crease and there was hope. Along with him, the equally dangerous Glenn Phillips (36 runs) was also at the crease. Bracewell made his intentions clear by hitting Shami for a boundary at cover. After hitting consecutive boundaries in the 19th over, Shami bowled a sharp bouncer and Bracewell tried to pull it and caught wicketkeeper Ishan Kishan by touching the bat. Mitchell Santner (27 runs), who scored a half-century in the first ODI in Hyderabad, was again at the crease with Phillips.

Both of them shared a 47-run partnership for the seventh wicket to take the team past 100 runs. However, both of them were dismissed within six balls, ending New Zealand’s hopes of a comeback. Santner was bowled by Hardik while Phillips caught Suryakumar Yadav off Washington Sundar (2/7). Kuldeep Yadav (1/29) dismissed No.11 Blair Tickner to end New Zealand’s innings in 34.3 overs. In the chase, Rohit entertained the crowd with his favorite pull shots. Taken which was also the first six of the match.

He scored six runs on Lockie Ferguson in fine leg. Confident after scoring a double hundred in the first ODI in Hyderabad, Gill also played some brilliant strokes, including a cover drive shot off Ferguson. New Zealand’s fast bowlers could not get the ‘seam movement’ of the Indian fast bowlers, which made it easy for the hosts’ batsmen to score runs. Rohit completed his half-century by taking one run in the 13th over. But Shipley got him lbw on a low ball. When Virat Kohli came to the crease, the crowd welcomed him in the usual way, but he could only play nine balls when Santner made him his victim for the second time in a row. Then wicket-keeper batsman Kishan (8 not out) came and finished the match with Gill.

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