Preview

India vs New Zealand 2nd T20I is all concluded to face each other in the 2nd game of the 3 matches T20I series. Team India kick-started the T20I series next to the Black Caps on a booming note. On Wednesday, November 17, Rohit Sharma and co. crushed the visitors by five wickets to take a 1-0 edge in the series. After dropping the toss and being invited to bat first, the Kiwis missed Daryl Mitchell early but, Martin Guptill and Mark Chapman strengthen the target. The end went on to indent his second T20I fifty; his 1st for New Zealand. After his dissolution, Guptill’s 70 runs from 42 balls accommodated his team pile up an ambitious total of 164.

In the 2nd innings, Rohit Sharma’s 48 and Suryakumar Yadav’s 62 escorted the Indian team to success in the 1st match of the set. Although they were slightly distorted in the second half of their run-chase, they succeeded to get home safely in the end.

Match Details

Match: India vs New Zealand, Match 2

Date: November 19, 2021

Time: 7:00 PM IST.

Venue: JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi.

Weather Report

The Weather condition is good for the match and, there is no chance of rain because not many dark clouds on the cards for this game. As there will be some clouds to greet both teams, the temperature will be ranging, around 22 degrees Celcius with a humidity of 70S.

Pitch Report

The pitch is quite good for batting and scoring runs as the average score at this venue is around 152 runs in total. This also indicates that the intriguing contest of ball and bat on this crease. Both teams will prefer bowling first the pursue the target successfully.

India vs New Zealand Predicted Playing 11

India Playing 11

Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wk), Venkatesh Iyer, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Mohammed Siraj

New Zealand Playing 11

Martin Guptill, Daryl Mitchell, Tim Seifert, Glenn Phillips (WK), Mark Chapman, Mitchell Santner, James Neesham/Rachin Ravindra, Tim Southee (C), Lockie Ferguson, Ish Sodhi/Todd Astle, Trent Boult

Head-to-head

Overall

Matches- 19, India – 9, New Zealand– 9, N/R- 1, Tied- 0

In India

Matches- 7, India – 3, New Zealand– 3, N/R- 1, Tied- 0

Key Player

Rohit Sharma

The Indian skipper batted particularly well in the premature match and secured a match-winning 48. While the Hitman was solid against the challenging performances, he didn’t mind forwarding the relaxed deliveries for boundaries. However, the expert batter would have wanted to kill off the game. Nevertheless, he’ll encounter the Kiwi bowlers once upon and would like to perform a comparable or even more important knock.

Trent Boult

After enjoying a surprising run in the T20 World Cup 2021, Boult made a point in the first T20I as well. The left-arm speedster gained the ball talk and removed in-form batters, Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav. As the Ranchi track is associated to favor pacers.

Team News

• Indian team made some experiments in their first match of the series by giving entry to Axar Patel as well as Suryakumar Yadav thus we may anticipate another experiment but, after the victory, they are not resembling to change the line-up.

• Kiwi faced failure in their first experiment in the absence of Captain Kane Williamson. But they will be not changing the current line-up by giving any chance to the players on the bench thus, you can expect no variation.

India vs New Zealand Match Tips

In the first game both, teams fight till the end similar to a close-call fight. Blackcaps have shown their confidence even after the absence of captain Williamson. On the other hand, the men in blue showed their overpowering performance in the captaincy of Rohit Sharma and the coaching of head coach Rahul Dravid. The second T20I is a must-win occasion for the guests, who have every possibility of bringing the series to a 1-1 tie. But the Indian team holds upper ground to lead them on the path of victory.

Today’s match prediction: India to win the match.