India vs New Zealand 2nd ODI: New Zealand beat India by 22 runs, clinch the series

New Zealand beat India by 22 runs, clinch the three match series 2-0. 

India: 251/10 (48.3 overs)

New Zealand: 273/8 (50 overs)

Chahal run-out!!

Chahal run out (Neesham/Latham) 10(12) [4s-1]

India: 251/9 (48.0)

Bumrah in strike!

Jadeja's 50 and the sword is out!

Chahal swings his bat to and connects!

India 246/8 (47 overs)

India need 28 runs in 18 balls

Heading towards a nail-biting finish!

Saini out!

Navdeep Saini b Jamieson 45(49) [4s-5 6s-2]

Highest 8th wicket stand for India v NZ (ODIs) :
82* Kapil Dev - K More, Bengaluru 1987
76 R Jadeja - N Saini, Auckland 2020*
53 R Binny - C Sharma, Launceston 1986

All hopes on Jadeja!

Saini Power!

Three consecutive boundaries by Saini! 

Jadeja saved by a whisker! Kiwis reviewed for the LBW but it was missing the stumps!

IND 222/7 (44.0)

India need 52 runs in 36 balls

Ray of hope for India! Saini and Jadeja get a 50-runs partnership. 

IND 204/7 (42 overs)

[CRR: 4.85  REQ: 8.69]

India need 70 runs in 48 balls. 

Still a long way to go!

India need 85 runs in 60 balls. 

India: 189/7 (40 overs)

Navdeep Saini: 14(31)

Jadeja: 37(53)

India need 103 runs in 84 balls

India: 171/7 (36.0)

[CRR: 4.75  REQ: 7.36]

Another wicket for NZ!

Kiwis have bowled four Indian batsmen in this innings!

SN Thakur b de Grandhomme 18(15) [4s-3]

India: 157/7 (32.0 overs)

Two consecutive boundaries by Thakur!

10 runs off the over!

India: 153/6 (31.0)

[CRR: 4.94  REQ: 6.37]

Shardul Thakur and Ravindra Jadeja running well between the wickets!

[CRR: 4.77  REQ: 6.55]

India: 143/6 (30.0)

After Shreyas Iyer's fifty, he was caught-behind in the next very ball!

Shreyas Iyer c Latham b Bennett 52(57) [4s-7 6s-1]

Brave innings by the young gun! Tried his best to save the sinking ship. 

India- 131/6 (28.0 overs)

India's run-rate gets a push after a good over!

James Neesham concedes 15 runs off the over. 

India: 125/5 (27.0 overs)

 [CRR: 4.63  REQ: 6.48]

India:104/5 (24.0)

[CRR: 4.33  REQ: 6.54]

India need 170 runs off 156 balls. 

India- 96/5 (21 overs), Kedhar Jadhav dismissed!

A wicket maiden for New Zealand's Tim Southee!

Has this over decided the match?

India needs to pick up its pace

[CRR: 4.61  REQ: 5.97]

India- 83/4 (18 overs)

Kedhar Jadhav and Shreyas Iyer on strike. 

Uhh Oh! KL Rahul dismissed!

India losing wickets in quick succession!

India: 71/4 (14 overs) 

Bowlers dismissing Kohli most often (across all format):
9* Tim Southee
8 Jimmy Anderson
8 Greame Swann
7 Morkel/ Lyon/ Zampa/Rampaul

Virat Kohli out!!

Bowled by Southee, Kohli b Southee 15(25) [4s-1]

India in deep trouble!

KL Rahul comes in to bat.

India- 59/3  (10.0 overs)

Maiden over by Kyle Jamieson!!

India- 43/2 (7 overs)

India lose another wicket!

Prithvi Shaw bowled by debutant Kyle Jamieson. 

Jamieson gets his maiden ODI wicket. 

Prithvi Shaw b Jamieson 24(19) [4s-6]

Shreyas Iyer is the new man in. 

Prithvi Shaw looks in good touch. He has struck four 4s uptill now. 

IND 33/1 (4.0)

[CRR: 8.25  REQ: 5.24]

Mayank Agarwal out!!

He was caught out by Ross Taylor who was in the first slip. 

Indian Skipper Virat Kohli comes in to bat. 

Mayank Agarwal c Ross Taylor b Bennett 3(5)

India- 28/1 (3 overs)

India- 12/0 (1 over)

Prithvi Shaw hits three boundaries in the first over!

India off to a strong start. 

Ross Taylor and Kyle Jamieson's 76 (51) partnership power New Zealand to 273. 

India need 274 runs in 300 balls. (5.48 required run-rate)

New Zealand: 273/8 (50 overs)

17 runs off the over and a catch dropped!

New Zealand: 242/8 (47 overs)

Ross Taylor scores 51st Half-century for New Zealand!

Kiwis lose another wicket!

Tim Southee out!

Tim Southee c Navdeep Saini b Chahal 3(10)

3rd wicket for Chahal. 

New Zealand: 202/8 (42.0)

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Mark Chapman out!!

A simple caught and bowled for Yuzvendra Chahal!

 Chapman c and b Chahal 1(2). 

Tim Southee comes in to bat.

Collin de Grandhomme out!

New Zealand's pace has hit a massive speed-breaker! Wickets are falling for the Kiwis. SN Thakur gets another wicket.

de Grandhomme c Shreyas Iyer b SN Thakur 5(8) [4s-1]

NZ: 185/6 (37 overs) 

Mark Chapman on-stike.

New Zealand on back-foot now!

James Neesham gone after a direct throw by Jadeja! India get two consecutive good overs!

James Neesham run out (Jadeja) 3(5)

NZ: 176/5 (35.0)

Tom Latham Out!!

The Kiwi skipper fell prey to Jadeja! and also lose the review. 

Tom Latham lbw b Jadeja 7(14)

James Neesham comes down to bat.

New Zealand: 174/4 (34 overs)

India stages a comeback! Dangerman out!

Martin Guptill run out (SN Thakur/Rahul) 79(79) [4s-8 6s-3]

Guptill did not even wait for the third umpire's decision to come, he sprinted his way to the dressing room. 

Skipper Tom Latham comes on-strike.

Tom Blundell out!! India gets a breakthrough. 

Tom Blundell c Navdeep Saini b SN Thakur 22(25) [4s-3]

Partnership broken at 49 runs.

Ross Taylor comes to crease.

New Zealand- 143/2 (27 overs)

NZ- 133/1 (25 overs), Guptill and Blundell looking good as of now.

New Zealand on steady CRR: 5.32

10 runs off the over!

Tom Blundell: 12(13)

Guptill: 60(54)

NZ- 118/1 (21 overs)

Henry Nicholls out!!

Virat is a little agitated as he feels that Henry Nicholls' DRS time ran out before he appealed for it. 

It's still out. NZ retain the DRS as it was an umpires call. 

Henry Nicholls lbw b Chahal 41(59) [4s-5]

Martin Guptill innings at Eden Park in ODIs:

15 innings
739 runs
61.58 avg.
2 hundred
5 fifties

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 NZ- 70/0 (13 overs)

New Zealand opening pair continue to trouble Indian bowlers.

New Zealand: 64/0 (12 overs)

Batsmen targetting shorter boundaries against Indian bowlers. 

First powerplay comes to an end!

NZ: 52/0 (10 overs)

15 runs off the over!

New Zealand: 43/0 (8.0); CRR: 5.38

2 runs off the over. 

NZ: 28/0 (7.0)

9 runs off it!

Jasprit Bumrah concedes consecutive boundaries. 

New Zealand: 26/0 (6.0)

Finally a good over from the Kiwis. 

10 runs off it.

NZ: 17-0

Guptill: 4(11)

Henry Nicholls: 12(19)

Four over gone New Zealand still in single digits. 

NZ: 7/0 (4 overs); CRR: 1.75

Shardul Thakur is efficient as of now!

One run off the over.

New Zealand- 4/0 (3 overs

New Zealand off to a slow start. 2 overs gone just 3 runs off it. 

New Zealand- 3/0 (2 overs)

Bumrah concedes just 2 runs. 

Good start by India.

Just one runs off the over. 

NZ- 1/0 (1 over)

Jasprit Bumrah to bowl the next over.

Shardul Thakur begins the bowling attack for India!

Martin Guptill and Henry Nicholls starts the innings for the Kiwis. 

Kyle Jamieson to debut!

India win the toss and choose to bowl!

India XI: Prithvi Shaw, Mayank Agarwal, Virat Kohli(c), Shreyas Iyer, Lokesh Rahul(w), Kedar Jadhav, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Navdeep Saini, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah

New Zealand XI: Martin Guptill, Henry Nicholls, Tom Blundell, Ross Taylor, Tom Latham(w/c), Mark Chapman, James Neesham, Colin de Grandhomme, Kyle Jamieson, Tim Southee, Hamish Bennett