New Zealand will lock horns against India in the second T20I at the Hnry Stadium, Wellington on Saturday after the visitors won the series opener by five wickets. In the T20I series, India had chased down 199 runs off just 13.2 overs after Abhishek Sharma played one of the best knocks of his career.
If a similar pitch is dished out, expected a mountain of runs to be scored by two batting heavyweights. The Kiwis could not deliver the goods in the opening game with the bat and would look to come up with an improved show.
Indian bowlers were right on the money and they would look to carry their rich vein of form against the Blackcaps.
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Indian captain Shubman Gill needs 11 fours to complete 450 boundaries in ODIs.
Rohit Sharma needs three fours to complete 1150 boundaries in the 50-over version.
Axar Patel needs 82 runs to complete 1000 ODI runs.
Ishan Kishan needs nine sixes to complete 50 maximums in ODIs.
Tom Latham needs 10 fours to complete 400 boundaries in ODIs.
Henry Nicholls needs 76 runs to complete 2500 runs in ODIs.
Glenn Phillips needs six fours to complete 100 boundaries in ODIs.
Michael Bracewell needs six sixes to complete 50 maximums in ODIs. He needs four wickets to complete 50 wickets in the format.
New Zealand Squad: Henry Nicholls, Will Young, Tom Latham(w), Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner(c), Matt Henry, Jacob Duffy, Nathan Smith, Matthew Fisher, Blair Tickner, Tim Seifert, Kyle Jamieson
India Squad: Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill(c), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul(w), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Anshul Kamboj, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh, Gurnoor Brar, Naman Dhir, Auqib Nabi, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan
