New Zealand will square off against India in the second T20I at the Hagley Oval, Christchurch on Saturday. The visitors drew first blood in the series as they registered a four-wicket win against the hosts. Sanju Samson, Shreyas Iyer and Naman Dhir were the stars with the bat for the Indian team in the run-chase of 226, which is their highest run-chase in T20Is.
New Zealand, on the other hand, were surprisingly not up to the mark in the field as Finn Allen dropped Shreyas Iyer’s catch when he was on 27.
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Ishan Kishan needs 45 runs to complete 2000 runs in T20Is. He needs nine sixes to complete 100 maximums.
Indian captain Shreyas Iyer needs eight fours to complete 150 boundaries in T20Is.
Abhishek Sharma needs four sixes to complete 150 maximums.
Kuldeep Yadav needs two wickets to complete 100 scalps in T20Is.
Arshdeep Singh needs four wickets to complete 150 wickets in T20Is. He will become the first Indian bowler to reach the milestone.
Indian vice-captain Tilak Varma needs seven sixes to complete 100 maximums in T20Is.
Daryl Mitchell needs 93 runs to complete 2000 runs in T20Is.
Mitchell Santner needs seven sixes to complete 50 maximums. He needs six wickets to complete 150 scalps.
India’s T20I squad: Shreyas Iyer [c], Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson [wk], Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Ishan Kishan [wk], Tilak Varma [vc], Axar Patel, Shivam Dube, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Naman Dhir, Prince Yadav, Mayank Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Varun Chakaravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav
New Zealand T20I squad: Mitchell Santner (C), Finn Allen, Michael Bracewell, Josh Clarkson, Devon Conway, Jacob Duffy, Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry, Bevon Jacobs, Kyle Jamieson, Adam Milne, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Tim Seifert, Nathan Smith, Blair Tickner
