India and New Zealand are locking horns in a Super 12 round match of the T20 World Cup 2021 in Dubai. Both teams lost their first game against Pakistan and are now playing in a must-win match.
Kane Williamson won the toss and opted to bowl first. New Zealand brought Adam Milne in the playing XI and left Tim Seifert out for this game. On the other hand, India left Suryakumar Yadav and Bhuvneshwar Kumar out while Ishan Kishan and Shardul Thakur replaced them in the playing XI.
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Ishan Kishan and KL Rahul came out to bat while Trent Boult had the new ball in his hand to trouble the Indian openers like Shaheen Shah Afridi did the other night. Both openers played out Boult’s first over without taking any risk. However, Ishan Kishan went for a full-blooded heave on the second last ball of Boult’s second over and ended up giving a catch to Daryl Mitchell.
Rohit Sharma walked out at number 3 and played some shots before getting out to Ishan Sodhi. Tim Southee removed KL Rahul as India were in deep trouble. Virat Kohli went for a slog-sweep against Sodhi and hold out at long-on and India were reeling at 48/4.
Hardik Pandya and Rishabh Pant were battling in the middle to save India’s blushes. Sodhi came to bowl the 14th over of the innings. He gave a half-tracker to Hardik on the second ball, which Hardik tried to pull but edged the ball which looked like sailing over the boundary. However, Jimmy Neesham was fielding at the backward square and pulled off a stunning one-handed save.
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India (Playing XI): Ishan Kishan, Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli(c), Rishabh Pant(w), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Varun Chakaravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah.
New Zealand (Playing XI): Martin Guptill, Daryl Mitchell, Kane Williamson(c), James Neesham, Devon Conway(w), Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, Adam Milne, Trent Boult.
