India vs New Zealand 2nd T20 Live This Match Will be Played at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium Lucknow on 29th January 2023 This Match Will Start at 7.00pm From Indian Standard time. IND vs NZ 2nd T20 Live Commentary By Sports Updates by Chandan.
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On Sunday hosts India will lock horns against New Zealand in the second T20I of the ongoing three-match series. This game holds paramount importance for the hosts as a loss will hand them a series defeat. The first match was forgettable for India in many senses. They did a blunder by excluding Yuzvendra Chahal on a rank turner; the seamers went for plenty of runs as well.
The top order seemed to be clueless against the Kiwi spinners. However Washington Sundar emerged as the biggest positive for the hosts scoring 50 runs and scalping two wickets for only 22 runs in his four-over spell. So moving on to this game India would like better returns from their batting unit and Arshdeep Singh who was very expensive in Ranchi.
On the other hand New Zealand outclassed India in all departments in the first game. Finn Allen and Daryl Mitchell who were abysmal in ODIs surprised the hosts with some sensational hitting. Devon Conway was at his usual best; Lockie Ferguson Mitchell Santner struck at crucial junctures. So ahead of this game everything looks sorted for the visitors and they will look to replicate a similar feat in Lucknow.
Team News India: The hosts will hardly contemplate making changes. Shivam Mavi and Umran Malik combined to send down just three overs and Kuldeep Yadav was impressive again. Prithvi Shaw may have to wait for his turn.
Team News New Zealand: The visitors are expected to go in with an unchanged XI as well.
Purely going by recent numbers it's a no brainer to have Prithvi Shaw opening the innings for India in T20Is. But Ishan Kishan's contributions in the shortest format last year in the matches at home and Shubman Gill's meteoric rise in ODI cricket over the last 12 months have forced the management to give these two youngsters a chance after sidelining Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul. However they haven't been able to grab the opportunity so far in the four games India have played in T20I cricket in 2023.
Kishan made a scratchy 37 at the Wankhede against Sri Lanka and Gill came up with a not-so-fluent 46 against the same opposition in Rajkot. Apart from that both the batters have failed to get going in the other three games including the one on Friday (January 27) against New Zealand in Ranchi in the same game where the New Zealand openers contributed a combined 87 off 58. While it's safe to say that India's new-look T20I side is slowly taking shape their opening conundrum is far from settled.
While the futures of Rohit Rahul and Virat Kohli in this format is up in the air the calls for Shaw's inclusion continues to grow louder especially with Kishan and Gill finding it hard to nail down their spots. Ruturaj Gaikwad getting ruled out of the series at the last minute should make things easier for the management in terms of handing Shaw a chance. But will it come on Sunday in Lucknow? If it doesn't then it's fair to say that it might come at least in the final game of the series if Gill and Kishan fail to make an impact again in the second T20I.
What to expect: Temperatures are expected to be cooler during the game. Both captains were surprised by the amount of turn that was on offer in Ranchi but things could be different in Lucknow. The last time this venue hosted a T20I was around 11 months ago in a contest where India smashed 199/2. India and South Africa also played out a 40-over contest last October that saw both teams score over six an over.
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