The second ODI match between India and New Zealand will be played in Wellington on Saturday. The match will start at 7:30 am at Henry Stadium. Although the match will take place only when there is no rain, there is a 60% chance of rain in Wellington on Saturday. It is expected to rain 1 hour before the start of the match. After this, this danger will remain during the entire match. Due to rain, the Indian team canceled its practice session today. Whereas New Zealand had to practice in the indoor facility of Wellington College. In the last match also, play was stopped 3 times due to rain. India is leading 1-0 in the 5-match series. The team had defeated New Zealand by 5 wickets in the first match played in Auckland. In this match also the play was stopped 3 times due to rain. The players remained out of the field for about 1:30 hours. New Zealand batted first and scored 185 runs. After this, due to rain, India got the target of 143 runs in 32 overs, which the team achieved in 14.5 overs. India did not lose to New Zealand in Wellington. New Zealand has not yet been able to defeat India in Wellington. Of the 3 matches played between the two here, India has won 2. Overall 124 ODI matches have been played between the two teams. Of these, India has won 64 matches and New Zealand has won 52 matches. Eyes on Captain Gill and Kohli: Indian captain Shubman Gill has scored the most runs for India this year. He has scored 932 runs in 13 ODI matches. During this period he has also scored a double century. Gill had also scored 37 runs in the first match of the series. Along with Kohli, he made a partnership of 113 runs for the second wicket. Kohli had scored 74 runs. Rohit Sharma, who was out for zero in Auckland, would now like to play a big innings. New Zealand has expectations from Daryl Mitchell. Daryl Mitchell is the team’s top run scorer this year. He has scored 501 runs in 7 matches in 2026. He has performed consistently against India also. He has scored 4 centuries and 2 half-centuries in the last 8 matches against India. Possible playing-11 of both teams India: Shubman Gill (captain), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Naman Dheer, Anshul Kamboj, Auqib Nabi, Gurnoor Brar, Arshdeep Singh. New Zealand: Tim Seifert, Will Young, Henry Nicholls, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham (wk), Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner (c), Nathan Smith, Kyle Jamieson, Jacob Duffy, Blair Tickner.
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