New Zealand team won the second ODI by 7 wickets on Wednesday (January 14) at Nirjan Shah Stadium in Rajkot and leveled the series 1-1. Now the decider of the series will be held in Indare on Sunday (January 18). In the match held in Rajkot, New Zealand made an interesting record, in fact, this had not happened in the ODI matches played here till now, this team did it.
Thanks to New Zealand’s all-rounder Daryl Mitchell’s unbeaten century and a strong partnership of 162 runs with Will Young, the Kiwi team defeated India by seven wickets in the second ODI match played on Wednesday. With this victory, New Zealand leveled the three-match series 1-1.
New Zealand win the 2nd ODI in Rajkot and level the series 1⃣-1⃣
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Chasing the target of 285 runs, New Zealand scored 286 runs losing three wickets in 47.3 overs. Mitchell batted very restrainedly on a slow pitch and played an unbeaten inning of 131 runs and led the team to victory. Will Young also played brilliantly and scored 87 runs. There was an important partnership of 162 runs for the third wicket between the two batsmen, which dashed India’s hopes of a comeback. Now the decisive match of the series is on Sunday Indore Will be played in.
India lost despite Rahul’s century
Earlier, batting first, India scored 284 runs for 7 wickets in 50 overs. Wicketkeeper-batsman KL Rahul played a brilliant unbeaten inning of 112 runs and took the team to a respectable score. Captain Shubhman Gill (56) and Rohit Sharma (24), Virat Kohli (23) and Ravindra Jadeja (27) made good starts, but they could not convert their innings into big scores. For New Zealand, Christian Clarke bowled brilliantly and gave 56 runs by taking 3 wickets.
So Rajkot Which record did New Zealand set in?
Whatever matches were held till now in Niranjan Shah Stadium of Rajkot, the one batting first always won. But New Zealand won by chasing, which happened for the first time in ODI on this ground. New Zealand played its first match here on Wednesday. India had won only 1 match here. And he has lost in 4 matches.
2026: New Zealand defeated India by 7 wickets.
2023: Australia beats India by 66 runs
2020: India beats Australia by 36 runs
2015: South Africa beats India by 18 runs
2013: England beat India by 9 runs
India’s playing XI: Shubman Gill (captain), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj.
New Zealand’s playing XI: Devon Conway, Henry Nicholls, Will Young, Daryl Mitchell, Mitchell Hay (wk), Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell (c), Christian Clarke, Kyle Jameson, Jack Fox, Jayden Lennox
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