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India Vs New Zealand: India beats New Zealand in 2nd T20I by 7 wickets. Level three match T20I series
By winning second match India have registered their First T20I win New Zealand.
Earlier, New Zealand won the toss and opted to bat first and wanted to post good total on the board like first T20I.
Scored 158 by losing 8 wickets in 20 overs, Colin de Grandhomme was Top scorer of the innings with 50 off 8 balls.
Krunal Pandya picked up three crucial wickets with match figures 3/28
In reply India dominated through out the innings, chasing down the total with 7 balls to spare.
Skipper Rohit Sharma scored 50 and crossed several milestones along the way.
Most Runs in T20 Internationals:
-(2288)Rohit Sharma
-(2272) M Guptill
-(2263) Shoaib Malik
-(2167) V Kohli
-(2140) B McCullum
Most 50+ scores in T20Is
-20 Rohit Sharma
-19 V Kohli
-16 M Guptill
-15 C Gayle/ McCullum
-14 T Dilshan
Most wins as captain after 14 T20Is:
-12 M Clarke/ Sarfraz Ahmed/ Rohit Sharma
-11 Shoaib Malik/ Asghar Stanikzai
-10 G Smith/ M Jayawardene
#TeamIndia win by 7 wickets. Level the three match series 1-1#NZvIND pic.twitter.com/kudlWM0r9X
— BCCI (@BCCI) February 8, 2019
The third and series-deciding T20I will be played in Hamilton on Sunday.
-Sai Kumar
