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Auckland, February 8: A clinical effort in every department helped India register a convincing 7-wicket win over New Zealand in the second T20I here at Eden Park on Friday (February 8). With this win, Rohit Sharma and his band have equalled the three-match series 1-1 to set a decider at Napier on February 10.
Chasing a below-par total of 159 on a surface where average first innings total stands 174, Men In Blue reached home in style with 7 balls to spare.
India were in control from the very start as captain Rohit Sharma and his opening partner Shikhar Dhawan laid a solid foundation in the run chase. It was the 12th T20I win for Rohit Sharma after leading Team India in 14 games and equalling the record held by former Australia captain Michael Clarke.
Rohit slammed his career's 20th T20I half-century and went on becoming the leading run-scorer in the format, surpassing New Zealand opener Martin Guptill's record of 2271 runs. After getting dismissed for 50 off 29 balls, Rohit has now scored 2288 runs in the T20Is.
The Hitman hammered three boundaries and four maximums in this innings to get to 100 sixes in the T20Is. Shikhar Dhawan (30), Vijay Shankar (14) were the other two batsmen to be dismissed in the process while Rishabh Pant (40*) and MS Dhoni (20*) remained unbeaten as India reached home.
Krunal Pandya (3/28) was awarded the man of the match for his superb effort with the ball. The left-arm spinner rattled the New Zealand top-order with his spin and ensured the hosts were restricted to a 158/8 in 20 overs.
Pacers Khaleel Ahmed (2/27), Bhuvneshwar Kumar (1/29) and Hardik Pandya (1/36) also bowled exceedingly well as they put up a clinical effort. Colin de Grandhommed played a brilliant knock of 50 off 28 deliveries and it was his blistering knock post halfway mark of the innings that helped the hosts post a decent total on the board.
Here's how the 2nd T20I panned out:
Rohit Sharma: Very pleased to see how we bowled, and we were quite clinical with the bat as well. In the first game, we didn't execute the plans, we executed them here and got the reward for it.
Krunal Pandya has been named the man of the match for his superb bowling effort (3/28) which rattled the Kiwi top-order early on and ensured India had a below-par total to chase down.
Kane Williamson: I suppose the performance in Wellington was going to be difficult to replicate. We missed a trick or two with the bat. It was slightly more tricky to bat, but 20 more runs at the death would have been better.
It was a near perfect win for India after being badly bruised and battered in the previous game. It was 11th occasion when India came back strongly after suffering a defeat in the opening game and levelling a series.
Most wins as captain after 14 T20Is: 12 M Clarke/ Sarfraz Ahmed/ ROHIT SHARMA ** 11 Shoaib Malik/ Asghar Stanikzai 10 G Smith/ M Jayawardene
Four! Rishabh Pant hits the winning runs with MS Dhoni remaining unbeaten at the other end as India thump New Zealand by 7 wickets to square series off.
India - 156/3 after 18 overs. 3 needed from 12 balls now.
SIX! Sheer power. Pant clobbers it over the mid-wicket boundary for a one-handed maximum.
6 came from over #16 India are 135/3. 24 needed from 24 balls.
Dropped! Rishabh Pant gets a breather as Ross Taylor couldn't grab the ball running backwards. Sodhi had almost given India another jolt.
Four! MS Dhoni opens his account with a boundary as he hits Southee towards fine-leg.
India 122/3 after 14 overs. 37 needed from 36 deliveries.
Wicket! Vijay Shankar 14(8b) tries to clear Mitchell over mid-wicket for a maximum but there wasn't any pace in it and Tim Southee pouches it comfortably near the boundary. India - 118/3
Wicket! Shikhar Dhawan (30) too follows his opening partner Rohit Sharma into the pavilion as he mistimes the bouncer from Ferguson to be caught by de Grandhomme. India - 88/2 now.
Wicket! Ish Sodhi gets the dangerman Rohit Sharma out for 50(29b). India lose their first wicket for 79 in 9.2 overs.
5⃣0⃣! Breezy half-century from Rohit Sharma off just 28 deliveries. What a fine knock this has been from the Indian skipper? India are 77/0 after 9. They are cruising in the run chase. #NZvIND
SIX!! Rohit Sharma pulls Ish Sodhi for a maximum and with that shot, the Hitman also becomes the highest run-scorer (2276*) in T20Is as he surpasses Martin Guptill of NZ.
Spinners Mitchell Santner and Ish Sodhi have been introduced by Kane Williamson with an aim to get the breakthrough and also put a brake on the flow of runs.
50 comes up for India in 6 overs. Solid start from the Indian openers in the run chase of 159. Both Rohit and Shikhar are hitting the ball nicely as they bring up yet another 50-stand between them. India - 50/0 after 6 overs.
Four! Rohit Sharma gets a boundary over square region off Ferguson. He's putting up a spectacle into the middle. He's now hit most boundaries 303* in T20I internationals.
4,0,4! Tim Southee returns for his second over and Dhawan welcomes him with a boundary over long-on. Flicks him towards mid-wicket for another boundary.
Four, SIX! Rohit Sharma hits Kuggeleijn for a boundary over long-on and flicks the next ball over fine-leg for a maximum. The Hitman looks in his zone. India are 33/0 after 4 overs.
11 runs came from the first over bowled by Lockie Ferguson. Rohit hammered first maximum of his innings in that over and India are 21/0 after 3 overs.
Just four runs came from that over bowled by Scott Kuggeleijn. India 10/0 after 2 overs.
Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan open innings for India in the run chase. Rohit welcomes Tim Southee with a classy boundary on the second ball of the innings.
Bowled! A wicket on the final ball of the innings. Khaleel cleans up Southee for 3 as NZ post 158/8 in 20 overs. Clinical bowling effort from Indian bowlers in this game.
Fine recovery by NZ aftwr a sputtering start, but would have wanted 15-20 runs more after Grandhomme’s blitzing innings. India terrific in death overs. And in curbing Williamson yet again
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) February 8, 2019
Wicket! Khaleel Ahmed clean bowls Mitchell Santner for 7. NZ are 154/7 in 19.2 overs.
Khaleel bowls the final over and Hardik Pandya drops a catch in the deep.
Run Out! A direct hit from Vijay Shankar ends Ross Taylor's innings for 42. New Zealand 153/6 in 19 overs.
NZ are 145/5 after 18 overs. Bhuvneshwar bowls the 19th over, his last over of the innings.
After 17 overs, New Zealand are 136/5. Some recovery from India off that over bowled by Bhuvneshwar Kumar as he conceded just 7 from it. 33 runs came from last 4 overs and just one wicket was lost.
