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India vs New Zealand 2nd ODI: Thanks to Daryl Mitchell’s unbeaten 131 off 117 balls, coupled with Will Young’s 87, New Zealand defeated India by seven wickets to level the three-match ODI series 1-1. Mitchell and Young put together a 162-run stand for the third wicket, which came in just 152 balls, which propelled New Zealand towards the target of 285. Thanks to Mitchell scoring his eighth ODI century, New Zealand managed to complete their highest successful chase in India in ODIs. The result means that India’s eight-match winning streak against New Zealand in ODIs ends.
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KL Rahul earlier ground it out first and then serenely switched gears to finish unbeaten on 112 off 92 balls and took India to a score of 284/7 in 50 overs. New Zealand had a vice grip on the Indian innings throughout the middle overs but Rahul ground his way through that period. He put up a partnership of 73 in 88 balls with Ravindra Jadeja after which came a 57-run stand off just 49 balls with Nitish Kumar Reddy. He then had Mohammed Siraj at the other end as he smashed 25 runs in the last 13 balls that he faced.
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New Zealand roared back after Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill got India off to a good start. Rohit fell on 24 off 38 after which Kohli looked like he was simply going to continue where he left off in Vadodara. However, the dots started piling up after Shubman Gill fell on 56 off 53 balls and soon, the in-form Kohli and Shreyas Iyer both fell for cheap. KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja have been trying to keep India afloat.
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India captain, Shubman Gill has this to say at the post-match presentation.
[Reflections on the game] We couldn't pick up any wickets in the middle overs, and if you don't do that with five players inside the circle, it becomes very difficult. We would have lost even with 15-20 runs extra. [On the score of 284] When you have a partnership, the set batter should have gone on. We did get a decent start with the ball, but they batted very well in the middle overs. In the first 10-15 overs that we bowled, the ball was doing well. After that the wicket settled. But we could have been more brave, and taken more chances. [Fielding] Even in the last match we let down a few chances. We are always trying to get better in the field and yes if you don't take your chances, you will be in trouble.
New Zealand's Will Young, speaking at the post-match presentation, speaks: [On the win] Hugely satisfying. More satisfying was to get the win and have that partnership with Daryl. [Playing Kuldeep] India have two great spinners, first challenge was against Jadeja but we got in a flow. We got a chance to score and it was very pleasing. We didn't know it was a record chase. We thought 285 was a nice number. It meant that we can soak up the pressure and have India under pressure at different times. [On the partnership] You go through different stages in a partnership. You just have to be honest with your partner, keep communicating, and that what's we managed to do. [On his recent lull in form] I have been working hard. That's cricket, can't always get the runs. We just wanted to win a game in India. I really enjoyed that partnership with Daryl. Nice to play in India, the home of cricket."
New Zealand win the second ODI by seven wickets after Daryl Mitchell hits a strange looking ramp shot that has him tumbling on the ground as the ball flies behind the keeper KL Rahul.
This is now the highest successful chase for New Zealand in India in the One-Day International format. Their previous best was 283 against England at Ahmedabad in 2023.
What an innings from Daryl Mitchell, who ends the day unbeaten on 131 off 117 balls.
New Zealand have managed to level the three-match series 1-1.
Prasidh Krishna almost takes a catch of Mitchell, who's hit a slower ball from the bowler straight back at him just two balls after smashing a maximum. And Krishna gets the fingertips of both his hands on the ball and looks like they were singed! Just that sort of day for India.
New Zealand need just 6 runs to win from three overs now!
Luck is also favouring the New Zealand team. On the final ball of Prasidh Krishna's 8th over, Mitchell opens his body to try and heave the ball over the legside, but the ball just kisses the outside edge of the bat and flies over short third for a boundary.
This is now a 53-run partnership off 43 balls for the 4th wicket.
After a stellar first spell, Harshit Rana has not had the same success. The second ball of 9th over, was a short one that's just outside off at 116kph. And Phillips frees his arms to slap it away on the legside for a boundary.
The Black Caps are currently hitting one ball per over to the ropes before dealing in singles. Very sensible run chase this from them.
New Zealand need 33 runs for victory in 6 overs.
Siraj bowls his 9th over of the night. Been wicketless so far for him. The highlight of that over was a strange/audacious ramp shot from Mitchell that finds its way to the ropes behind the keeper.
The body language of the Indians now seems a little downcast. If the hosts were thinking that Kuldeep getting rid of Will Young and breaking the partnership with Mitchell would be the start of their comeback into the game, that has not been true so far.
New Zealand need 41 runs in 42 balls. A win for the Black Caps sets up a delightful final game of the ODI series.
Daryl Mitchell scores his 8th century for New Zealand! A mature innings, with the ton coming in just 96 balls. Gave just one opportunity with a catch that was dropped and was almost run out. But otherwise, a very measured innings where he stitched a superb partnership with Will Young.
New Zealand need just 52 runs now to win at almost a run a ball.
Young has been pushing his luck for a while now and finally, it dissipates. He lunges forward last ball of the 38th over, looking to pull a length delivery. Ends up having to take a low swipe at it, it pops up and falls kindly at midwicket where NKR makes no mistake.
Young c Nitish Kumar Reddy b Kuldeep Yadav 87 (98)
How many times have we see Jadeja make a mistake in the field? Well, we have seen it happen twice off consecutive deliveries now, far more than anything he has copped in the last 10 years probaboy. Kuldeep Yadav bowls the 36th over, Young hits him for four off the first and second balls. The second of those is smashed right at Jadeja at backward point. But the bounce was awkward for him and it went right through him and to the boundary. Then a nearly suicidal single but Jadeja's throw from backward point is a bad one. Mitchell then gets too far under the ball while trying to mow it out of the ground. Goes high up in the air and Prasidh runs left from long on. It pops right out of his hands.
New Zealand need 85 to win from 84 balls at the end of that over.
Well India running out of ideas a little bit here. They normally are either able to take wickets at this stage of an opposition innings or restrict runs. At the moment, they are unable to do either.
Unlike Mitchell, Young brings up his half century by perfectly carving the fourth ball through point. That's his first half-century in 12 innings. He just loves playing India. Young gets to his half-century in 68 balls.
New Zealand 134/2 in 28 overs, need 151 to win from 132 balls
Fifth half-century in six innings for Mitchell. He gets there with a rather streaky shot that went through the empty deep square region. Runs a single with it to get to 50 in 52 balls.
The partnership between Mitchell and Young has crossed 70 and well, India need a wicket pronto. Prasidh Krishna is coming back for a spell. Young had miscued the second ball of the 25th over by Kuldeep but it didn't travel to long off.
Kuldeep brought into the attack in the 21st over, this might be the game. Mitchell and Young take a single each first two balls, then the former jumps down the track and sends the thrird ball over deep midwicket for six. The fourth ball is lapped past KL Rahul for a four. Two runs off the next ball makes it 14 off Kuldeep's first over.
Mitchell on 34 off as many balls, Young on 32 off 47.
New Zealand 96/2 in 21 overs, need 189 to win from 174 balls
All right, here comes Ravindra Jadeja to bowl the first over of spin. India have their noses slightly ahead but they have their job cut out. In the middle for the Kiwis are the in-form Daryl Mitchell while Will Young is at the other end. The former in particular has caused a lot of damage to the Indians, most recently in the previous ODI itself.
New Zealand neeed 221 to win from 35 overs
Oh it looks like Prasidh has hurried Nicholls into a pull shot here. It was a short delivery angling into him but it didn't rise as much as Nicholls thought it would. Big under edge and the ball crashes to the top half of leg stump.
All right, Prasidh Krishna replaces Siraj in the 11th over and then comes NKR in place of Rana in the 12th. Siraj and Rana bowled five overs each. Siraj has figures of 0/16, Rana finishes on 1/17.
Will Young and Henry Nicholls taking it slow for now, which means their current run rate is well behind what they need at the moment but New Zealand won't really mind that.
Young on three off 15 balls, Nicholls on five off 12.
Rana had induced an edge off the first ball but it didn't quite carry to Rahul. The second ball angles into middle stump, Conway hangsm out his bat defensively, it flicks his pads and hits the off stump. Rana points at Gill and celebrates.
Two runs off the first ball and then Conway sends the fourth ball through point for four. So New Zealand score in one over what India took four overs to score.
Mohammed Siraj to bowl the first over for India. Devon Conway on strike with Henry Nicholls at the other end.
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Rahul finishes it off with a four. He walks back unbeaten on 112 off 92 balls. It was a full delivery outside off from Foulkes, Rahul reached for it, trying to work it square but it takes an edge and pops behind for a four. Rahul continues to be India's man for the crisis times. Since the start of last year, no one has scored more runs than him un the last nine overs of an ODI innings. He has scored 283 runs in this period and maintained an incredible strike rate of 140.09.
Big mow down the ground off the last ball of the 49th by Jamieson and there it is! KL Rahul reaches 102 in 87 balls. He went into the 90s with a four off the first ball of that over, then converts with a six off the last. He has also accelarated quietly, his strike rate was below 100 for much of the innings but it has gone past 100 since he crossed 50 without him going for any big flashy shots.
He has been brilliant today, leading the way in stopping India's charge at the start of those middle overs. The pressure built by his dot balls allowed his teammates to pick the wickets.
Reddy tries to hit the second ball of the 47nd over deep midwicket. He can't quite get the distance on it and Phillips takes the catch.
India have probably done much better than what they thought they could get around the time that they were being squeezed in the middle overs. Four more runs to get to 250 and 280 looks quite realistic, maybe even 300 if they get a real move.
Nitish Kumar Reddy flicks the last ball of the 44th over deep midwicket for a big six. That makes it 12 runs off the 44th. This is turning out to be a good finish from India.
He has ground his way to a half-century in 52 balls. It comes from a four, with Rahul's attempted cover drive ending up going past third man off an edge for four. Well, he is India's crisis man and he is playing a crisis innings today. The crowd has reserved their biggest noise for Kohli and Rohit so far but now they all rise up to cheer Rahul. They know how valuable this knock is.
First ball of the 39th over, pitched on a good length and it seems to hold on Jadeja a bit. He tries to drive it back down the ground but it comes off the bottom of the bat towards KL Rahul. Bracewell dives to his left and holds on to it with both hands.
Foulkes bowls his seventh over in the 36th and his first ball is wide and back of a length, Rahul sends it off the back foot through cover point for four. Conway tried to slide and save it with his feet for some reason, the ball ends up rolling to the boundary cushion under him. Third ball dug in shortish but once again, it stays low, not much pace and Rahul has enough time to position himself and swivel away behind square for four. A single after that, Rahul on 33 off 41, Jadeja on 23 off 39.
Well the run rate is still hovering around 4.60 which is an absolute disaster, generally speaking. But then if this pitch really is as sluggish as it seems to be, then New Zealand might just have as difficult a time of it as India are having right now. Which means India will have to bude their time, which is what Jadeja and Rahul seem to be right now.
Shackles broken at long last and it is KL Rahul who does it. Phillips tosses up the first ball of the 28th over outside off, Rahul jumps down the track and smashes it past mid-off for four. Exquisite footwork, which is what made that shot possible. He takes a single next ball, then a single for Jadeja off the fifth.
Rahul on 10 off 15, Jadeja on seven off 17.
And well, India have a proper uphill struggle in their hands here. Home boy Ravindra Jadeja and KL Rahul have both scored two runs, the former off six balls, the latter of eight. The run rate has now dipped below five and there hasn't been a boundary in sight for nearly 10 overs now.
Well the the dot balls are wreaking havoc here on India. Just four runs in the last 14 balls and Kohli chops the third ball of the 24th over on to his own stump while trying to play it fine. Pin-drop silence now in Rajkot, the Indians are in dire straits here.
Five consecutive dot balls and Shreyas Iyer falls. He had finished the previous over by Bracewell with four dot balls, then another dot second ball of the next over by Clarke. The third is a length ball outside off, Iyer tries to go over mid off and break the shackles, ends up hitting it straight to the fielder there.
Shreyas Iyer and Virat Kohli taking their time with New Zealand sending spin from both ends. Jayden Lennox bowled his fifth over in the 18th and both batters got a single each. Then captain Bracewell bowled his first over, four singles in it.
Kohli on 17 off as many, Iyer on four off seven balls.
Gill had just nailed a cover drive for a four just the previous ball. Jamieson goes short of a length fifth ball outside off, Gill pulls and miscues it right into the hands of the fielder at midwicket. He is filthy with himself as he walks back.
Jamieson brought back for the 15th over, probably with Kohli in mind but he only gets Gill this time. Gill was cut in half second ball, missing the flick as it jagged back into him. The ball went just over the stumps. He slashes the last ball through cover for four and that gets him to 51 in 47.
Well how about that, Kohli walked out to the usual roar of the crowd. Clarke goes full and wide for Kohli's first ball of the match, the latter leans and drives it wide of cover for four. He takes a single fifth ball, and then Gill punches it past deep cover for another four.
Gill moves to 45 off 38 balls, Kohli on five off three.
Rohit tries to break the shackles and perishes. Kristian Clarke strikes in his third over. Second ball of the over, cross-seam length delivery, Rohit tries to send it over cover, ends up hitting it straight to the fielder there.
The opening stand has crossed 50 and well, Rohit and Gill have played this perfectly. India's run rate is hovering over 5.5, despite their slow start.
Rohit with boundaries off consecutive balls against Jamieson in the seventh over, Foulkes then gets hit for four when he provides some width again fifth ball of the eighth. The sixth ball is back of a length on leg, Gill sends it over deep fine leg for the first six of the match.
That's 33 runs now in the last three overs. Gill on 21 off 25 balls, Rohit on 20 off 23 balls.
Foulkes misses his line first ball of the sixth over, offers Rohit some width and the latter sends it through backward point for four. Rohit then almost collapses third ball as it stays a touch low. Then he goes inside out over cover for another four fourth ball. Has he decided that he has seen enough of this pitch?
Foulkes continues for the fourth over, his second ball was wide and short. The first bad ball from either Kiwi pacer today really, and Gill is on to it like a rash. He plays it late through backward point. No runs at all after that though.
Zak Foulkes biowled the second over, his fifth ball swings back in to Gill. Still on outside off though and Gill works it to third man to take a single. Big cheers from the crowd and Gill also gives a smile to Rohit.
Rohit Sharma, in keeping with how he has played off late, chooses to stay inside his crease, not moving his feet too much and choosing to just absorb those six deliveries. Jamieson kept it nice and tight as well, not giving the former India captain any loose deliveries.
All right here is captain Shubman Gill and Rohit Sharma for India. Kyle Jamieson has the ball in his hands. Nice sunny afternoon in Rajkot.
However, Arshdeep Singh will continue to sit out for Prasidh Krishna, which is a strange call indeed. Hopefully the aim is to keep Arshdeep rested for the T20Is. Nitish Kumar Reddy will certainly be a major part of India's plans for the 2027 World Cup in South Africa and he is not really a regular in the T20 squad. High time he started getting consistent chances in some format.
Shubman Gill: We would actually have preferred to bat first, based on the last few games here. Even yesterday there wasn’t much dew, and the players feel the surface tends to slow down as the innings goes on, so batting first looked the better option. Personally, I felt really good in the last game - the rhythm and fluency were there, and it’s always nice to contribute. Hopefully I can build on that and produce a big one today. The middle overs were crucial for us last time. They got off to a decent start, but the way we pulled things back - especially with the fast bowlers picking up wickets in those overs - made a big difference. It’s not always easy in these conditions, but they mixed up their pace and variations really well. Washington is out of the series, so Nitesh comes in for him.
Michael Bracewell: We’re going to bowl first. It looks like a really good surface, and hopefully the dew comes into play later in the evening, which should make things a bit nicer for batting under lights. The last game was a tight one and I was proud of how the boys fought right till the end. We gave ourselves a chance with a couple of late wickets, and today we’re looking to keep taking wickets through the middle and build that pressure. We’ve got a lot of young players in this side, and playing in front of big crowds and all that noise is a great learning experience for them. It’s different conditions for us here, especially with 40,000 people backing the home side, but it’s a challenge we’re really excited about. We’ve made just the one change - Jaden Lennox comes in to make his debut.
India: Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill(c), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul(w), Ravindra Jadeja, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna
New Zealand: Devon Conway, Henry Nicholls, Will Young, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Hay(w), Michael Bracewell(c), Zakary Foulkes, Jayden Lennox, Kristian Clarke, Kyle Jamieson
Michael Bracewell wins the toss and says that New Zealand are set to bowl first.
He is 37 years old and yet, such is his form at the moment that one could argue that India's ODI batting lineup is back to revolving around Virat Kohli, as was the case before the pandemic when he was scoring centuries for fun in ODIs and Tests. What has probably been slightly different about him at the moment compared to those heady pre-pandemic days is probably the fact that Kohli has been almost consistently trying to accelarate early in his innings off late.
We are playing in Rajkot today, which is the home ground of arguably India's greatest all-rounder of all time. Ravindra Jadeja may be the only Indian player whose name could be taken in the same breath as that of Kapil Dev in terms of greatest all-rounders from the country. People who know him closely at Rajkot in Gujarat, the venue for second ODI against New Zealand, aren’t surprised about their Jadeja’s competitive streak and willingness to do what is needed to level up. Read more from Devendra Pandey here.
This will be the fifth men's ODI to be hosted by this venue and India have won just one of the last four. The last game to be played here was the third ODI against Ausralia on September 27, 2023 and the latter won that match by 66 runs.
India predicted XI: Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill (c), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer (VC), KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh
New Zealand predicted XI: Devon Conway (wk), Henry Nicholls, Will Young, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Mitch Hay (wk), Michael Rae, Michael Bracewell, Zak Foulkes, Kyle Jamieson, Adi Ashok.
With India losing Washington Sundar to a side strain, there will be deliberations over the second all-rounder in the side. Local boy Ravindra Jadeja could be partnered by seam all-rounder Nitish Reddy this afternoon even as India have roped in Delhi's Ayush Badoni. Badoni has had decent runs in the middle-order in recent times, but with a flat track likely on offer, India could opt for a back-up seamer as their sixth bowler for the day.
This will be the fifth ODI in Rajkot since the first in 2013. Interestingly, all four previous ODIs have been won by the team batting first and all of them have racked up scores north of 270, three of which were 300-plus scores. Rajkot's flattened surfaces have been well-documented. So will India look to bat first today, or will the dew equation factor in as well?
The last time Virat Kohli was at the top of the ODI batting charts, the world was a different place. Back in early 2021, after a full year of the COVID-19 pandemic, Kohli began to lose his grip over his beloved format. After four successive years at the top, Kohli was dethroned by Pakistan's Babar Azam who, after his scintillating four-year run in the format, lost the top spot to Rohit Sharma last year. Kohli's return co-incides with his own rekindling in the format. More ruthless and aggressive up front and as efficient as ever.
India Squad: Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill(c), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Ravindra Jadeja, KL Rahul(w), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Arshdeep Singh, Ayush Badoni, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel
New Zealand Squad: Devon Conway, Henry Nicholls, Will Young, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Hay(w), Michael Bracewell(c), Zakary Foulkes, Kristian Clarke, Kyle Jamieson, Adithya Ashok, Jayden Lennox, Nick Kelly, Josh Clarkson, Michael Rae
The ODI circuit is suddenly feeling a lot like the second half of the previous decade. It is Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Virat and Rohit, or Virat/Rohit. The duo have been together or in parts involved in all of the last 10 100-run partnerships India have had in ODIs. Rohit finished 2025 as the No. 1 batter. Now, Kohli is back up and running, closing in on clinching the top spot for the first time in four years. Five successive fifties, including two centuries have helped. A Rajkot belter can just be a catalyst for more this afternoon!
How Ravindra Jadeja continues to beat the idea of time
Ever since that 2018 English summer where he rediscovered his defensive technique, Ravindra Jadeja has been a Test match titan. But that transformation came with a cost: his white-ball fluency seemed to fade, allowing Axar Patel to leapfrog him in the national rankings. Though he is currently playing the New Zealand ODIs primarily to shield a resting Axar, it’s too early to write Jadeja’s one-day obituary. As the series moves to his home turf in Rajkot, those who know him best aren't worried. They know "Bapu" thrives on competition and possesses a unique gear that he can shift into whenever he needs to reclaim his territory. READ MORE from Devendra Pandey
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