India won the second ODI between India and New Zealand by 8 wickets. With this win, India has taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series. Chasing New Zealand’s target of 109 runs, Team India achieved it by losing 2 wickets in 20.1 overs.
Chasing the target of 109 runs, Team India got off to a great start. Captain Rohit Sharma played a blistering inning of 51 runs. The hero of the first match remained unbeaten after scoring 40 runs.
Rohit Sharma hit 48th half-century
Captain Rohit Sharma scored the 48th half-century of his career in the second ODI against New Zealand. In his innings of 51 runs, Rohit hit 7 fours and 2 sixes while playing 50 balls. Shubman Gill, who came to open with Rohit, played an unbeaten inning of 40 runs, in which he hit 6 fours.
Indian bowlers wreak havoc on the Kiwi team
Earlier, India won the toss and decided to bowl first. Proving the right decision of Captain Rohit, Mohd. Shami gave the first blow to the Kiwi team in the very first over. After this, the Indian bowlers wreaked havoc on New Zealand and sent 15 runs back to half the team’s pavilion on the score.
The New Zealand team could not recover from the initial shock and could not even play the entire over and the entire team was all out for 108 runs. For India, Mohammed Shami took 3 wickets for 18 runs in 6 overs. Whereas Hardik Pandya and Washington Sundar took 2-2 wickets.
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Won the series along with the match
With the victory in the second ODI, India has also won the series. India has taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series. If India wins the third match as well, it will also achieve the number one rank in ODIs along with the series clean sweep. In the ODI rankings, New Zealand is currently at number one and India at number 4.
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