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India has won the second T20 match by defeating New Zealand by 7 wickets. With this, Team India has taken a 2-0 lead in the five-match series. In this match played in Raipur, New Zealand had scored 208 runs while playing first. In reply, the Indian team achieved this huge target in just 15.2 overs. India has also made the record of achieving the fastest target of 200 or more in the history of T20 cricket.
Captain Suryakumar scored fifty after 24 innings
This match was memorable for Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav, because after 24 innings he scored a half-century with his bat. He played an unbeaten inning of 82 runs in 37 balls. In this innings he hit 9 fours and 4 sixes. Before this, the last half-century with the bat of Suryakumar Yadav was scored against Bangladesh in October 2024. He played an innings of 75 runs in that match.
Team India made world record
The Indian team has won the second T20 match with 28 balls remaining. India has made the record of fastest chasing the target of more than 200 runs in the history of international T20 cricket. Earlier, the record of fastest chasing the target of 200+ runs was in the name of Pakistan, which had defeated the Kiwi team with 24 balls remaining.
Ishaan Kishan’s storm
Both the opening batsmen of India could not perform in this match. Sanju Samson could score only 6 runs, while Abhishek Sharma could not even open his account. But Ishan Kishan made a lot of appearances with the bat. He scored 76 runs in 32 balls at a stormy strike rate of 237.50. This was the seventh fifty of Kishan’s international T20 career and the first against New Zealand.
Apart from Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dubey made a big contribution in the victory of Team India by playing a quick inning of 36 runs in 18 balls. Talking about New Zealand bowler Zachary Foulkes, he gave away 67 runs in just 3 overs.