India vs New Zealand 2nd T20 Score: In the second T20 match, New Zealand, playing first, has scored 208 runs. This is the second highest score made by any team in international T20 cricket this year. The biggest score of this year is in the name of India. The second T20 match is being played in Raipur, in which Kiwi captain Mitchell Santner played an inning of 47 runs in 27 balls. Kuldeep Yadav took the maximum wickets for Team India, who dismissed 2 batsmen.

Second highest score of 2026

The Indian team has the highest score in international T20 cricket in the year 2026. India had scored 238 runs in the first T20 match of this series, which is the highest total made by any team in T20 so far this year. New Zealand has now become the second team to score 200 runs in T20 this year.

• 238 runs – India
• 208 runs – New Zealand
• 190 runs – New Zealand

This is also New Zealand’s biggest score in T20 matches, when no batsman of the team has scored a half-century. For New Zealand, Mitchell Santner contributed unbeaten 47 runs and Rachin Ravindra contributed 44 runs. Whereas opening batsman Tim Seifert scored 24 runs in 13 balls. Apart from these three batsmen, no New Zealand player could touch the 20-run mark.

Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav used a total of 7 bowlers. Abhishek Sharma and Shivam Dubey also bowled one over each. Dubey also took one wicket in his single over. Kuldeep Yadav took 2 wickets. Whereas Hardik Pandya, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakraborty and Shivam Dubey, all of them took one wicket each.

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New Zealand thrashed the Indian bowlers in the second T20 being played in Raipur. After playing first, the Kiwi team scored 208 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs. For New Zealand, captain Mitchell Santner played an explosive inning of 47 unbeaten runs in just 27 balls. However, at one time New Zealand’s score was near 100 in the 9th over. Then it seemed that the Kiwi team would easily cross 220, but in the middle overs, the Indian bowlers kept taking wickets and somehow stopped the Kiwi team within 210.

Arshdeep Singh was the most expensive bowler for India. Arshdeep gave 53 runs in 4 overs without taking any wicket. Kuldeep Yadav took two wickets and gave 35 runs. Harshit Rana spent 35 runs in 3 overs. He got a success. Hardik Pandya was beaten the least. Hardik took one wicket for 25 runs in 3 overs. Meanwhile, know how much is India’s biggest run chase in T20 International.?

What is India’s biggest run chase in T20 International??

The Indian team’s biggest run chase in T20 International is 208 runs. Against West Indies in 2019, Team India chased the target of 208 runs with eight balls to spare. In 2009, Team India chased the target of 207 runs on Mohali ground. The Indian team had won the match five balls earlier. The Indian team has chased the target of more than 200 runs many times.

Chasing the target will not be easy in Raipur

Talking about Raipur match, it is not going to be easy for the Indian team to chase the target of 209, because the Kiwi team has many dangerous bowlers. Also, scoring runs in the second innings on this pitch may be a bit difficult. Commentators are also saying this. Well, the victory of the Indian team depends on Abhishek Sharma. If Abhishek Sharma’s bat performs like in the first T20 match, then Team India will easily chase this target.

Today Team India has rested Jasprit Bumrah. Akshar Patel is also not playing, who was injured in the first match. Harshit Rana and Kuldeep Yadav have been included in the playing 11.

Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Rinku Singh, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakraborty, Harshit Rana.