India Vs New Zealand 2nd ODI Match: The Kiwi team has counterattacked in the second match of the 3-match ODI series being played between India and New Zealand. In this match, New Zealand has defeated India by 7 wickets. With this defeat of Team India, the series is tied at 1-1. India had won the first match. In the second ODI, Daryl Mitchell and Will Young led New Zealand to victory by playing brilliant innings. Mitchell scored unbeaten 131 runs, while Young scored 87 runs. Indian bowlers looked helpless in front of these two. There was a big partnership of 162 runs between the two for the third wicket, due to which the Kiwi team won.

One player is being blamed for India’s defeat. Actually, the fans are blaming this defeat on Prasidh Krishna. Let us know what Prasidh did that fans are holding him responsible for the defeat.

Prasidh Krishna dropped the catch of Daryl Mitchell

Team India had given a target of 285 runs to New Zealand, chasing which the Kiwi team had reached close to 200 runs at the loss of just two wickets in 35 overs. There was a century partnership between Daryl Mitchell and Will Young. Both the batsmen were playing scoring half centuries. India was looking for a wicket here. Then the famous Krishna made a big mistake.

Actually, Prasidh dropped an easy catch on the fourth ball of the 36th over of the innings. This catch was of Daryl Mitchell. Mitchell tried to hit a big shot on the fourth ball of Kuldeep Yadav, but the ball went in the air. While running, Prasidh came under the ball, but the ball was snatched from his hand. Mitchell was currently batting on 83 runs. If India had got this wicket, it could have made a comeback in the match, because Mitchell took full advantage of this gift of life, first scored a century and then scored unbeaten 131 runs to give victory to New Zealand.

Easy catch dropped by Prasidh Krishna.

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New Zealand chased the biggest target

This is New Zealand’s biggest successful run chase of the target on Indian soil. Earlier in the 2023 World Cup, New Zealand had won the match against England by scoring 283 runs. Apart from this, New Zealand also made its fourth highest successful run chase in ODI against India. This is New Zealand’s first win after eight consecutive defeats in ODIs against India since 2023.

India Vs New Zealand 2nd ODI Match: The second match of the ongoing 3-match ODI series between India and New Zealand was played on Wednesday i.e. January 14, 2026 at the Niranjan Shah Stadium in Rajkot. In this match, Team India had to face a crushing defeat by 7 wickets. With the defeat in Rajkot ODI, the series is now tied at 1-1. After the match, captain Shubman Gill looked very disappointed with his team’s performance, especially bowling and fielding. Captain Gill attributed the defeat to not being able to take wickets in the middle overs and mistakes in fielding.

Shubman Gill told the reason for defeat

In the post match presentation after the second match played against New Zealand, captain Shubman Gill clearly said that not being able to take wickets in the middle overs was the biggest reason for Team India’s defeat. Shubman said, ‘We could not take any wicket in the middle overs. When five fielders are inside the circle and you do not take wickets during that time, it becomes very difficult to defend the target. Even if we had scored 15-20 more runs on the board, it was impossible to win without wickets in the middle overs.

Bowlers should have been a little more aggressive

Captain Gill has given his reaction on the way New Zealand batsmen, especially Darrell Mitchell and Will Young, played the Indian spinners. He admitted that the Indian bowlers performed brilliantly in the beginning, but later they became lax. Gill said, ‘In the first 10-15 overs, the ball was moving a bit and we bowled well. But I think after 20-25 overs the pitch became a bit flat. At that time we needed to be a little more aggressive in bowling. We should have taken a few more risks, which we could not take.

Gill expressed disappointment over fielding mistakes

The fielding of the Indian team has been a matter of concern in the last few matches and in Rajkot too, many catches were missed by the Indian fielders. Expressing his displeasure on this, the captain said, ‘In the last match also we had missed some chances and the same happened today also. That’s an aspect we always try to improve on, especially with this team. But the truth is that in this format, if you do not catch your chances, it will always lead you to defeat. Regarding batting, Gill said that on such pitches it is necessary for the set batsman to last till the end.