India has scored 284 runs while playing first. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli flopped in this match, but KL Rahul rescued Team India from trouble by scoring the eighth ODI century of his career. This match is being played in Rajkot, in which New Zealand won the toss and chose to bowl first. Captain Shubman Gill scored a half-century for the second consecutive match.

The Indian team was invited to bat first. Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill gave the team a steady start by making an opening partnership of 70 runs. Rohit was out after scoring 24 runs. On the other hand, Virat Kohli had been scoring fifty or more in 5 consecutive ODI innings, but he could not do so in Rajkot. Virat was out after scoring only 23 runs.

Shubhman Gill was out after scoring 56 runs in the first ODI match, this time also 56 runs came off his bat. The bat of Shreyas Iyer, who returned in this series, did not work, who contributed only 8 runs.

KL Rahul’s 8th century

KL Rahul came to bat in the 22nd over. Both Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli failed to play big innings. Wickets were continuously falling from the other end, but KL Rahul stood firm. He scored unbeaten 112 runs in 92 balls. Rahul hit 11 fours and one six in his innings and this was the eighth century of his ODI career. Ravindra Jadeja scored 27 runs and Nitish Kumar Reddy scored 20 runs.

The Indian team had scored 142 runs in the first 30 overs. During this period, the run rate had slowed down a lot, but KL Rahul not only held one end but also scored runs at a fast pace. Thanks to him, Team India scored 142 runs in the last 20 overs.

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Rajkot is fully prepared for the second ODI between India and New Zealand. If Team India registers victory even today then the series will be in its name. New Zealand will be eyeing to win this match and remain in the series. The batting of the New Zealand team looks quite balanced, but their bowling looks very weak against Team India.

The second ODI match between India and New Zealand will be played at Niranjan Shah Stadium in Rajkot. Earlier, both the teams had faced each other in the first ODI in Vadodara. Where Team India had won by 4 wickets. However, the record of the Indian team at Niranjan Shah Stadium in Rajkot is not very good. Team India has played 4 ODI matches here so far. In this, Team India has faced defeat in three matches.

Who is ahead in head-to-head record?

Talking about the head-to-head record between India and New Zealand, both have played 121 matches so far in ODIs, out of which Team India has the upper hand. The Indian team has won 63 matches so far, while the New Zealand team has won 50 matches.

pitch report

The pitch of Niranjan Shah Stadium in Rajkot is going to be suitable for the batsmen. Once again a high scoring match can be seen here. However, considering the weather, dew is going to have a lot of impact. In such a situation, the winner of the toss can decide to bowl first. Even in Vadodara, Indian captain Shubman Gill had won the toss and decided to bowl first.

match prediction

In the second ODI also, our match prediction meter is indicating the victory of Team India. This time too the contest seems to be 75-25. New Zealand team is very strong in batting, but their bowling looks very weak in front of Team India. We do not expect any upset in this match also. Shubman Gill’s team is favorite in this match also.

India’s probable playing eleven for the second ODI – Shubman Gill (captain), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj and Prasidh Krishna.

New Zealand’s probable playing eleven for the second ODI – Devon Conway, Henry Nicholls, Will Young, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Hay (wicketkeeper), Michael Bracewell (captain), Zachary Foulkes, Christian Clarke, Kyle Jamieson and Aditya Ashok.

The first ODI match is being played between India and New Zealand at the BCA Cricket Stadium in Vadodara. After batting first, New Zealand has set a target of 301 runs for India. At one time, the Kiwi team had scored 170 runs for 3 wickets in 33 overs, then it seemed that New Zealand would easily cross 320, but the Indian bowlers took wickets continuously in the last overs and restricted the Kiwis to 300. For New Zealand, Devon Conway scored 56 and Henry Nicholls scored 62 runs. Whereas Daryl Mitchell played an inning of 84 runs in 71 balls.

For India, Mohammad Siraj took two wickets for 40 runs in 8 overs. Whereas Harshit Rana took two wickets for 65 runs in 10 overs. Prasidh Krishna also took two wickets. Whereas Kuldeep Yadav got a success. The bad news for India is that Washington Sundar is injured. Now it remains to be seen whether he comes to bat or not. At present he is under the supervision of the medical team.

Century partnership of Henry Nicholls and Devon Conway

Henry Nicholls and Devon Conway made a century partnership for New Zealand. The first wicket of the Kiwi team fell at the score of 117 in the 22nd over. Nicholls was out after scoring 62 runs in 69 balls with the help of 8 fours. Whereas Conway played an innings of 56 runs in 67 balls. Six fours and one six came from his bat. After this Will Young was out after scoring only 12 runs.

Daryl Mitchell’s Garza Bat

After the century partnership, New Zealand lost 3 wickets within 29 runs, but Daryl Mitchell kept scoring runs continuously at one end. During this, Glenn Phillips returned to the pavilion after scoring 12 runs in 19 balls, Mitchell Hay 18 runs in 13 balls and captain Michael Bracewell returned after scoring 16 runs in 18 balls. Whereas Mitchell played an inning of 84 runs with the help of 5 fours and 3 sixes.

Debutant Christian Clarke also made good contributions with the bat. This all-rounder scored unbeaten 24 runs in 17 balls in his first match with the bat. 3 fours came off his bat. Along with him, Kyle Jamieson returned unbeaten on eight runs in eight balls.

A young team from New Zealand has come to tour India. Especially many new faces are included in the ODI series. Spin all-rounder Michael Bracewell is the captain of New Zealand in the ODI series. Apart from him, there are experienced players in the team in the form of Daryl Mitchell, Henry Nicholls and Kaim Jamieson. Talking about the Indian team, vice-captain Shreyas Iyer has returned to the team. The command of the team is in the hands of Shubman Gill. However, once again all eyes will be on Rohit and Virat.

pitch report

The pitch of BCA Stadium in Vadodara will be suitable for the batsmen. Indian women’s cricket team has played many matches here. The weather will also be good. There is no hope of rain at all. It is a flat wicket. In such a situation, the job of the bowlers will be to stop the runs. Team India can field with three spinners in the form of Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar and Kuldeep Yadav. At the same time, Kiwi team can also include two spinners in the playing eleven.

match prediction

Our match prediction is telling that Team India has the upper hand in this match. The contest is 75-25. New Zealand team is looking very weak in front of Indian team. Anyway, it is not easy for any foreign team to defeat the Indian team at home. The chances of reversal are very less.

India’s probable playing eleven in the first ODI- Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill (captain), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer (vice-captain), KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Harshit Rana, Prasidh Krishna and Mohammed Siraj.

New Zealand’s probable playing eleven in the first ODI- Devon Conway, Will Young, Henry Nicholls, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell ,Captain), Josh Clarkson, Kyle Jamieson, Zachary Foulkes, Aditya Ashok and Christian Clarke.

The first match of the fourth edition of the Women’s Premier League (WPL 2026) is being played today between Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore. The competition is being held at DY Patil Sports Academy located in Navi Mumbai. RCB captain Smriti Mandhana has won the toss and decided to bowl first.

The captain of the defending champion Mumbai Indians is Harmanpreet Kaur, who is also the captain of the national team. The team has won the trophy twice (2023 and 2025), while the command of Royal Challengers Bangalore is in the hands of Smriti Mandhana. RCB won the 2024 edition under the captaincy of Mandhana. Women’s Premier League Season 4 is starting with a clash between two strong teams.

mood of the pitch

The conditions at DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai are expected to be favorable for batting. The pitch is of red clay. Here the fast bowlers are expected to get some help. Dew is expected in the second innings, in this situation batting in the second innings is expected to be easier than the first innings. In such a situation, whoever wins the toss, Harmanpreet Kaur or Smriti Mandhana, will want to bowl first.

Mumbai Indians Squad

Hayley Matthews, G Kamalini (wk), Nate Sciver-Brunt, Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Amelia Kerr, Amanjot Kaur, Sajeevan Sajna, Poonam Khemnar, Sanskriti Gupta, Shabnim Ismail, Triveni Vasistha, Nalla Reddy, Rahila Firdous, Millie Illingworth, Saika Ishaq, Nicola Carey.

Royal Challengers Bangalore Squad

Smriti Mandhana (captain), Georgia Woll, Gautami Naik, Grace Harris, Richa Ghosh (wk), Nadine de Klerk, Pooja Vastrakar, Radha Yadav, Shreyanka Patil, Arundhati Reddy, Lauren Bell, Kumar Pratyusha, Sayali Satghare, Prema Rawat, Dayalan Hemalatha, Linsey Smith.

MI vs RCB WPL 2026 Live Streaming: The wait for women cricket fans is now about to end, because the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2026 is going to start with a spectacular match. The first match of the tournament will be played between Mumbai Indians (MI) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). This match will be held on 9th January i.e. Friday at Navi Mumbai’s D.Y. Will be held at Patil Stadium.

MI vs RCB: First match of the tournament

Defending champion Mumbai Indians will enter the field this season with the intention of defending their title. The team will be captained by Indian women’s team captain Harmanpreet Kaur. On the other hand, the command of Royal Challengers Bangalore will be in the hands of Smriti Mandhana. Both the teams are studded with star players and would like to start the season with a win.

Head-to-head record

Till now, the teams of Mumbai and Bengaluru have faced each other 7 times in WPL. Out of these, Mumbai Indians have won 4 matches, while RCB has won 3 matches. In such a situation, this match will be a great opportunity for RCB to level the record, while Mumbai will be eyeing to further strengthen their lead.

MI vs RCB: Match Time

This match between Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore will start at 7:30 pm (IST). Whereas, the toss will be done at 7:00 pm.

MI vs RCB: Live Telecast and Streaming

The live telecast of this high-voltage match will be available on Star Sports Network. At the same time, viewers who want to watch the match on mobile or laptop can enjoy live streaming of the match on JioHotstar app and website.

Squads of both teams

Royal Challengers Bangalore – Smriti Mandhana (captain), Richa Ghosh, Shreyanka Patil, Georgia Woll, Nadine de Klerk, Radha Yadav, Lauren Bell, Lynsey Smith, Prema Rawat, Arundhati Reddy, Pooja Vastrakar, Grace Harris, Gautami Naik, Pratyosha Kumar, D. Hemalatha, Sayali Satghare.

Mumbai Indians – Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Nate Sciver-Brunt, Hayley Matthews, Amanjot Kaur, G. Kamalini, Amelia Kerr, Shabnim Ismail, Sanskriti Gupta, Sajna Sajeevan, Rahila Firdous, Nicola Carey, Poonam Khemnar, Triveni Vashishtha, Nalla Reddy, Saika Ishaq, Millie Illingworth.

India Women vs Sri Lanka Women 5th T20: In the fifth T20 match, India has scored 175 runs while playing first. In this match being played in Thiruvananthapuram, Sri Lanka won the toss and invited Team India to bat first. Indian batsmen kept losing their wickets from one end, but captain Harmanpreet Kaur was possessed by the spirit of thrashing the bowlers today. He scored 68 runs at a stormy strike rate of 158. In the last overs, Arundhati Reddy also scored 27 runs in a flamboyant manner.

Shefali Verma, who was coming after scoring half-centuries in 3 consecutive matches, did not work this time, who was out after scoring only 5 runs. Smriti Mandhana did not play in this match, G Kamalini opened in her place, but she too was out after scoring only 12 runs. Harleen Deol also got out cheaply, within no time Team India had lost 3 wickets till the score of 41.

Captain Harmanpreet created havoc

On one hand, Indian batsmen were continuously losing their wickets, on the other end, captain Harmanpreet Kaur thrashed the Sri Lankan bowlers. Harmanpreet played an inning of 68 runs in 43 balls, in which she hit 9 fours and one six with her bat. At one time half of the Indian team had returned to the pavilion till the score was 77. Meanwhile, Harmanpreet Kaur and Amanjot Kaur helped the team out of trouble with a partnership of 61 runs.

In the last overs, Arundhati Reddy played a brilliant inning of 27 runs in 11 balls, in which she hit 4 fours and a six.

32 runs scored in the last 2 overs

Thanks to the stormy innings of Arundhati Reddy, the Indian team added 32 runs in the last 2 overs. In the last over, Reddy single-handedly scored 20 runs including 3 fours and a six. At one time it seemed difficult for Team India to score even 160 runs, but thanks to Reddy’s cameo innings, India was able to reach 175 runs.

England has got its first win in the 2025-26 Ashes series. After losing the first three Tests, England won the fourth Test. England has won in Australia after almost 14 years. The fourth Ashes Test played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground ended within just two days. In this match, the England team was all out for just 110 runs in its first innings. Even after this the English team won the match by 4 wickets.

In this Test match played in Melbourne, Australia had scored only 152 runs in its first innings. However, after this the Kangaroos bundled out the British for 110 runs. In this way Australia achieved a significant lead of 42 runs in the first innings. However, in the second innings the Australian team could score only 132 runs and gave England a target of 175 runs. These runs seemed to be quite a lot on a bowler-friendly pitch, but in the second innings, Jack Crawley 37, Ben Duckett 34 and Jacob Bethel played brilliant innings of 40 runs for England. The English team chased the target by losing 6 wickets. In bowling, Josh Tong took five wickets in the first innings and two wickets in the second innings for England. Josh Tong ,player of the match, Chosen.

England won after 5468 days

close to australia 5468 The day England won. Before this, England last won the Sydney Test in Australia on 7 January 2011. England played cricket in baseball style in the second innings. The British won the match by scoring 178 runs in 32.2 overs. England captain Ben Stokes has won on Australian soil after 13 Tests.

No batsman from both the teams could score a half century

It was also interesting in the fourth Test match played in Melbourne that the batsmen of England and Australia could not score half-centuries in both the innings. A total of 572 runs were scored in this match, but no one scored a fifty. This amazing record has been made in the history of the Ashes series.

Sri Lanka, playing first in the second T20 match, scored 128 runs. This match is being played in Visakhapatnam, in which Team India won the toss and chose to bowl first. Vaishnavi Sharma and Shri Charani took two wickets each for India. The Indian team is already leading 1-0 in the series. Team India’s bowlers had bowled out Sri Lanka for just 121 runs in the first T20 match. Sri Lanka’s batting line-up has flopped in the second match also.

The Sri Lankan team was invited to bat first, which was shocked by Kranti Gaur on the sixth ball of the first over. Captain Chamari Atapattu handled the innings for some time, but before the end of the powerplay, she was out after scoring 31 (24) runs. After them, Haseena Perera and Harshita Samarawickrama took over the Sri Lankan innings with a partnership of 44 runs.

6 wickets within 24 runs

When Samarawickrama was out, at one time Sri Lanka had scored 104 runs at the loss of 3 wickets. From here the Indian bowling became so dominant that Sri Lanka lost 6 wickets within 24 runs. Out of the last 5 batsmen of Sri Lanka, only one player could touch double figures in terms of runs.

20 year old Vaishnavi Sharma bowled strongly, taking 2 wickets for 32 runs in 4 overs. Shri Charani’s figures were even better, he dismissed two batsmen for only 23 runs in 4 overs. Sneh Rana and Kranti Gaur also took one wicket each.

Very poor coordination has been seen between the Sri Lankan batsmen. In the first T20 match, three batsmen were run out, now in the second T20 match also the condition of Sri Lankan batting remained the same. This time also 3 batsmen were run out.

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Today the third T20 match will be played between India and South Africa. The toss of this match will take place in some time. Teams of India and South Africa will clash in Dharamshala, Himachal. The five-match T20 series is currently tied at 1-1. Today in Dharamshala where Team India will take the field with the intention of avenging the defeat in New Chandigarh. South Africa will be eyeing a lead in the series.

India or South Africa, who is ahead in head-to-head record?

If we look at the head to head record in T20 matches between India and South Africa, 33 matches have been played between the two so far. During this period, Team India has won 19 matches, while South Africa has won 13 times. The result of one match could not be declared. India has won six times in the last 8 T20 matches played between the two teams.

pitch report

Bounce will be seen on the pitch of Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamshala. Here fast bowlers will get help in the beginning, hence batsmen will have to avoid taking big risks in the beginning. Although this game itself is such that you have to hit big shots from the first over, but still you have to stay here and try to play 2 or 3 overs. As the game progresses, the batsmen will get help. The spinners are not likely to get much help here, so once again Jasprit Bumrah and Arshdeep Singh can play together.

So far 10 T20 International matches have been held on this ground of Dharamshala, in which the team batting first and the team chasing the target have won 4 matches each, 2 matches have been inconclusive. There is a possibility of dew in Dharamshala, so winning the toss is most important.

Indian’s probable playing 11- Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Akshar Patel, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Jitesh Sharma, Shivam Dubey, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakraborty, Jasprit Bumrah.

South Africa’s probable playing 11- Quinton de Kock, Reza Hendricks, Aiden Markram (captain), Dewald Brewis, Donovan Ferreira, David Miller, George Linde, Marco Jansen, Lutho Sipamala, Lungi Ngidi, Otniel Baartman.