Live score India vs New Zealand 2nd ODI: Yuzvendra Chahal picked up three wickets while Ravindra Jadeja and Shardul Thakur were good with both with the ball and in the field but half-centuries from Ross Taylor and Martin Guptill took New Zealand to 273 for 8 in the 2nd ODI at the Eden Park in Auckland. NZ got off to a great start after Virat Kohli opted to field first. Guptill (79) reached his 38th fifty but India came back strongly in the middle, picking up 6 wickets for 35 runs. But the hosts recovered from that slide courtesy an unbeaten 76-run stand between Ross Taylor (73*) and Kyle Jamieson. For India, Chahal finished with 3 for 58 while Thakur got 2 for 60.
Earlier,India have made two changes to their playing XI. Mohammed Shami has been rested. He has been replaced by Navdeep Saini and Kuldeep Yadav makes way for Yuzvendra Chahal. New Zealand made a couple of changes too, Kyle Jamieson makes his debut while Mark Chapman replaced Mitchell Santner. New Zealand have decided to go in with no specialist spinner for this ODI at Eden Park.
India vs New Zealand live score, 2nd ODI at Auckland:
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INDIA11:13 hrs: Great finish for New Zealand!14 runs off the last over from Jasprit Bumrah and New Zealand have recovered from the collapse in the middle. A 76-run stand between Ross Taylor and Kyle Jamieson.
11:03 hrs: 250 up for New Zealand! Another productive over, they have taken 8 runs Bumrah’s over. This has been an absolute brilliant partnership after New Zealand suffered a collapse in the middle.
10:56 hrs: Jamieson hits his first six! Take that says Jamieson. He was waiting for that knuckle ball, rocked back and gave it a full whack. The ball sails over for the second six of the over. Just the over New Zealand needed.
10:53: SIX! Ross Taylor is playing a little gem here! A full toss outside off stump and Taylor slogs, gets it to go just over Jadeja at long-on for a six.
10:49 hrs: Fifty for Ross Taylor!He follows up his century with a fifty and now he has to stay there till the end to get New Zealand over the 250-run mark.
10:47 hrs: Good comeback from Saini!He bowls four consecutive dot balls after conceding 7 runs in his first two balls. Taylor might reconsider taking a single in the first part of the over from now on.
10:43 hrs: SIX!Taylor takes Saini on and gets the reward. That famous Taylor heave over mid-wicket. That ball was in the slot and Taylor doesn’t hold back, he gets the connection and it sails over for a six.
10:38 hrs: A good effort from Jasprit Bumrah in the end but he probably could have caught that one had he not ran around it. A full and wide delivery from Shardul, Taylor gets a thickish outside edge and it flies to third man.
10:30 hrs: Chahal gets Southee! Another one falls. Full and around off, nicely flighted. Southee looks to play the slog but he has to drag this ball to the leg side. Hence, he mistimes it and finds Navdeep Saini at long on. New Zealand all set to fall short of playing their 50 overs.
10:20 hrs: Stat Attack!
New Zealand have lost their last 5 wickets (3-7) inside 30 runs
They were 157-2 and then lost 5 quick wickets in next 30 runs —187-7.
This is their worsts collapse of 3-7 wickets at home against India and 4th worst overall in ODIs against India.
2nd worst collapse of 3-7 wickets for New Zealand at Auckland. The worst is of 16 runs against Australia in 1997.
10:14 hrs: NZ collapsing in grand style! Caught and bowled! Chahal cannot believe his luck. It was a shorter delivery, Chapman had the right idea of working it through the on side but ends up chipping it straight back to the bowler. New Zealand 7 down.
10:10 hrs: Thakur gets his second!3 wickets in 3 overs for India. A nothing shot from Colin de Grandhomme. It was a shorter delivery from Thakur and Grandhomme just played timid pull shot with no timing at all. That landed straight into the hands of Shreyas Iyer at deep square leg.
10:04 hrs: Jadeja finishes! That’s end of Ravindr Jadeja’s spell. What a terrific day he’s had so far. 10 overs 1 for 35, simply outstanding from the left-arm spinner on this small ground.
9:59 hrs: Another run out!You don’t take Ravindra Jadeja on. A disastrous call from the non-striker Jimmy Neesham. Just a tap from Taylor and it went straight to Jadeja at point, he had the luxury of a perfect bounce too. He kncoked stumps down and Neesham was nowhere in the frame. New Zealand have lost half their side now.
9:50 hrs: Jadeja traps Latham! OUT! New Zealand lose their captain Tom Latham and their review. A flatter delivery from Jadeja that went straight with the angle. Latham, just like Nicholls went for the sweep shot but missed it completely and what’s worse for New Zealand is he went for the review and the replays showed three reds.
9:37 hrs: Martin Guptill is run out for 79! What a big moment in the game. There wasn’t really a run in it but Ross Taylor just went off after playing that reverse dab. Credit to Shardul Thakur for getting to the ball in a flash and letting in a rocket return to KL Rahul. Guptill had no chance, he departs for 79. This is a huge wicket for India.
9:33 hrs:Pull shot for four! A short delivery from Thakur with no real venom. Guptill rocks back and rolls his wrists over it to pull it all along the carpet, a good end to the over from the New Zealand perspective.
9:25 hrs:Thakur sends back Blundell! Blundell tried to repeat the shot which gave him a boundary in the previous ball but this time finds Navdeep Saini at mid-on, who makes no mistake. India have got their second wicket. He would have better off had he went straight down the ground instead of swinging across the line.
9:21 hrs: A quiet period! The last three overs have yielded 12 runs and have largely been without any action. New Zealand are building up for a big total.
9:12 hrs: Run out chance missed!That could have resulted in a wicket had Shreyas Iyer picked up the ball cleanly. A defensive push from Martin Guptill, he had no intentions for a single but Blundell came charging down the wicket in search of one. Iyer, at point, failed to take advantage of the misunderstanding as he fumbled.
9:02 hrs: Punched down the ground for four!Tom Blundell shows his class, a top shot from the right-hander. It was a good length delivery from Saini, Blundell stands tall and punches it straight down the ground for his first boundary.
8:56 hrs: Catch? Six? Catch? It’s a SIX!Guptill must’ve had his heart in his mouth there. He danced down the track to Chahal, did not get the desired connection but it just sails over Shreyas Iyer at long-off.
8:53 hrs: Fifty for Guptill! This is the first half-century for Guptill in 10 innings. His 36th one in ODIs, 5th against India, 21st at home, 6th at Auckland and 1st of 2020.
8:47 hrs: Chahal gets Nicholls! LBW! Nicholls did the right thing by going for the review as replays showed it was close but the umpire’s call stays. Chahal has broken the opening stand. A flighted delivery from the wrist-spinner, Nicholls went for the sweep but the ball turned a bit and thudded onto Nicholls’ back leg. Umpire Bruce Oxenford had a good hard look at it and decided to raise his finger.
8:39 hrs: Chahal DROPS Nicholls! Did that carry? Yes it did! Chahal would be disappointed with that one. Yes, it was hit hard straight back at him by Nicholls but it was at a good height and he got both hands to it. How costly will that turn out to be?
8:36 hrs: Guptill has clobbered that one! Brilliant shot from the opener. It wasn’t all that shot from Chahal but Guptill was quick bend down on one knee and deposit it deep into the stands.
8:28 hrs: Guptill brings out the sweep! First time Chahal has drifted down the leg side and Martin Guptill has taken full advantage of it. He bends down and played a perfectly-placed sweep shot. This is now turning out to be an outstanding start from New Zealand.
8:15 hrs: Fifty up for New Zealand! A high risk shot from Nicholls and he gets the results. He went across the stumps and scooped that one from way outside the off stump to get it fine and away from the keeper Rahul.
8:08 hrs: SIX! Terrific shot from Martin Guptill. He played one earlier that went for four and now gets a lot of bat on it and it lands into the second tier. Bumrah’s tactics of going short to Guptill is not working.
8:06 hrs: Back-to-back boundaries! Poor stuff from Bumrah. He strayed down the leg side twice and on both occasion Guptill glanced it fine to collect to easy fours.
8:03 hrs: Good start from Saini! Saini was brought into the attack in place of Thakur and the tall Delhi pacer starts well, gives just 2 runs in the over.
7:58 hrs: Shot from Guptill! What a reply from the NZ opener. Bumrah bowled a terrific bouncer to him in the previous ball but instead of getting subdued, Guptill decides to give Bumrah the charge and succeeds in getting another four.
7:56 hrs: FOUR! Great shot? Great delivery? We guess both. A snorter of a delivery from Bumrah and Guptill does well to somehow guide the ball over the keeper’s head for a boundary.
7:52 hrs: Glorious shot from Nicholls!Just hold the pose there. What an excellent shot from Henry Nicholls. Nothing wrong with the delivery from Thakur. Pitched on the middle around the good length area, Nicholls gets a good stride forward and lofts it straight over the bowler’s head to collect the first boundary for New Zealand.
7:48 hrs: Tight from Bumrah!Another good over.This has been an excellent start from both Bumrah and Thakur. New Zealand might have reassess the totals in their minds here.
7:43 hrs: Good decision by umpire Oxenford and good decision from India! A huge appeal from Shardul Thakur. He was convinced about that one but KL Rahul shook his head and Kohli went with his keeper, deciding not to review that one. And rightly so, replays confirm there was an inside edge from Guptill’s bat before thudded onto his pads. But nevertheless, a very good delivery from Thakur.
7:39 hrs: Guptill and Nicholls are away!Both the New Zealand openers have opened their accounts. 2 runs from Bumrah’s first over.
7:34 hrs: Good start! Just the one leg bye, so technically a maiden from Shardul Thakur to start with. This is an important match for the Mumbai seamer. He was taken to the cleaners the other night but the Indian team management has given him another opportunity today.
7:30 hrs: Shardul Thakur has the new ball in hand, he will be up against Martin Guptill.
7:28 hrs: The average first innings score at this venue is 264; last 5 completed (either all out or full 50 overs played) ODI innings.
9: Out of the 9 matches that India has played at this venue, they have won 4, lost 4 and tied once.
14: runs required by Ross Taylor to complete 4000 ODI runs in New Zealand.
1: If Tim Southee dismisses Virat Kohli, Virat will then become the most favoured victim for Southee in ODIs.
7:24 hrs: Pitch Report – Former New Zealand pacer Simon Doull reckons the ‘pitch should have good bounce and some early movement for the pacers with the new ball’. Doull, however, was quick to add that once the batters see off the new ball there will be runs on offer.
7:19 hrs: “Would have bowled as well, looks like a good surface and we need to put the runs on the board. The record chase in Hamilton was good for us, need to do well with the bat here, build partnerships and gets the runs on the board,” said New Zealand skipper Tom Latham.
7:16 hrs: “Pretty hard wicket, the new-ball might do a bit, smaller ground, short straight boundaries and it’s difficult to defend. Need to bowl well, put the pressure on their batsmen and take some early wickets. Need to bring the intensity we had in the T20Is into the 50-over game,” said India captain Virat Kohli.
7:13 hrs: New Zealand (Playing XI): Martin Guptill, Henry Nicholls, Tom Blundell, Ross Taylor, Tom Latham(w/c), Mark Chapman, James Neesham, Colin de Grandhomme, Kyle Jamieson, Tim Southee, Hamish Bennett
India (Playing XI): Prithvi Shaw, Mayank Agarwal, Virat Kohli(c), Shreyas Iyer, Lokesh Rahul(w), Kedar Jadhav, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Navdeep Saini, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah
7:10 hrs: Debut for Jamieson!New Zealand have handed debut to tall fast bowler Kyle Jamieson in place of Ish Sodhi. While Mitchell Santner makes way for Mark Chapman. So no spinners for New Zealand today.
7:04 hrs: 2 changes for India!India have made two changes to their playing XI. Mohammed Shami has been rested. He has been replaced by Navdeep Saini and Kuldeep Yadavmakes way for Yuzvendra Chahal.
7:00 hrs: Toss update! India opt to bowl first against New Zealand at Auckland.
6:55 hrs: Some numbers of Eden Park, Auckland
Highest team total: 340/5 by New Zealand against Australia in 2007
Lowest team total: 73 by New Zealand against Sri Lanka in 2007
Highest individual score: 146* by M Stoinis (AUS) against New Zealand in 2017
Best bowling figures: 6/28 by MA Starc (AUS) against New Zealand in 2015
Biggest partnership: 196* MS Dhoni and Suresh Raina (IND) for 5th wicket against Zimbabwe
6:50 hrs: A look at the pitch to start with. This is sure to bring smiles on the batsman’s face. Bowlers? Good luck playing on this on a small ground.
