India Crush New Zealand By 8 Wickets in second ODI and clinched series with
2-0. India outplayed New Zealand by 2-0 lead in the three-match series in
Raipur on Saturday. Team India’s pace attack ran through a fragile New
Zealand batting line-up. Mohammed Shami-led attack produced an incisive
effort to bowl out New Zealand for a meagre 108 before India knocked off
the runs in 20.1 overs. Rohit Sharma hit a sublime 50 off 51 balls while
Shubman Gill remained unbeaten on 40 off 53 deliveries. It was an emphatic
win but the fans that had flocked the remotely located Shaheed Veer Narayan
Singh Stadium for Raipur’s first international game was left wanting for
more due to the early finish.Shami (3/18) and Mohammed Siraj (1/10) made life tough for the batters with
their high-quality seam bowling reducing New Zealand to a dismal 15 for
five after Rohit opted to bowl. The odd ball stopping made the New Zealand
batters’ job tougher though the Indian openers made batting look easy in
the evening.The third and final ODI will be played in Indore on Tuesday.New
Zealand opener Finn Allen was the first to depart after missing a full ball
that came back in late to clip the pads and shatter the stumps. Siraj then
got one to seam away from good length inducing an outside edge from number
three Henry Nicholls with Gill doing the rest in the slips.
2-0. India outplayed New Zealand by 2-0 lead in the three-match series in
Raipur on Saturday. Team India’s pace attack ran through a fragile New
Zealand batting line-up. Mohammed Shami-led attack produced an incisive
effort to bowl out New Zealand for a meagre 108 before India knocked off
the runs in 20.1 overs. Rohit Sharma hit a sublime 50 off 51 balls while
Shubman Gill remained unbeaten on 40 off 53 deliveries. It was an emphatic
win but the fans that had flocked the remotely located Shaheed Veer Narayan
Singh Stadium for Raipur’s first international game was left wanting for
more due to the early finish.Shami (3/18) and Mohammed Siraj (1/10) made life tough for the batters with
their high-quality seam bowling reducing New Zealand to a dismal 15 for
five after Rohit opted to bowl. The odd ball stopping made the New Zealand
batters’ job tougher though the Indian openers made batting look easy in
the evening.The third and final ODI will be played in Indore on Tuesday.New
Zealand opener Finn Allen was the first to depart after missing a full ball
that came back in late to clip the pads and shatter the stumps. Siraj then
got one to seam away from good length inducing an outside edge from number
three Henry Nicholls with Gill doing the rest in the slips.
