HIGHLIGHTS IND vs NZ 2nd T20I Score Updates: Full Scorecard, Result & Key Moments

OUTCLASSED! India hammered New Zealand by seven wickets in the second T20I in Raipur to take 2-0 lead in the five-match T20 series. It was a sensational all-round performance by the home side, with the captain Suryakumar Yadav and comeback man Ishan Kishan leading from the front to ensure a comprehensive victory.  

Easy-peasy for Team India! Shivam Dube has also played a little gem here in Raipur and he has hit those lusty blows which will haunt New Zealand bowlers for sure. Courtesy, Ishan, Surya and Shivam knocks, India are firmly in the driver’s seat. 

Zakary Foulkes conceded 67 runs in 3 overs! Surya moves into the 80s, what a knock from India captain. On the other hand, New Zealand medium pacer Foulkes had a forgettable night with the ball as he failed to correct his length and paid a huge price for it. India 13 runs short from the target!

Scoring half-century in 25 or fewer balls most times in T20I cricket –
8 Abhishek Sharma
8 Suryakumar Yadav *
7 Phil Salt
7 Evin Lewis

SIX! 16 runs from Ish Sodhi’s over, India are cruising now! Both Suryakumar Yadav and Shivam Dube are making most of New Zealand’s below-par bowling and fielding effort. The Indian batters are making them pay heavily for their mistakes. India 164/3 in 12 overs vs New Zealand (208/3) in Raipur

FIFTY for India captain, Suryakumar Yadav! Wow, what a knock from him. This will do a world of good for his morale ahead of the T20 World Cup 2026. Suryakumar Yadav brings up a T20I fifty after more than a year! It was his first 50+ score for in 24 innings since October 2024! IND 148/3 in 14 overs vs NZ (208/6) in Raipur

OUT! Ishan Kishan is gone for 76, Ish Sodhi gets his revenge. Sodhi bowled a googly around off, Kishan shuffles across in the crease and tries to slog this away, a thick top edge is induced and Matt Henry at short fine leg settles under it nicely to pounce on it. India 128/3 in 9.1 overs vs New Zealand (208/6)

25 runs from Zakary Foulkes’ over, India are in the driver’s seat now in the 209 chase! Captain Suryakumar Yadav did the bulk of scoring and Foulkes was on the recieving end of it. Four boundaries, a maximum and a double, what an over for Team India! IND 128/2 in 9 overs vs NZ (208/6) in Raipur

Ishan Kishan continues to toy with New Zealand bowling attack! Brilliant batting from the left-hander, he keeps his foot on the accelerator and making sure India doesn’t fall back behind in the run chase. IND 88/2 in 7 overs vs NZ (208/6) in Raipur

Brilliant batting from the southpaw! Ishan Kishan is making the most of this beautiful batting track here in Raipur. 12 runs from Santner’s first over, three back-to-back boundaries. 50 up for India!

Brilliant hitting from Ishan Kishan! He’s counter-attacking New Zealand after two early wickets, and Zakary Foulkes was at the receiving end. Three boundaries and a maximum from Kishan and India are getting a move on here in Raipur! India 32/2 in 3 overs vs New Zealand (208/6)

Abhishek Sharma is gone for a golden duck! That’s a fantastic start for New Zealand. India lost both their openers inside the first 2 overs. Jacob Duffy bowled a length delivery and Abhishek Sharma flicks it straight to Devon Conway who was standing at deep square leg. He doesn’t miss out this time and Abhishek is gone without troubling the scorers. IND 6/2 in 1.1 overs vs NZ (208/6) in Raipur

Poor from Sanju Samson! Devon Conway must be a relaxed man now as Sanju Samson failed to convert the second life into a substantial knock. Henry bowls a length delivery and Samson goes for the aerial route once again and he chips it straight into the safe mitts of Rachin Ravindra at mid-on. India 6/1 in 1 over vs New Zealand (208/6)

SIX! Oh dear, how costly will this be for New Zealand? This should have been taken by Conway, he lost it in the night lights of the stadium. Sanju Samson flicks this straight to Devon Conway who was standing at deep square leg and instead of grabbing it, Conway has lobbed it straight over the boundary. India 6/0 in 0.2 overs vs New Zealand (208/6)

Welcome back for the run chase! India openers Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma are at the crease. Samson will take the strike. Matt Henry will open the attack for New Zealand. Samson is ready to face Henry, here we go!

A six and boundary to finish the innings! Zakary Foulkes took pressure off from his captain, Mitchell Santner and does the job for New Zealand. Arshdeep finished with the figures of 53/0 in his quota of four overs, tough day in the office for India pacer. On the other hand, skipper Santner provided the late push for the visitors with a crucial cameo, dragging New Zealand past the 200-mark and giving them something to bowl at. New Zealand 208/6 in 20 overs vs India in Raipur

New Zealand are doing well here in Raipur, courtesy skipper Mitchell Santner, to finish things off in style! Three boundaries from Hardik Pandya’s third over, Foulkes and Santner have ensured their team would cross the 200-mark in the second T20I. NZ 191/6 in 19 overs vs IND in Raipur

17 runs from Harshit Rana’s third over! New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner is playing a little gem here in Raipur and ensuring that his team didn’t go down without a fight. Rana, who started his spell with a wicket-maiden, has been taken to cleaners in next two overs. New Zealand 178/6 in 18 overs vs India 

OUT! Hardik Pandya is in the middle of a dream spell, he has bowled some really tight overs and it has not been easy for New Zealand to score off his bowling. Mark Chapman never really looked settled in this innings and he walks back to the pavilion without troubling the scorers much. NZ 161/6 in 17 overs vs IND in Raipur

OUT! Kuldeep Yadav strikes, Rachin Ravindra’s good knock comes to an end. Two wickets in two overs and India are slowly choking out New Zealand wicket some good bowling. Kuldeep bowls a floater outside off which further spins away from Ravindra who gets a thick outside edge. Arshdeep Singh takes an easy catch. New Zealand 129/5 in 12.3 overs vs India in Raipur

OUT! Shivam Dube strikes in his very first over, he gets the big fish, Daryl Mitchell, this is a very big wicket for New Zealand. Mitchell has hardly put a foot wrong on this tour and he departs cheaply without making much of an impact. Dube bowls a slower off-cutter, the line was outside off and Mitchell tried to reach for the big shot, he loses his bottom hand and miscues it only for Hardik Pandya to take it safely in his bucket hands. New Zealand 125/4 in 11.3 overs vs India

An interesting over from Kuldeep Yadav comes to an end, he was hit for 15 runs but gets the big wicket of Glenn Phillips who was starting to look dangerous again. This was the third time when Kuldeep has got the better of Phillips in T20Is. Phillips departs for 19 off 13 balls. NZ 99/3 in 9 overs vs IND in Raipur

SIX! 20 runs in the last two overs. Rachin Ravindra started Varun’s over with a six and ends it with a maximum again. It was a flighted delivery, but the length allowed Ravindra to get under it, he sinks to his knee and smokes the slog sweep over cow corner. It went 92 meters, what a hit! New Zealand 84/2 in 8 overs vs India

19 runs from Harshit Rana’s second over! After bowling a wicket-maiden, Harshit Rana was taken to cleaners by New Zealand batter Rachin Ravindra. The left-hander clubbed Rana for 19 runs in one over, two maximums, one boundary and a double, including a wide. Some hitting from the Kiwi batter! New Zealand 64/2 in 6 overs vs India

OUT! Varun Chakaravarthy strikes and he gets the big fish, Tim Seifert! Kiwis go from 43/0 in 3 overs to 43/2. Another wrong ‘un from Varun and Seifert decides to take it on, he kneels down and looks to slog sweep, but the googly always bounces more, takes the top-edge and goes straight up only for Ishan Kishan to pounce on it safely. NZ 43/2 in 4.2 overs vs IND in Raipur

OUT! This is brilliant from Harshit Rana, he comes as a first change and makes an impact straightaway. India must be happy to see the back of Devon Conway. He had the wood over Conway in the ODI series and needs only two balls to get him in the T20Is. Rana bowls a WICKET MAIDEN! New Zealand 43/1 in 4 overs vs India

18 from his Arsh’s first over, 18 from his second! New Zealand getting a move on here in Raipur! Four back-to-back boundaries from Tim Seifert’s blade and Arshdeep is not learning from his mistakes. This is a great start from New Zealand. NZ 43/0 in 3 overs vs IND in Raipur

A very tidy over from Hardik Pandya! Good stuff from him, he stopped the run flow after a barrage of boundaries in the first over. Seifert managed only one boundary in the second over. New Zealand 25/0 in 2 overs vs India in Raipur

Devon Conway stuck into Arshdeep after a failure in the first T20I. Good response from the Kiwi! Three fours and a maximum to get New Zealand off the blocks in a hurry, Arshdeep should adjust his line quickly otherwise it’s going to be a long, long night for the India pacer. New Zealand 18/0 in 1 over vs India

FOUR! It was a full pitched up delivery from Arshdeep, he bowls it outside off, Conway leans forward and drives through cover. Ishan managed to get there from the deep point, but failed to make a stop, good start from New Zealand! NZ 8/0 in 0.3 overs vs IND in Raipur

Indian players make their way out to the middle, followed by New Zealand openers Devon Conway and Tim Seifert. Conway will take the strike. Arshdeep Singh will open the attack for India. All set, here we go!

Pitch Report: “We are in Raipur, this also happens to be India’s 100th T20I game at home. Well, this is the biggest ground, so let’s start with the dimension. This is right in the centre of the ground, this strip here. So 68 metres on either side, 75 metres down the ground. A bit patchy in places, with sprouting bits here and there. But the grass that is here is kind of dead and rolled in, and you can still see quite a few cracks in and around the surface. It might play a little bit better than it looked. That was certainly the case in the previous game. It played better than it looked. But I just feel that it might be a little bit low, a little bit slow. Historically, in T20 contests, this has been a low-scoring venue. But the ODI (Vijay Hazare game) that was played here a month ago, 720 runs. I think the spinners are going to come into play. I love the boundary sizes. And if it does grip a touch early on, the spinners are certainly going to come into play with the boundary sizes. So that is a good thing. Because looking at those cracks, they might play a part. The other important fact of the game that you mentioned a couple of months ago, the dew was a massive, massive, had a role to play. So that makes toss very, very important. So if you win the toss, you definitely do want to chase here,” Deep Dasgupta and Simon Doull reckon.

Mitchell Santner: We would have also bowled. I just think the ground’s already wet. I don’t think it’s going to get any better for us. Every time you play against a quality side in their home conditions, you’ve got to learn, and we did. Obviously, the way they came out with the bat throughout the whole innings, they came out pretty hard. So we know that now on the bowling side. We’ve just got to be a little bit clearer with our plans and try to squeeze them a little bit more. We’ve got three changes – Seifert for Robinson, Clark is out, Zak Foulkes is in, and Matt Henry is in for Jamieson.

India captain, Suryakumar Yadav: We are going to bowl first. There is already little bit of dew out there, we haven’t chased in recent times, so we want to chase. I think it (the pitch) looks good. I think it’s the same wicket they said, which was used for the ODI series. I think we play every game, we try and improve on all aspects. We never get perfect. We are always learning. But yeah, we look to do the same things again. We try and do the same thing in the bowling department, fielding and batting. We have two changes – Axar is missing out because he got hit in the last game. And Bumrah is resting tonight. So Harshit and Kuldeep come in.

India (Playing XI): Sanju Samson (wk), Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav (Captain), Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Rinku Singh, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy. 

India captain Suryakumar Yadav calls it right this time as the hosts decide to bowl first in the second T20 international against New Zealand in Raipur. Two changes in the Team India, Axar Patel and Jasprit Bumrah rested.

We are just moments away from the toss as the two captains, Suryakumar Yadav and Mitchell Santner make their way to the middle. 

Meanwhile, Abhishek Sharma’s blistering batting form showed no signs of slowing down as he smashed a breathtaking 35-ball 84 in the first T20I. Valuable cameos from captain Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, and Rinku Singh powered India to a mammoth 238.

Opener Sanju Samson’s form will be under the radar as he got dismissed cheaply in the first T20I versus New Zealand. The 31-year-old has suffered contrasting T20I fortunes so far: 436 runs at a strike rate of 180.16 in 2024; 22 runs at a strike rate of 126.85 in 2025. What the 2026 holds for him, we will find out soon…

After a comprehensive 48-run victory in the first T20I, India will look to carry on the momentum in the second T20I, with form, selection calls, and dew conditions shaping the contest tonight.

We are all set for another thrilling T20I encounter between two top teams, India and New Zealand from the lovely city of Raipur. Another chance for both the teams to brush up their skills before the much-awaited T20 World Cup 2026.!