India vs New Zealand HIGHLIGHTS 2nd T20I: Ishan-Surya help India take 2-0 lead in the series
IND vs NZ HIGHLIGHTS: Indian skipper Suryakumar Yadav's half-century in the second T20I is his first fifty-plus score in T20Is in 23 innings
Ishan Kishan batting in the second T20I match against New Zealand in Raipur
Despite being reduced to six for two early, India pulled off a stunning run chase against New Zealand in the second T20I at Raipur on Friday, riding on explosive half-centuries from Ishan Kishan and captain Suryakumar Yadav. India chased down the daunting 209-run target in just 15.2 overs, winning by seven wickets to take an unassailable 2–0 lead in the five-match series.
New Zealand power past 200
Asked to bat first, New Zealand began aggressively, racing to 43 runs inside three overs before Harshit Rana dismissed Devon Conway for 19. Tim Seifert followed soon after, falling to Varun Chakravarthy. Rachin Ravindra and Glenn Phillips then counterattacked with a rapid stand, but Kuldeep Yadav removed Phillips for 19. Ravindra looked in fine touch but missed a fifty, scoring 44 off 26 balls. Late blows from skipper Mitchell Santner, who remained unbeaten on 47 off 27 deliveries, lifted New Zealand to a strong 208 for six.
Early jolts for India
India’s chase got off to a shaky start as Sanju Samson was dismissed in the first over, followed by Abhishek Sharma falling for a first-ball duck, leaving the hosts reeling at 6 for 2.
Kishan-Suryakumar turn it around
Ishan Kishan quickly shifted the momentum, hammering 24 runs off a single over and bringing up his half-century in just 21 balls. Suryakumar Yadav complemented him brilliantly as the duo added over 100 runs for the third wicket. Kishan eventually fell for a breathtaking 76 off 32 balls, while Suryakumar ended his long wait for a fifty, reaching the landmark in 23 deliveries.
Calm finish seals big win
Suryakumar (82* off 37) and Shivam Dube (36* off 18) ensured there were no further hiccups, adding an unbeaten 81-run stand to complete a dominant chase with 28 balls to spare. India now have the chance to seal the series when the teams meet again on Sunday.
India vs New Zealand second T20I full scorecard:
New Zealand scorecard:
| New Zealand Inning | ||||||
| 208-6 (20 ov) CRR:10.40 | ||||||
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
| Devon Conway | c H Pandya b H Rana | 19 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 211.11 |
| Tim Seifert (WK) | c I Kishan b V Chakaravarthy | 24 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 184.62 |
| Rachin Ravindra | c A Singh b K Yadav | 44 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 169.23 |
| Glenn Phillips | c H Pandya b K Yadav | 19 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 146.15 |
| Daryl Mitchell | c H Pandya b S Dube | 18 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 163.64 |
| Mark Chapman | c A Sharma b H Pandya | 10 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 76.92 |
| Mitchell Santner (C) | Not out | 47 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 174.07 |
| Zakary Foulkes | Not out | 15 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 187.5 |
| Extras | 12 (b 4, Ib 2, w 6, nb 0, p 0) | |||||
| Total | 208 (6 wkts, 20 Ov) | |||||
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | NB | ECO |
| Arshdeep Singh | 4 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 13.25 |
| Hardik Pandya | 3 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 8.33 |
| Harshit Rana | 3 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 11.67 |
| Varun Chakaravarthy | 4 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 8.75 |
| Kuldeep Yadav | 4 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 8.75 |
| Abhishek Sharma | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Shivam Dube | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
India scorecard:
| India Inning | ||||||
| 209-3 (15.2 ov) CRR:13.63 | ||||||
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
| Sanju Samson (WK) | c R Ravindra b M Henry | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 120 |
| Abhishek Sharma | c D Conway b JA Duffy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ishan Kishan | c M Henry b I Sodhi | 76 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 237.5 |
| Surya Kumar Yadav (C) | Not out | 82 | 37 | 9 | 4 | 221.62 |
| Shivam Dube | Not out | 36 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 200 |
| Extras | 9 (b 0, Ib 0, w 8, nb 1, p 0) | |||||
| Total | 209 (3 wkts, 15.2 Ov) | |||||
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | NB | ECO |
| Matt Henry | 3 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 13.67 |
| Jacob Duffy | 4 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 9.5 |
| Zakary Foulkes | 3 | 0 | 67 | 0 | 1 | 22.33 |
| Mitchell Santner | 2 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 13.5 |
| Ish Sodhi | 3 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 11.33 |
| Daryl Mitchell | 0.2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
India vs New Zealand 2nd T20I Playing 11
India playing 11: Sanju Samson(w), Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Rinku Singh, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy
New Zealand Playing 11: Devon Conway, Tim Seifert(w), Rachin Ravindra, Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Daryl Mitchell, Mitchell Santner(c), Zakary Foulkes, Matt Henry, Ish Sodhi, Jacob Duffy
10:33 PM
India vs New Zealand 2nd T20I LIVE SCORE: India scorecard
| India Inning | ||||||
| 209-3 (15.2 ov) CRR:13.63 | ||||||
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
| Sanju Samson (WK) | c R Ravindra b M Henry | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 120 |
| Abhishek Sharma | c D Conway b JA Duffy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ishan Kishan | c M Henry b I Sodhi | 76 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 237.5 |
| Surya Kumar Yadav (C) | Not out | 82 | 37 | 9 | 4 | 221.62 |
| Shivam Dube | Not out | 36 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 200 |
| Extras | 9 (b 0, Ib 0, w 8, nb 1, p 0) | |||||
| Total | 209 (3 wkts, 15.2 Ov) | |||||
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | NB | ECO |
| Matt Henry | 3 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 13.67 |
| Jacob Duffy | 4 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 9.5 |
| Zakary Foulkes | 3 | 0 | 67 | 0 | 1 | 22.33 |
| Mitchell Santner | 2 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 13.5 |
| Ish Sodhi | 3 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 11.33 |
| Daryl Mitchell | 0.2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
10:32 PM
India vs New Zealand 2nd T20I LIVE SCORE: India innings key highlights
First wicket: 6/1 at 0.5 overs (Sanju Samson dismissed on 6 by Matt Henry)
Second wicket: 6/2 at 1.1 overs (Abhishek Sharma dismissed on 0 by Jacob Duffy)
India: 50 runs in 4.5 overs (29 balls); Extras 6
Ishan Kishan: 51 off 21 balls (9 fours, 2 sixes)
Powerplay: 0.1 to 6.0 overs (India 75 for 2)
India: 100 runs in 7.5 overs (47 balls); Extras 6
Third wicket: 128/3 (Ishan Kishan dismissed on 76 by Ish Sodhi)
Suryakumar Yadav: 50 off 23 balls (6 fours, 2 sixes)
India: 150 runs in 11.1 overs (67 balls) Extras 7
India: 200 runs in 14.2 overs (86 balls) Extras 8
10:28 PM
India vs New Zealand 2nd T20I LIVE SCORE: India 209 for 3 after 15.2 overs
India beat New Zealand by 7 wickets to take 2-0 lead in the series
Daryl Mitchell comes in the attack
Ball 2: WIN! Shivam Dube seals it in style, pulling a short ball through mid-wicket for a single as India wrap up the chase with ease, winning by seven wickets.
Ball 1: Scores were level after Suryakumar Yadav pulled a short delivery on middle and leg to deep backward square leg for one, setting up a calm finish.
10:26 PM
India vs New Zealand 2nd T20I LIVE SCORE: India 207 for 3 after 15 overs
India need 2 runs to win in 30 balls.
Jacob Duffy (2-0-27-0) comes back in the attack
Ball 6: Suryakumar Yadav digs out a yorker on leg and takes a single to close the over.
Ball 5: Short and wide, SKY slaps it straight to cover and can’t get it away.
Ball 4: Dube flicks it towards short fine leg, the fielder getting a hand to it as they cross for one.
Ball 3: Yorker outside off and Dube squeezes it through backward point to pick up two smart runs.
Ball 3: WIDE. The short ball sails over Dube’s head.
Ball 2: SIX! Dube picks the bones out of the short delivery and launches it over deep mid-wicket to bring up 200 for India.
Ball 1: Full around off, Dube drives it to mid-off for no run.
10:20 PM
India vs New Zealand 2nd T20I LIVE SCORE: India 196 for 3 after 14 overs
India need 13 runs to win in 36 balls
Zak Foulkes (2-0-49-0) comes back in the attack
Ball 6: FOUR! Suryakumar Yadav finishes the over by drilling it straight down the ground, rubbing salt into the bowler’s wounds.
Ball 6: WIDE. Short ball down the leg side, adding to Foulkes’ misery.
Ball 5: FOUR! Tad short outside off and SKY slashes hard, the outside edge flying past the keeper to the fence.
Ball 4: Leading edge but safe as the ball just clears Conway at point, allowing Surya to scamper back for two.
Ball 3: SIX! Pure power as SKY stays leg-side and launches it over long-off, racing into the 70s.
Ball 2: Huge let-off! SKY miscues a lofted drive but Santner spills a straightforward chance at mid-off.
Ball 1: Dube clips a short ball to mid-wicket and takes a single.
10:14 PM
India vs New Zealand 2nd T20I LIVE SCORE: India 178 for 3 after 13 overs
India need 31 runs to win in 42 balls
Matt Henry (2-0-27-1) comes back in the attack
Ball 6: Suryakumar Yadav opens the face and runs hard to third man for a brace as the Dube–Surya partnership continues to swell.
Ball 5: Slower and a touch fuller outside off, Surya looks to drive through the off side but swings past it.
Ball 4: Dube takes the width on offer and slaps it through the off side to rotate strike.
Ball 3: FOUR! Short and wide, and Dube throws the kitchen sink, smashing it away to the wide long-off fence.
Ball 2: Full delivery and Surya chips it safely towards mid-on for a single.
Ball 1: SIX! Surya shuffles across and flicks a length ball over fine leg, drawing a standing ovation from the dugout.
10:09 PM
India vs New Zealand 2nd T20I LIVE SCORE: India 164 for 3 after 12 overs
India need 45 runs to win in 48 balls
Ish Sodhi continues the attack
Ish Sodhi continues the attack
Ball 6: SIX! Shivam Dube muscles a length delivery over deep mid-wicket, bringing the chase well under control with less than a run a ball needed now.
Ball 5: Tossed up outside off, Suryakumar chips it neatly over the infield at covers for a single.
Ball 4: Dube nudges it past the bowler towards long-on and rotates strike.
Ball 3: Huge appeal for LBW as Dube is struck on the pads, but it’s pitching outside leg and New Zealand lose a review.
Ball 2: SIX! Dube goes down on one knee and launches a tossed-up delivery over long-on for a massive hit.
Ball 1: Dube clips it towards wide long-on and picks up a comfortable two.
10:03 PM
India vs New Zealand 2nd T20I LIVE SCORE: 50 for Surya; India 148 for 3 after 11 overs
India need 61 runs to win in 54 balls
Jacob Duffy (2-0-12-0) comes back in the attack
Ball 6: FOUR! Suryakumar Yadav celebrates his half-century in style, cracking a boundary to finish the over.
Ball 5: Dube drags the short ball towards long-on and takes a single.
Ball 4: FIFTY! Surya brings up a much-awaited T20I fifty after more than a year, carving one through the off side to reach the landmark.
Ball 3: SIX! Flicked towards deep backward square leg and Chapman can’t hold on, the ball popping over the rope.
Ball 2: Back of a length on the pads, Surya works it through mid-wicket for two.
Ball 1: Dube drives a fuller ball past the bowler and rotates the strike.
9:59 PM
India vs New Zealand 2nd T20I LIVE SCORE:1 Kishan departs on 76; India 133 for 3 after 10 overs
India need 76 runs to win in 60 balls
Ish Sodhi (1-0-13-0) comes back in the attack
Ball 6: Dube nudges it down to long-on for a single as India reach 133/3 at the halfway mark.
Ball 5: Suryakumar opens the face as the ball spins away and guides it to short third man for one.
Ball 4: Width outside off and Dube carves it neatly through cover-point to rotate strike.
Ball 3: Tad short on middle and leg, Surya nudges it calmly towards long-on for a run.
Ball 2: Dube pulls the shorter delivery out to deep mid-wicket and settles for one.
Ball 1: WICKET! A brilliant innings ends as Sodhi’s googly deceives Ishan Kishan, who top-edges a slog and holes out to Matt Henry at short fine leg. Kishan departs for a superb 76(32).
9:51 PM
India vs New Zealand 2nd T20I LIVE SCORE:100-run stand for India; India 128 for 2 after 9 overs
India need 81 runs to win in 66 balls
Zak Foulkes (1-0-24-0) comes back in the attack
Ball 6: Suryakumar Yadav finishes a massive over by running hard for two, making it 25 off the over as Foulkes continues to leak heavily.
Ball 5: SIX! A slower bouncer is punished as SKY hooks it cleanly over fine leg, sending it flying into India’s dugout.
Ball 4: FOUR! Overpitched and beautifully driven, SKY creams it through covers with perfect timing.
Ball 3: FOUR! A genuine outside edge, but no slip in place as the ball races away to the fence.
Ball 3: WIDE. Under pressure, Foulkes slips one down the leg side.
Ball 2: FOUR! SKY arches back and guides it deftly towards third man, nearly carrying all the way.
Ball 1: FOUR! A 100-run stand comes up as SKY plays it late and steers it past short third man.
9:45 PM
India vs New Zealand 2nd T20I LIVE SCORE: India 103 for 2 after 8 overs
India need 106 runs to win in 72 balls
Santner (1-0-12-0) comes back in the attack
Ball 6: Suryakumar Yadav drives a slightly fuller delivery along the ground to long-off and rotates the strike.
Ball 5: FOUR! Surya drops to one knee for the sweep, gets a top edge and it still clears the fielder, with the chase ending in vain near the rope.
Ball 4: Kishan slaps a slower, wider delivery through to long-off for a single.
Ball 3: Surya sweeps again, this time finding deep backward square leg for one.
Ball 2: Kishan whips a low full toss out to wide long-on and crosses over.
Ball 2: WIDE. Santner sprays it well outside off.
Ball 1: SIX! Kishan rocks back, reads the length early and pulls it cleanly over deep mid-wicket to keep India cruising.
9:41 PM
India vs New Zealand 2nd T20I LIVE SCORE: India 88 for 2 after 7 overs
India need 121 runs to win in 78 balls
Ish Sodhi comes in the attack
Ball 6: Kishan eases one down to long-off and settles for a single to close the over.
Ball 5: SIX! Kishan dances down and pummels Sodhi flat over deep mid-wicket, drawing applause from Suryakumar at the other end.
Ball 4: Suryakumar gets down on one knee and sweeps it through square leg for a run.
Ball 3: Shorter from Sodhi and Kishan drags it through mid-wicket, picking up another single.
Ball 2: FOUR! Kishan premeditates, reverse-sweeps over short third man and clears the infield with ease.
Ball 1: Kishan looks to sweep again but mistimes it towards short fine leg for no run.
9:36 PM
India vs New Zealand 2nd T20I LIVE SCORE: India 75 for 2 after 6 overs
India need 134 runs to win in 84 balls
Matt Henry (1-0-6-1) comes back in the attack
Ball 6: Kishan nudges one out to deep mid-wicket and keeps the strike with a single.
Ball 5: FOUR! Pitched up and almost disappears as Kishan lofts it towards deep extra cover, the ball landing just short of the cushions.
Ball 4: FOUR! Fifty for Ishan Kishan inside the powerplay, reached in just 21 balls, as he chips a low full toss over wide mid-off.
Ball 3: SIX! Back of a length and Kishan swipes it powerfully over deep backward square leg, the Raipur crowd loving every bit of it.
Ball 2: Suryakumar Yadav works a short ball on the pads to mid-wicket for a single.
Ball 2: WIDE. Short-pitched and sailing over Surya’s head.
Ball 1: FOUR! Suryakumar Yadav gets going in style, drilling an overpitched delivery straight down to long-on.
9:31 PM
India vs New Zealand 2nd T20I LIVE SCORE: India 54 for 2 after 5 overs
India need 155 runs to win in 90 balls
Mitchell Santner comes in the attack
Ball 6: FOUR! Ishan Kishan moves into the 40s, working Santner away to the fence to cap another productive over.
Ball 5: FOUR! Fifty up for India as Kishan flicks a leg-side full toss to deep backward square leg with ease.
Ball 4: FOUR! Kishan swings hard again and whips it square, the fielder’s dive in the deep only helping it along the rope.
Ball 3: Big swing from Kishan, the bat flies out of his hands after an inside edge, but no damage done.
Ball 2: Low full toss on the pads, flicked straight to square leg for no run.
Ball 1: Full and straight, Kishan knocks it calmly to cover-point.
9:26 PM
India vs New Zealand 2nd T20I LIVE SCORE: India 42 for 2 after 4 overs
India need 167 runs to win in 96 balls
Jacob Duffy continues the attack
Jacob Duffy continues the attack
Ball 6: Ishan Kishan eases a length ball through extra cover and takes a comfortable single.
Ball 5: On a length around middle and leg, Kishan nudges it towards mid-wicket and can’t get a run.
Ball 4: FOUR! Short and wide, Kishan slashes it over backward point and beats a full-length dive from Phillips.
Ball 3: FOUR! Overpitched and wide again, and Kishan reaches out to thump it cleanly over the covers.
Ball 2: Kishan steers the ball into the off side but finds a fielder.
Ball 1: Suryakumar Yadav punches a good-length delivery to extra cover and rotates the strike with a single.
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First Published: Jan 23 2026 | 5:42 PM IST