India vs New Zealand Live Cricket Score, 2nd T20: Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan in focus in Raipur; Toss, Playing XI updates

The series opener was a near-perfect match for the hosts and a relief for coach Gautam Gambhir after the stinging 1-2 ODI series loss the previous week. While Abhishek Sharma and Rinku Singh bossed the two extremes of the batting innings, the supreme bowling unit yet again came up trumps even as their magic man Jasprit Bumrah could not find himself among the wickets.

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And so there will be ample room for improvement, starting with the captain Suryakumar Yadav’s hitting form. While he found some runs in Nagpur, it is evident that the Mumbaikar is struggling to find his pristine touch with the bat. There will also be eyeballs fixed on the two wicket-keepers, Sanju Samson and Ishan Kishan, who squandered their starts in the first game.

IND vs NZ Squads

India: Sanju Samson(w), Abhishek Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Shreyas Iyer, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Rinku Singh, Ishan Kishan, Axar Patel, Harshit Rana, Ravi Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakaravarthy, Arshdeep Singh

New Zealand: Tim Robinson, Devon Conway(w), Rachin Ravindra, Mark Chapman, Daryl Mitchell, James Neesham, Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner(c), Kyle Jamieson, Ish Sodhi, Jacob Duffy, Matt Henry, Bevon Jacobs, Kristian Clarke, Zakary Foulkes

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