New Zealand's batting order performed well against Scotland as they chased 307 runs comfortably

Auckland [New Zealand], March 27 (ANI): New Zealand batter Mark Chapman has been ruled out of the upcoming ODI series at home against the Netherlands after testing COVID-19 positive, ace batter George Worker will replace him in the squad.

After winning the T20I series by 2-0 against New Zealand, Rohit Sharma and men are looking to aim to clean sweep the series. The third match will be played at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. In this article, we shall bring to you the preview of the game which will live streaming details, head-to-head records, […]

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], November 20 (ANI): Having sealed the three-match T20I series against New Zealand, the Men in Blue will now be looking to register a series clean-sweep going into the third game of the series at the Eden Gardens on Sunday. But the opportunity is also there for the hosts to try out the bench strength in a dead rubber.

Ranchi Nov 19 PTI The scoreboard of New Zealands innings in the second T20 against India here on Friday New Zealand Innings Martin Guptill c Pant b D Chahar 31 Daryl Mitchellc Suryakumar Yadav b Harshal Patel 31 Mark Chapman c Rahul b Axar 21 Glenn Phillipsc sub Ruturaj Gaikwad b Harshal Patel 34 Tim Seifert c Bhuvneshwar b Ashwin 13 James Neesham c Pant b Bhuvneshwar 3 Mitchell Santner batting 8 Adam Milne batting 5 Extras lb 2 w 4 nb 1 7 Total 6 wickets 20 overs 153 Fall of Wickets 48-1 79-2 90-3 125-4 137-5 140-6 Bowlers Bhuvneshwar Kumar 4-0-39-1 Deepak Chahar 4-0-42-1 Axar Patel 4-0-26-1 Ravichandran Ashwin 4-0-19-1 Harshal Patel 4-0-25-2 MORE PTI BS BS

Ranchi Nov 19 PTI India rode on a tight bowling display by the spin duo of Ravichandran Ashwin and Axar Patel to stymie New Zealands explosive start and restrict the visitors to a modest 153 for six in the second T20 International here on Friday In a must-win match for the Kiwis who are trailing 0-1 in the three-match series Martin Guptill 31 off 15 balls and Daryl Mitchell 31 off 28 balls took the Indian pacers to the cleaners after being put into bat Cruising at 64 for one in the powerplay the Kiwis suddenly hit a roadblock in the crucial middle overs and managed just 64 runs from 7 to 16 overs with Ashwin 119 and Axar 126 dominating the New Zealand batters in the dew-laden condition Skipper Rohit Sharma cleverly used Ashwin and Axar in the middle overs to restrict the run flow Ashwin was simply sensational with his variations as the New Zealand batters found it difficult to go after him Axar got the wicket of Mark Chapman fresh from a half-century in Jaipur as the left-hander failed to clear the long-on boundary The duos remarkable effort in the middle gave the pace attack some respite and newcomer Harshal Patel who made his T20I debut four days shy of his 31st birthday returned with impressive figures of 2 for 25 Two days after his tidy display in Jaipur Bhuvneshwar Kumar conceded 37 runs from his first three but made it up in his final over giving away just two runs and also took the vital wicket of Jimmy Neesham that further pegged the Kiwis back The Kiwis were off to a flier in the powerplay with Guptill smashing his way to a 15-ball 31 2x6s 3x4s after being dropped on eight That innings saw Guptill 3231 runs surpass star Indian batsman Virat Kohli 3227 as the leading run-getter in T20 Internationals Guptill smashed Bhuvenshwar for back-to-back boundaries but there was an opportunity in the fourth ball when he mishit over the long-off region KL Rahul made a terrific attempt running backwards and nearly got hold of the ball before it slipped out of his hands After conceding 14 runs in his first over Bhuvneshwar gave away 13 in his next over with Guptill smacking him over his head for a six Mitchell also joined the party as the visitors cruised to 42 from the first overs Deepak Chahar finally gave India the breakthrough before the spin duo of Axar and Ashwin restricted the flow of runs PTI TAP SSC SSC

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], November 18 (ANI): Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President Sourav Ganguly will be ringing the Eden Bell at the Eden Garen stadium in Kolkata to commence the third T20I game between India and New Zealand on Sunday.

Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], November 18 (ANI): New Zealand batter Mark Chapman admitted that the guys in his side are tired after playing a game just two days after the T20 World Cup final but he also accepted the challenges of international cricket in today's age.

Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], November 18 (ANI): New Zealand opening batter Martin Guptill has said that Ravichandran Ashwin has got great control over line and length and he is very hard to get away.

Jaipur Nov 18 PTI New Zealand opener Martin Guptill finds Indias Ravichandran Ashwin very hard to get away as the off-spinner has an immaculate control over of his line length and speedAshwin has impressed ever since he made a white-ball comeback after four years He was effective in the T20 World Cup and on Wednesday changed the course of the first T20 by removing two New Zealand batters in the same over He had removed a well-set Mark Chapman and Tim Seifert He is a very wily bowler He has got great control of his line and length He just doesnt bowl bad balls I dont remember he bowling any bad balls throughout his career His change of pace is so subtle and well controlled he is just very hard to get away said Guptll at the post-match conference The opener smashed 70 off 42 balls but his team lost the game by five wickets New Zealand have now lost back to back games after going down in the T20 World Cup final on Sunday We have not played bad cricket in the last two games It is just were just coming out on the wrong side Its the way cricket can go Its certainly different scheduling A World Cup final two days ago and then jump on a plane and here we are in India playing another one Guptill shared an 109-run stand with Mark Chapman to take New Zealand to 164 for six a total he thought was 10 runs short It was not ideal losing Daryl Mitchell in the first over but the way Chappy Chapman adapted having not played a lot of cricket lately to coming in and spending some time in the middle and to put on 100 partnership with him and set up for the death phase really help the team get to that competitive totalWe were still 10 run shorts where we could have been I dont think we quite nailed the end of the death phase as well as we could have but that could happen And I think the bowlers did extremely well to pull it back after they India go off to a fairly quick start so to lose within a couple of balls to spare we werent far off said Guptill He added that India tour is a good opportunity for cricketers those who have not played in the country Yeah its cool isnt it I mean Rachin wasnt expected to play on this tour Jimmy was down with a bit of a stomach bug so you know and obviously Chappie and also Todd getting the time as well PTI BS KHS KHS