भारत vs न्यूजीलैंड, दूसरा टी-20, शहीद वीर नारायण सिंह अंतरराष्ट्रीय स्टेडियम, रायपुर, 23 January 2026 - लाइव कमेंट्री

Mitchell begins with an off-cutter, into the wicket. The line is around the hips. Suryakumar pulls it across to deep backward square leg for a single. Scores are level!

India romp home! Mitchell serves another short ball, around the left shoulder. Dube gets on his toes to ride the bounce and pulls it through mid-wicket for the winning run. The Men in Blue chase 209 in a canter as they get home with 28 balls to spare.

Going across the left-hander, on a length, Dube swings through and powers the drive to the man at mid off.

SIX! That has gone back many a mile. Duffy bashes the hard length, outside off. Dube stands tall on his toes, swivels and smacks the pull over deep mid-wicket for a biggie. 200 comes up for India.

Wide! More effort behind this short ball but this is too high, over middle. Dube ducks under it as the ball sails over his head.

Nails the wide yorker, does Duffy. Dube gets his bat down and steers it with an open bat face behind square. Mark Chapman sprints and slides to his left in the deep to cut it off. Two runs taken. 4 more needed for India.

A good effort by Ish Sodhi! Sprayed on the pads by Duffy, on a length, Dube swings to get it past short fine leg. It goes on the bounce to Sodhi there, who dives to his right and gets a hand to it. He parries it away to his right. Just a single.

On a short of a length, outside off, Suryakumar punches it off the back foot to cover.

A searing yorker at 133.3 kph, at the toes. SKY gets the front pad out of the way and jams it out behind on the leg side for one.

On a length and on middle, Dube clips it away to deep mid-wicket for a single.

DROPPED! Would you believe it? It is the skipper who puts it down, which you don't see often. Hard length and on off, SKY tries to slam it down the ground but miscues it off the outer half of the bat, wide of cover. Santner runs to his right but gets a bit casual and spills it down. He gives a hug to his bowler, for whom the night cannot end quickly here.

SIX! Change of bat, change of result! Pitched up and just around off, Suryakumar Yadav gets right underneath it and clobbers it down the ground over the long off fence for half a dozen more.

In the air..SAFE again! Fuller and on off, SKY looks to flick it away but gets a leading edge over point. Conway runs backwards but loses sight of the ball and cannot reach it. Two taken.

FOUR! Deft touch now. Short of a length and just around off. Suryakumar Yadav plays it very late, opens the face of the bat and uses the pace to steer it to the third man fence for a boundary.

WIDE! Tries the slower bouncer but goes way down the leg side, SKY leaves it. Wided.

FOUR! SKY looks in a hurry to finish this game now. Fuller delivery, on middle, Suryakumar Yadav presents the full face of the bat and lofts it over the bowler's head towards the long on fence for four more runs. India need just 13 runs to win now.

SIX! It's raining sixes here in Raipur! Fuller delivery, on middle, Suryakumar Yadav steps across and plays the scoop. He gets it from the outer half of the bat and goes miles in the air. The fielder at deep fine leg thinks he is in the game but only watches it sail over his head for a biggie.

A low full toss, on leg, SKY jams it out towards mid on for a quick single.

FOUR! Powered away! Short of a length and just outside off, Dube extends his arms and muscles it away wide of long off. Santner is not too far away, but the ball zips through the outfield and beats his dive to his right for a boundary.

Hard length and outside off, Dube punches it to sweeper cover for one.

A rare swing and a miss! A slower one, full and outside off. SKY backs away a bit too much and throws his bat at it but misses.

Back of a length and on middle, takes pace off, Suryakumar Yadav bends his back to sway away and almost falls over but manages to upper cut it over the short third fielder to collect two runs. The 50-run stand comes up between these two batters in just 23 balls.

Floated, full and on middle, Dube flicks it away wide of deep mid-wicket for a brace.

SIX! Going, going, gone! That is a six on any ground in the world. A googly, full and on middle, turns away. Dube gets down on one knee and launches it high and handsomely over the long on fence for a biggie. 100 METERS!

A shout for LBW, but turned down! However, Mitchell Santner takes the review but more in desperation. Flatter, full and on middle and leg. Dube stays back to flick it away but misses and gets hit on the pads. UltraEdge shows no bat involved and Ball Tracking shows that it has pitched outside leg. The Kiwis lose a review.

Quicker, short and on middle, Shivam Dube forces it onto the pitch and the bounce takes it over the bowler's head towards long on for one.

Floated, full and around off, SKY goes inside out and lofts it towards sweeper cover for one.

SIX! That is bread and butter for him! Flighted, full and on middle, turns in. Dube gets it right in his arc, clears his front leg away and smokes it over the deep mid-wicket fence for a biggie.

Fuller and on middle, Dube drills it down the pitch. Duffy dives to his left on the follow-through but lets it through to long on for a single.

Back of a length and on middle, SKY steps across and nudges it towards deep mid-wicket for a couple of runs.

SIX! JUST OVER! A slower one, full and around middle, Suryakumar Yadav gets inside the line to play his favourite scoop but gets it from the toe-end of the bat. It flies towards deep backward square leg, where Mark Chapman leaps up and tries to push it back to save the six, but takes his eyes off the ball and it pops over the ropes for a six.

FIFTY FOR SKY! After 23 innings, the Indian skipper has got a half-century and this is a big positive for the hosts to see him back in form ahead of the World Cup. Good length and around off, Suryakumar Yadav guides it towards deep point for a single. He touches the pitch and points up to the sky to celebrate his milestone.

Short of a length and on off, Shivam Dube flat-bats it to long on for one.

FOUR! Finds the gap! Bangs this into the pitch and just outside off. SKY hops up and swats it aerially but well wide of the mid off fielder for a boundary.

OUT! CAUGHT! The fireworks from Ishan Kishan are over. The googly does the trick for Ish Sodhi. This is flighted, full and outside off, Ishan walks across his stumps and gets low to unleash the slog sweep. He plays against the turn and the ball catches a top edge. It is skied towards short fine leg, where Matt Henry does not quite judge it that well and could have taken a step or two more in front to make the catch easier for himself. He reaches out in front in the end to take the catch. Ishan falls for 76 (32). India are now 128/3, chasing 81 runs from 65 balls.

Another wrong'un, short and on off, Dube stays back and pulls it hard towards mid-wicket, where Henry lets it through and concedes a single.

This stays low, slow and short, on middle. SKY knocks it to long on for one.

Short and outside off, cut away to deep point for a single.

Short and turning away, outside off, Suryakumar waits on it and steers it wide of short third. They cross.

Flat and full, at the sticks, Dube taps it to long on and keeps the strike with a single. A good over for New Zealand. A wicket and 5 runs off it. Can they build on this?

FOUR! Gets it through! Off-cutter, on a length, on off, SKY extends his hands and opens the bat face. He glides it to the right of the sliding short third fielder for a four.

FOUR! Same region but over that fielder this time. Foulkes bashes the hard length, over off, Suryakumar arches back and uses the pace on the ball. Plays the upper cut over short third for a four.

Wide! Foulkes gets it all wrong. Zakary attempts the slower ball but sprays it well down leg.

FOUR! Off the edge! Nothing going right for Foulkes. Ths is on a length, outside off, Suryakumar pushes away from his body with hard hands. The ball catches the outside edge and goes wide of the keeper for a four.

FOUR! All class from the Indian captain. Pitched up by Foulkes, on off, Suryakumar leans on and caresses the drive all along the ground between cover and mid off for the fourth boundary of the over. 17 runs off the over with two balls to go.

SIX! Make that 25 runs! Foulkes bowls the slow, short ball but fails to get it high enough, on off and middle. Yadav walks inside the line, waits on it and picks it up over long leg for a biggie.

Full and at the sticks, Yadav firms the drive with a straight bat to the left of long on for a couple of runs. 25 runs off the over!

SIX! Phenomenal striking! Fractionally short, on off, Ishan picks up the length quickly and goes on the back foot in a flash. He nails the pull over deep mid-wicket for a six.

Wide! Santner switches to around the wicket and tries to run it across the left-hander. Sprays it wide on off.

Low full toss, across off, this is hit down to long on for one.

Hangs it up there a bit, does Santner, on a length, outside off, SKY reaches out in front and drops on a knee. He brooms it behind square for a run.

Keeps it slow and wide too, on a length. Ishan has a swing at it but shanks it to long off for one.

FOUR! Off the top edge but the Indian skipper will take it. Darted in from around the wicket, full and on middle. Suryakumar gets low to play the hard sweep. He fails to roll his wrists over the ball and gets a top edge. The ball flies over short fine leg. Ish Sodhi gives it a chase and slides to pull it back in but the ball touches the boundary cushions first and then he pushes the ball away. 100 comes up for India!

Full and on off, Yadav pushes it to long off for a single. 15 runs off Santner's second over. He has conceded 27 runs in his first two overs.

Starts with a flighted delivery, full and on middle, Ishan has a big swing at it. He almost swings himself off his feet. Gets it off an inside edge to short fine leg.

FOUR! Innovative and mighty effective! Sodhi tries to keep it away from the batter's arc, very full, Ishan walks across to the off side and brings out the reverse. He plays it behind point for a four.

On a nagging length, this is smeared away in front of square for a single.

Looped up, full and outside off, SKY plants his front foot across and drags the sweep square on the leg side. It is cut off with a sliding effort in the deep. They cross.

SIX! Ish Sodhi held half a hand up as he thought it was going to hand but it kept going over the deep fielder. Flatter and shorter, on middle, Kishan dances down the track and smacks it flat towards deep mid-wicket. Glenn Phillips at deep mid-wicket thought he was in business but it sailed over his head.

Fuller and in the blockhole, on off, Kishan jams it out to long off for a single. 13 from the over, no Kiwi bowler is spared here.

FOUR! That is a shot and a half! At 131.3 kph, on a good length, on off and middle. Suryakumar brings his bat out in front and just checks his drive. It races past mid on's left for a four. Last four balls have found the fence and India are flying!

Wide! Henry digs it in too short, outside off, SKY ducks under it. Wide given for height.

Into the surface, pace off, on off, Yadav stands tall and whips it through mid-wicket for a single.

SIX! Swung away nicely! Another off-pace delivery but this is fuller, on middle and leg. Kishan stays deep in the crease and crouches to get under the ball. He clobbers it over deep square leg for a six.

FOUR! Just over and that will be FIFTY for Ishan Kishan. Ishan brings up his half-century in 21 balls and this is now the fastest fifty by an Indian in a T20I against New Zealand. Abhishek Sharma held the record before this with his 22-ball half-century in the first game. Low full toss, near the tramline on off. Ishan gets low and reaches out. He chips it over a leaping Mitchell Santner at wide mid off for a four.

FOUR! No chance for any of the fielders this time. Henry lands it full, outside off, Ishan swings through the line and slams it over extra cover. It almost went the distance as the ball bounced just in front of the boundary cushions.

Banged in short, on middle, pulled to deep mid-wicket for one by Ishan. 21 runs off the final over of the Powerplay. At the end of 6 overs, India are 75/2.

Floated, full and on off, Ishan pushes it towards short cover.

Flatter, full and on leg, Kishan flicks it away to square leg. Looks for a run but is sent back.

What happened there? Not just the ball, the bat is flying too. Tossed up around off, Kishan camps back to heave it over the leg side but does not quite get hold of it. The inner edge drags it towards square leg, and the bat slips out of his hands, landing nearby as well. It's all happening in Raipur.

FOUR! Zakary Foulkes is not having a great day out there! Fired full and on middle, Ishan Kishan once again has a big swipe across the line. It goes off the inside half of the bat towards deep mid-wicket. Foulkes runs to his left, gets to it with a slide but lets it through his legs for a boundary.

FOUR! Easy pickings! Tries to bowl it quick and on the pads, but spills out a full toss, on leg. Ishan Kishan gets down on one knee and paddles it over the short fine leg fielder for another boundary.

FOUR! Three in a row to end the over! Shorter in length and outside off, Kishan rocks back quicker, extends his arms and punches it sweetly through covers for four more runs. Three dots followed by a hat-trick of boundaries in the over.

Hard length and around off, Suryakumar Yadav pats it wide of mid off for a single.

Short of a length and outside off, Ishan Kishan stabs it out towards cover-point.

FOUR! In the air but in the gap as well! Pitched up and just outside off, Ishan Kishan extends his arms to reach out but loses his balance in the process. He carves it aerially but wide of extra cover. Santner gives a good chase, dives forward to push it back inside, but parries it to the fence for a boundary.

FOUR! Much more in control this time! Back of a length and outside off, Kishan frees his arms and absolutely crunches it towards point. Glenn Phillips flings himself to his left to grab it but the ball zips past him for a boundary. If he can't reach it, then no one can.

On a length and on middle, Kishan nudges it to short mid-wicket.

A yorker now, on middle, Kishan jams it out towards mid off for a quick single.

NO BALL AND FOUR! Not the greatest of starts from Zakary Foulkes! He lands this short of a length and outside off, but on his load up, he breaks the stumps with his right hand. Kishan stands tall and slaps it over extra cover for a boundary. It is called a No Ball. Free Hit up next...

WIDE! Goes fuller and way, way outside off, Ishan Kishan throws his bat to try and reach out but misses and falls over as well. Called a wide. Free Hit continues...

WIDE! Errs in line and pitches it up down the leg side, Kishan fails to flick it away. Another wide. Free Hit is still there.

FOUR! Blazed away! Overpitched and around off, Kishan gets underneath it and smashes it to the long off fence for a boundary.

WIDE! This is not good bowling, and Foulkes is releasing a bit of pressure from India. Full and down the leg again, Kishan tries to scoop but misses. Third wide of the over.

Comes around the wicket, lands this on a hard length and on off, Kishan steers it through point for a single.

On a length and on leg, SKY flicks it through mid-wicket for a run.

FOUR! 18 off the over already with 2 balls to go! Bangs this into the pitch and around off. Kishan drags his pull and beats the dive of the mid-wicket fielder to his left for another boundary.

Misses out there! Fullish and around leg, Kishan tucks it away but straight towards short fine. A bit either side of that fielder and it would have been a boundary.

SIX! BOOM! 24 runs off the over. This is full again and angling into the leg side, Kishan gets inside the line of it, uses his wrists and whips it over the deep fine leg fence for half a dozen more. India are right back in this chase.

OUT! TAKEN! Jacob Duffy strikes on his first delivery, and there will be no fireworks from Abhishek Sharma in this game. Fuller delivery and on the pads. Just like Samson, Abhishek also picks it up and flicks it but hits it to the longer side of the ground. Also, does not get the distance as it goes straight to deep square leg, where Devon Conway pouches it safely. He makes up for his dropped chance. Sharma departs for a golden duck, and the Kiwis are well and truly on top here.

Fuller on middle, SKY knocks it down the pitch, where Duffy gets a hand on it on his follow-through to make a half-stop.

Ohh...that one takes off! Back of a length and on off, rises up off the deck sharply. Suryakumar Yadav gets surprised as he hangs his bat away from his body. It takes the shoulder of the bat and goes towards deep third for a single.

Short of a length and outside off, Kishan cuts it away to deep point for a run.

Absolute jaffa! Jacob Duffy lands this on a good length and in that channel outside off, hits the deck and straightens a bit. Suryakumar Yadav gets squared up as the ball zips past the outside edge.

On a length and on leg, Suryakumar Yadav clips it to short mid-wicket. Just 2 runs and a big wicket from the over.

Right on the money! Matt Henry starts with a back-of-a-length delivery, on middle, Sanju Samson rides the bounce and pats it down the pitch.

DROPPED AND SIX! That is a huge moment. Fuller and on the pads, Sanju Samson picks it up and flicks it away but does not get the timing right. Devon Conway at deep square leg comes a bit forward and then tries to grab it above his head with a reverse cup but only manages to parry it over the fence for a biggie.

BEATEN! Good length and in that channel outside off, shaping away, Samson pushes at it but gets beaten on the outside edge.

Short of a length and on off, Samson dabs it to point.

OUT! TAKEN! Matt Henry gets his man, and Devon Conway is the most relieved man on the field. Much fuller this time, on middle, angling in a bit. Sanju Samson looks to go over mid on, but gets it from the toe-end of the bat. He knows the moment he hits it and the ball lobs up towards mid on, where Rachin Ravindra backtracks and takes a good catch. Samson walks back for 6 off 5, and India are 6/1, chasing 209 runs.

Pitched up and on middle, shaping in a bit, Ishan Kishan gets forward and knocks it towards mid off. 6 runs and a big wicket from the first over then.