IND vs NZ 2nd T20I | Varun, Harshit strike early after Kiwi openers’ blazing start

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India’s Harshit Rana celebrates the wicket of Devon Conway during the 2nd T20 lucifer  betwixt  India and New Zealand astatine  Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium successful  Raipur connected  Thursday.

India’s Harshit Rana celebrates the wicket of Devon Conway during the 2nd T20 lucifer betwixt India and New Zealand astatine Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium successful Raipur connected Thursday. | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini

After a blistering commencement to the innings, Indian bowlers Varun Chakravarthy and Harshit Rana managed to container 1 wicket each and sent the Kiwi openers backmost connected Friday (January 23, 2026) successful the ongoing 2nd T20 International lucifer astatine the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium.

India skipper Suryakumar Yadav won the flip and elected to vessel against New Zealand.

India made 2 changes to the playing XI of their erstwhile match, bringing successful Harshit Rana and Kuldeep Yadav. Lead pacer Jasprit Bumrah has been rested portion spinner Axar Patel is missing the lucifer aft getting a deed successful the past game.

New Zealand person made 3 changes with Zak Foulkes, Matt Henry and Tim Seifert coming into the team.

The Teams

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

New Zealand: Mitchell Santner (c), Devon Conway, Tim Seifert (w), Rachin Ravindra, Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Daryl Mitchell, Zakary Foulkes, Matt Henry, Ish Sodhi, Jacob Duffy.

Published - January 23, 2026 07:36 p.m. IST

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