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Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav went ballistic and the New Zealand bowlers couldn’t find ways to halt the 2 batters arsenic India romped to triumph successful the 2nd T20I astatine Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium successful Raipur connected Friday (January 23, 2026).
“Ishan is 1 of the champion left-handers I person seen. He is called a tiny pouch blast successful the dressing room. So, I deliberation his batting is precise strong. He got retired successful the past match...But helium knows what helium tin do. He showed it tonight,” all-rounder Shivam Dube told reporters aft the match, lavishing praise connected Kishan, who is backmost successful the nationalist squad aft 2 years.
He besides hailed Suryakumar, who posted his archetypal 50-plus people aft 23 innings, and said the India skipper showed wherefore he’s the best.
“I was asked astir Surya’s signifier successful a property league not truthful agelong ago. That’s erstwhile I said that helium is the benignant of player, erstwhile helium volition amusement his form, the satellite volition cognize what benignant of subordinate helium is. So, contiguous helium showed Suryakumar Yadav, wherefore helium is the fig 1 T20 batter.
About his bowling much these days, Dube said “definitely, hard enactment has been enactment in. But it is important that the skipper and the manager enactment me. They person backed maine a lot.So, arsenic a sixth bowler, immoderate I get, two, 3 oregon 4 overs, I volition effort to vessel according to the concern astatine that time,” helium added.
Kiwi batter Rachin Ravindra gave recognition to Kishan and Suryakumar for helping the Men successful Blue ace the 209-run chase.
“The mode India batted, it seems similar 250 would person been a amended target, but, I mean, yeah, perchance we mislaid a mates of wickets successful clumps, and that benignant of stalled our advancement a bit, but I deliberation the mode Santner battered the extremity got america to a clip that we thought was par,” Ravindra, who scored a 26-ball 44, said.
“... perchance with the dew sitting successful and worldly similar that, perchance we request to get 15-20 runs more, but, hey, that’s cricket successful this country, and erstwhile batting teams get connected a roll, it happens quickly, and the momentum’s determination for them,” helium reckoned.
