2nd T20i – Harshal And Spinners Assist India In Limiting New Zealand’s Growth To 153/6

2nd T20I – Harshal and spinners assist India in limiting New Zealand’s growth to 153/6

Ranchi, Nov 19, : .A brilliant performance from debutant Harshal Pale (2/25) as well spinners Ravichandran Ashley (1/19), Axar Ptel (1/26), helped India to restrict New Zealand at 153/6 in Friday’s T20I, held here at the JSCA International Stadium.
Glenn Phillips (34) was the Black Caps’ top scorer, but he didn’t have the momentum following the Powerplay.

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New Zealand’s openers Daryl Mitchell and Martin Guptill were asked to start the batting.

Guptill, who was more aggressive, targeted Bhuvneshwar and took his team to 42/0 in 4 overs.

India got the crucial breakthrough it needed when Deepak Chahar removed Guptill (31/15).

Mitchell was joined by Mark Chapman in the middle, and New Zealand reached 64/1 at the conclusion of the Powerplay.

The Indian bowlers reduced the pace with their disciplined line and length after six overs.

Mitchell and Chapman were unable to release their arms so they relied upon strike rotation.

India was under pressure again when Mark Chapman (21/17) went out to Axar Ptel.

Chapman threw a flyer and Chapman hit it to the fielder.New Zealand was left at 79/2 in 8.5 overs.

In the following few overs, Ashwin and Spinners Axar kept the pace steady with Harshal Patel as debutant.

Mitchell and Glenn Philips were at the crease.Glenn Phillips smashed Axar’s low toss, which was enough to end the tie.Venkatesh failed to catch the catch.

The Kiwis didn’t capitalize on the missed catch and Harshal took Mitchell out (31 of 28).Again, it was the slower delivery that earned him IPL 2021’s highest wicket-taker.This worked in Patel’s favor as Mitchell was outstretched to Suryakumar Yadav long-on.

Tim Seifert, Glenn Phillips and Glenn Phillips came next to bat.They helped their team reach the 100-run mark in just 13 overs.They added some runs to New Zealand’s cause before Ashwin came back to remove Seifert.He tried to reverse sweep, but Seifert was caught short by third man.

Harshal Patel quickly got rid Glenn Phillips (34) and New Zealand was in serious trouble at 137/5 with 16.3 overs.The next batters, Mitchell Santner (8), Adam Milne (5), couldn’t make much difference.

India bowlers were quick to pace and offered nothing in the arc.New Zealand could not find the fence in 29 of their last 29 balls, and at the end they scored 153/6 after 20 overs.

Brief scores:

New Zealand 153-6 after 20 overs against India (Glen Phillips 34, Harshal Patel 2/225, Ravichandran Ashwin 1/19).

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