KL Rahul’s Ton Goes In Vain As Daryl Mitchell Takes New Zealand Over Vs India To Level Series

New Zealand rode on some fine batting performance from Will Young and Daryl Mitchell to chase down 285 in Rajkot. The Blackcaps won by 7 wickets. Mitchell who has been pretty dominant against India especially in ODIs hit yet another ton to take his side home.

Will Young gets in on the act and notches his 11th ODI half-century!

His partnership with Daryl Mitchell has just reached 94 runs.#INDvNZ | 📸 BCCI pic.twitter.com/YkIGIyQI7q

— BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) January 14, 2026

Daryl Mitchell brings up his 13th ODI half-century in Rajkot!#INDvNZ | 📸 BCCI pic.twitter.com/QQJxvzpT7M

— BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) January 14, 2026

Earlier, KL Rahul put up a brilliant show against New Zealand in the second ODI after notching up a brilliant hundred as he helped the side come out of a tricky situation. After being put into bat, India lost some early wickets and were soon down to 118/4 with the likes of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma back in the hut.

Rahul along with Ravindra Jadeja provided the resistance as the two batters chipped in with a partnership of 73 runs for the fifth wicket. Jadeja was undone for 27 off 44. Later, KL was joined by Nitish Kumar Reddy who replaced injured Washington Sundar in the Playing XI.

A magnificent strike to get to the three figure mark, @klrahul was an absolute delight to watch 🫡🫡#TeamIndia #INDvNZ #2NDODI @IDFCfirstbank pic.twitter.com/S5ECgG49XQ

— BCCI (@BCCI) January 14, 2026

Reddy too chipped in 20 off 21 but it was KL Rahul’s batting masterclass especially in the final phase of the innings where he pushed the paddle and helped India put 284/7 in 50 overs. The right-hander returned unbeaten at 112 off 92.

Calm and Composed Centurion 💯

When the going gets tough, the tough gets going 😎

Scorecard ▶️ https://t.co/x1fEenI0xl#TeamIndia | #INDvNZ | @IDFCFIRSTBank | @klrahul pic.twitter.com/vBEcwq73fb

— BCCI (@BCCI) January 14, 2026

Kristian Clarke scalped three wickets for 56 runs in 8 overs for New Zealand.

Playing XI

India: Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill (c), Virat Kohli, Shreyas IyerKL Rahul (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna

New Zealand: Devon Conway, Henry Nicholls, Will Young, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Hay (wk), Michael Bracewell(c), Zakary Foulkes, Kristian Clarke, Kyle Jamieson, Jayden Lennox

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