Ishan Kishan and Surya stormed in Raipur, India defeated New Zealand by 7 wickets in the second T20 match.

IND vs NZ 2nd T20: In the second T20 match played in Raipur, India defeated New Zealand by 7 wickets. Batting first, New Zealand had scored 208 runs. In reply, Team India achieved the target with 28 balls remaining for 3 wickets. Ishan Kishan played an inning of 76 runs for Team India. While Suryakumar Yadav remained unbeaten on 82 runs and Shivam Dubey remained unbeaten on 36 runs.

Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav made a stormy start

Team India, which set out to chase the target of 209 runs given by New Zealand, had a bad start. Team India had lost the wickets of both its openers Abhishek Sharma and Sanju Samson at the score of 6 runs, but after this the storm of Ishan Kishan and captain Suryakumar Yadav was seen. Ishaan and Surya hit a lot of sixes and fours. Ishan Kishan had completed his half-century in just 21 balls, while Surya scored fifty in 23 balls.

Ishan Kishan played a stormy inning of 76 runs.

There was a brilliant partnership of 122 runs for the third wicket between Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav, but then Ish Sodhi dismissed Ishan Kishan. Ishan Kishan played a brilliant inning of 76 runs in 32 balls. During this, he hit 11 fours and 4 sixes.

Suryakumar Yadav scored unbeaten 82 runs

After this, Suryakumar Yadav and Shivam Dubey continued their stormy batting and both led the team to a spectacular victory. Suryakumar Yadav played an unbeaten inning of 82 runs on 37 balls. During this he hit 9 fours and 4 sixes. Apart from this, Shivam Dubey played an explosive inning of 36 unbeaten runs in 18 balls. During this, one four and 3 sixes came from his bat.

Putting on a show and HOW 🍿

Ishan Kishan with his 7⃣th FIFTY in T20Is 👏#TeamIndia 75/2 after 6 overs.

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— BCCI (@BCCI) January 23, 2026

Commanding the contest🫡

2⃣2⃣nd T20I fifty for captain Surya Kumar Yadav 🙌#TeamIndia need 66 runs from 56 deliveries.

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— BCCI (@BCCI) January 23, 2026

New Zealand’s batting was like this

After losing the toss, New Zealand came to bat first and scored 208 runs for 6 wickets. For the Kiwi team, Mitchell Santner scored unbeaten 47 runs on 27 balls. While Rachin Ravindra played an inning of 44 runs in 22 balls. Tim Seifert scored 26 runs on 13 balls. Apart from this, Devon Conway and Glenn Phillips contributed 19-19 runs. Kuldeep Yadav took 2 wickets for India. Apart from this, Hardik Pandya, Harshit Rana, Shivam Dubey and Varun Chakraborty got 1 success each.

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