India captain Suryakumar Yadav has won the toss and elected to bowl first in the second T20I against New Zealand in Raipur.
Toss Decision – Captain’s Comments & Reasoning
“We look to bowl first because the dew is already there. The pitch looks good, and it is the same pitch used in the ODI series. We try to improve in every game as we are not perfect. Axar and Bumarh are not playing today. Axar got hit in the previous match, while Bumrah is resting. Harshit and Kuldeep come in,” Suryakumar Yadav said.
New Zealand skipper Mitchell Santner would have bowled first as well.
“We would have bowled first, as the ground is already wet. You learn a lot when you play against a quality side. We have to be careful with our plans,” he said.
Playing XIs
India: 1 Abhishek Sharma, 2 Sanju Samson (wk), 3 Suryakumar Yadav (capt.), 4 Ishan Kishan, 5 Hardik Pandya, 6 Rinku Singh, 7 Shivam Dube, 8 Harshit Rana, 9 Arshdeep Singh, 10 Kuldeep Yadav, 11 Varun Chakravarthy
New Zealand: 1 Tim Seifert (wk), 2 Devon Conway, 3 Rachin Ravindra, 4 Daryl Mitchell, 5 Glenn Phillips, 6 Mark Chapman, 7 Mitchell Santner (capt.), 8 Zak Foulkes, 9 Ish Sodhi, 10 Matt Henry, 11 Jacob Duffy
Toss Result Today – India vs New Zealand 2nd T20I
Q1: Who won the toss today in India vs New Zealand 2nd T20I?
India captain Suryakumar Yadav has won the toss and decided to bowl first.
Q2: What was the toss time today?
The toss took place at 06:30 PM IST.
Q3: Why did the captain choose to bowl first?
Suryakumar Yadav has opted to bowl first because of the dew.
Q4: Where is today’s match being played?
Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, Raipur