India’s T20I captain, Suryakumar Yadav played a match-winning knock against New Zealand in the second T20I on friday, January 23. His undefeated 82 runs off 37 balls runs knock helped India to secure a seven wicket victory in Raipur.
Praising Ishan Kisan’s knock during the post match presentation Suryakumar said, “I don’t know what Ishan had in the afternoon for lunch, but I have never seen someone batting that way at 6 for 2 and ending the powerplay on 60-odd.”
“But that’s what we want for our batters to be able to express themselves. I was angry he wasn’t giving me strike in the powerplay but I was able to get a hold of the conditions. I’ve been batting well in the nets, had a good break, and had a good practice session before the game too”, he added.
India faced two early setbacks and were struggling at 6/2 when Ishan came to bat at number 3. He scored 76 runs off 32 balls which included 11 boundaries and four maximums at a strike rate of 237.50.
Suryakumar also praised the bowling attack and said, “Incredible effort with the ball. When they were 110 for 2, I thought it would be a 230-odd total but all the bowlers chipped in and took responsibility. I am really enjoying what’s happening right now. The mood is happy in the camp and I want to keep them in that space.”
Earlier, New Zealand posted a strong total of 208 runs for six wickets, where Mitchell Santner added unbeaten 47 runs off 27 balls. Rachin Ravindra (44), Tim Seifert (24) and Devon Conway (19) also added crucial runs.
Kuldeep Yadav picked two wickets for India meanwhile, Hardik Pandya, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy, and Shivam Dube chipped one wicket each.
While chasing, along with Ishan and Suryakumar Dube also added 36 runs off 18 balls which helped India to reach the target in just 15.2 overs.
Currently India is leading the five match series by 2-0 and next match will be played on January 25 at Guwahati.
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