Team India and New Zealand are face to face in the second match of the three-match ODI series at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium in Raipur. This venue has become the 50th international venue in India. During the toss, Indian captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and for a brief movement, he forgot what to do, but he eventually decided to bowl first.
After the toss, when Ravi Shastri asked what happened, Rohit Sharma said, “I forgot what we wanted to do, there was a lot of discussion with the team about the toss decision, wanted to challenge ourselves in difficult situations.” Was, but we will bowl first.” , It was a good test for us, knowing that the wicket would be better to bat on and that was the challenge before us.
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He further added, “Bracewell batted well, but we bowled well in the end and won the match. There was a bit of dew during the practice session, but we have heard from the curator that it will not play any role on the game day. Batted first, we wanted to bowl first here, same team.
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On the other hand, the Kiwi skipper, Tom Latham said, “We will be bowling first, first international game here, so not sure how this wicket will play out. Brilliant last game, well done with the bat and looking to do the same here.” Hopefully. Winning matches is important to get experience back, but the experience of playing in these conditions will also come in handy. Ish (Sodhi) hasn’t done well yet, so we are playing with the same team.”
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New Zealand (Playing XI): Finn Allen, Devon Conway, Henry Nicholls, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham (w/c), Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner, Henry Shipley, Lockie Ferguson, Blair Tickner
India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Ishan Kishan (w), Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj
