2nd T20i : Ishan's 32 balls 76 & Suryakumar's 37 balls 82* runs powered India to upset New Zealand by 7 wickets and led 5-match series 2-0

2nd T20i match of five twenty20 match series between India vs New Zealand at SVNS International Cricket Stadium, Raipur on Friday, January 23, 2026.

Putting into bat first by India, New Zealand got firinh start and smashed 43 runs just in 3.1 overs. Both opening batsmen went after initially, Conway made 9 balls 19 runs and Tim Seifert smashed 13 balls 24 runs. Both gone in quick interwals on team score 43 runs. Rachin Ravindra 26 balls 44 runs and Mitchell Santner's 27 balls 47* runs helps NZ to set huge target of 209 runs for India to get. Kuldeep claims 2 wickets of 35 runs.

Following huge target of 209 runs, India lost top 2 wickets of just 6 runs in first 7 balls. Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav came in middle and played super quick innings. Ishan Kishan smashed 32 balls 76 runs with 11 fours and 4 massive sixes. Suryakumar Yadav also played quick and unbeaten 37 balls 82 runs inning. Shivam Dube also contributed quick 18 balls 36 runs to presented India big win of 7 wickets with 28 balls remaining. Ishan declared man of the match. India led 5-match series 2-0 as well.

Man of the match :- Ishan Kishan (Ind)

Ind vs NZ 2nd t20i scorecard Toss : India won and field first Result : India won by 7 wickets Man of The Match : Ishan Kishan (Ind) Series - India led 5-match series 2-0   New Zealand 1st Inning     Batting   R B 4s 6s SR   Devon Conway c Pandya b Harshit Rana 19 9 3 1 211.11   Tim Seifert (w) c Ishan Kishan b Varun 24 13 5 0 184.61   Rachin Ravindra c Arshdeep b Kuldeep Yadav 44 26 2 4 169.23   Glenn Phillips c Pandya b Kuldeep Yadav 19 13 2 1 146.15   Daryl Mitchell c Pandya b Dube 18 11 3 0 163.63   Mark Chapman c Abhishek Sharma b Pandya 10 13 0 0 76.92   Mitchell Santner (c) not out 47 27 6 1 174.07   Zak Foulkes not out 15 8 2 1 187.50   Matt Henry               Ish Sodhi               Jacob Duffy                               Extras (b 4, lb 2, w 6) 12           Total (20.0 overs) 208/6 RR: 10.40   India       Bowler Ovrs Mdn Runs Wkts NB WB Econ   Arshdeep Singh 4 0 53 0 0 1 13.25   Hardik Pandya 3 0 25 1 0 1 8.33   Harshit Rana 3 1 35 1 0 2 11.66   Varun Chakravarthy 4 0 35 1 0 2 8.75   Kuldeep Yadav 4 0 35 2 0 0 8.75   Abhishek Sharma 1 0 12 0 0 0 12.00   Shivam Dube 1 0 7 1 0 0 7.00   India 2nd Inning     Batting   R B 4s 6s SR   Sanju Samson (w) c Ravindra b Henry 6 5 0 1 120.00   Abhishek Sharma c Conway b Duffy 0 1 0 0 0.00   Ishan Kishan c Henry b Sodhi 76 32 11 4 237.50   Suryakumar Yadav (c) not out 82 37 9 4 221.62   Shivam Dube not out 36 18 1 3 200.00   Rinku Singh               Hardik Pandya               Harshit Rana               Kuldeep Yadav               Arshdeep Singh               Varun Chakravarthy                               Extras (nb 1, w 8) 9           Total (15.2 overs) 209/3 RR: 13.63   New Zealand       Bowler Ovrs Mdn Runs Wkts NB WB Econ   Matt Henry 3 0 41 1 0 1 13.66   Jacob Duffy 4 0 38 1 0 1 9.50   Zak Foulkes 3 0 67 0 1 5 22.33   Mitchell Santner 2 0 27 0 0 1 13.50   Ish Sodhi 3 0 34 1 0 0 11.33   Ish Sodhi 0.2 0 2 0 0 0 6.00