IND vs NZ: India team couldn’t even defend the score of 347 runs, this was the last game in Hamilton

Teams India and New Zealand (IND vs NZ) will meet on Saturday at Seddon Park in Hamilton. The second match of the three-match ODI series between the two teams will be played here. In the first match, the India team was defeated by 7 wickets, in such a situation, the India team will need to win in this match. By losing, the series will slip out of Team India’s hands.

By the way, Hamilton’s numbers are not in favor of Team India. The Indian team have played 7 ODIs against New Zealand here and have won just one, the remaining 6 matches have been as part of the Kiwi team. In the last match here, the Indian team could not even defend the score of 347 runs.

In the India-New Zealand match held in Hamilton on 5 February 2020, New Zealand won the toss and elected to bowl first. Prithvi Shaw (20) and Mayank Agarwal (32) got off to a good start but both openers returned to the arena with a total of 54 runs. From here there was a 102-run partnership between Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer. Here Virat Kohli came out after scoring 51 runs.

Shreyas Iyer took the innings forward with KL Rahul from here. Iyer played a strong innings of 103 runs off 107 balls. At the same time, KL Rahul scored 88 runs off 64 balls. Kedar Jadhav also played a 15-ball, 26-run innings. The India team scored a great score of 347 runs losing 4 wickets in 50 overs.

In response to 347 runs, New Zealand got off to a good start. Martin Guptill and Henry Nicholls added 85 runs for the first wicket. Here Guptill came off after scoring 32 runs. Tom Blundell also scored 9 runs. From here came sharp tackles from Henry Nicholls (78), Ross Taylor (109) and Tom Latham (69) and the New Zealand team easily reached the threshold of victory. The Kiwi team won this match in 48.1 overs losing 6 wickets. Bumrah, Shami and Shardul’s quick bowling attack was a failure as well as Kuldeep Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja were unable to do anything special.