Put in to bat, New Zealand struggled to gain any momentum as India’s pace attack dismantled their batting lineup.
Published On ۷ Nov ۲۰۲۶
India’s seam bowlers thrived in helpful conditions for a second straight one-day international as they beat New Zealand by four runs on Saturday to take a ۲-۰ series lead.
New Zealand were unable to defend their total of ۱۳۴, with wet conditions in Wellington having reduced game two to a maximum of ۴۷ overs each and made batting conditions treacherous.
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India were ۱۱۳-۷ off ۲۶ overs when rain ended play, four runs ahead of the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern par score of ۱۰۹.
KL Rahul was at the crease on ۲۶ and Auqib Nabi on one, with the pair having done just enough to put the tourists in front.
They require one more win to wrap up the five-match series, heading into game three in Hamilton on Tuesday.
India won the rain-hit opener in Auckland on Wednesday by five wickets when the home side were skittled for ۱۸۵.
They were never comfortable in their Wellington chase, rocked onto the back foot when New Zealand seamer Jacob Duffy (۳-۳۵) dismissed Indian captain Shubman Gill for a golden duck and Virat Kohli for seven.
Paceman Kyle Jamieson (۳-۳۵) made a key breakthrough by removing top-scorer Shreyas Iyer for ۳۰, leaving the chase teetering at ۸۶-۵.
New Zealand were all out in ۴۱ overs, led by a watchful ۵۵ from Daryl Mitchell and ۳۱ from captain Mitchell Santner.
No other home batsman scored more than ۱۱, many of them undone by unpredictable bounce and tight Indian seam bowling.
Gurnoor Brar produced his best ODI figures of ۴-۳۰, making a key double-strike in the ۲۰th over when he removed Tom Latham and Glenn Phillips cheaply to leave New Zealand ۵۳-۵.
Earlier, Auqib Nabi claimed his first two international wickets, taking openers Will Young and Tim Seifert to finish with ۲-۳۱.
