India captain Hardik Pandya commented after his team's valiant six-wicket victory over New Zealand in the second T20I that the match was close and that the track was an unsuitable "shocker of a wicket" for the shorter format.

Indian batsman of note The second T20I match between India and New Zealand took place on Sunday at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. Suryakumar Yadav and captain Hardik Pandya kept their composure to lead India to a tenacious 6-wicket victory. I always thought we would be able to win the game, but it ended up being rather late. With the moments, all of these games are significant.

There's no reason to freak out because the goal was to rotate the strike rather than withstand pressure. Exactly that is what we did. Following the fundamentals, "Pandya stated this during a post-game presentation. "It was a surprise of a wicket, to be honest. We have played both of the games thus far. I enjoy playing on challenging wickets.

I'm all for it, but these two wickets weren't designed for 20-over cricket. In the future, the curators or the venues where we will play should make sure the pitches are prepared earlier." Even 120 would have been a winning total for any team on this surface, the captain acknowledged. "Bowlers: They followed through on their intentions and made careful not to rotate the strike. The spinners were continually turned.

Dew didn't contribute much to this. They had better ball spin than we did. It was progressing successfully, Pandya said. New Zealand chose to bat first, but they could only manage 99/8 in their 20 overs. The Indian spinners controlled the New Zealand batters early on, making it very difficult for the visitors to get runs. For the Kiwis, skipper Mitchell Santner scored the most (19), but no one else reached the 20-run threshold. Michael Bracewell and Mark Chapman both scored 14 runs.

India's preferred bowler was the pacer Arshdeep Singh (2/7) Spinners Kuldeep Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Yuzvendra Chahal, and Washington Sundar each claimed a wicket. Each Pandya took a wicket. The bowling domination pattern persisted during India's 100-run chase, leaving the Men in Blue in trouble at 70/4 after 14.3 overs. Ishan Kishan (19) and Shubman Gill (11) kept up their unsuccessful batting streak as openers. Then, a match-winning stand of 31 runs between Suryakumar Yadav (26* off 31 balls) and Pandya (15* off 20 balls) helped India win the match.

Because of his cool and collected performance, Suryakumar was named "Man of the Match." India has tied the series 1-1. On Wednesday in Ahmedabad, the decisive game will be played. Short score: India 101-4 (Suryakumar Yadav 26*, Ishan Kishan 19; Michael Bracewell 1-13) vs. New Zealand 99 (Mitchell Santner 19, Michael Bracewell 14, Arshdeep Singh 2-7).