India beat New Zealand in 2nd T 20 of series, 2010

New Zealand was scheduled to play a 3 Match T 20 International in India in 2010. Both teams have great players and all rounder’s and match winners and it would be interesting to see them battle in this series and who batted very well  will be crowned as the winner after the series as they are ranked at 3 and 5. The 2nd T 20 international match was to be played on M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, India on 9^th Dec 2010. India holds the upper hand as they are more balanced team and playing very well as well.

New Zealand won the toss and opts to bowl first; this is how New Zealand team and 11 was looking like in this 2nd T 20 international match: Scott Styris, Kyle Mills, Daryl Tuffey, Jamie How, Ross Taylor (c), Gareth Hopkins (wk), Nathan McCullum, Grant Elliott, Martin Guptill, James F, Kane Williamson

And India team and 11 was looking like this in this 2nd T 20 international Match: Yuvraj Singh, Ashish Nehra, Gautam Gambhir (c), Suresh Raina, S Sreesanth, Munaf Patel, Yusuf Pathan, Virat Kohli, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Murali Vijay.

New Zealand did not batted well and was able to post total of 180 runs in 20 over’s at the loss of 8 wickets and with top scores of M Guptill who made 60 runs in 50 balls with 2 4’s and 3 six at the strike rate of 120 runs in 100 balls and N Mcculum who made 40 runs in 30 balls with 3 4’s and 0 six at the strike rate of 133 runs in 100 balls.

India was needed to score 181 runs in 20 over’s to win this match.

India batted well and was able to chase the target of 181 runs in 18.5 over’s at the loss of 4 wicket and won the game by 6 wickets in hand with top contributions from Y pathan who made 70 runs in 35 balls with 2 4’s and 4 sixes at the strike rate of 200 runs in 100 balls.

India won the match 6 wickets in hand and series stands at 2-0 in favor of India.

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