India’s relentless pace attack ran through a fragile New Zealand batting line-up as the hosts cantered to an eight-wicket win in the second ODI to seal the three-match series here on Saturday.
Sensational Shami
The Mohammed Shami-led attack produced an incisive effort to bowl out New Zealand for a meagre 108 before India knocked off the runs in 20.1 overs. Rohit Sharma hit a sublime 50 off 51 balls while Shubman Gill remained unbeaten on 40 off 53 deliveries.
Shami (3-18) and Mohammed Siraj (1-10) made life tough for the batters with their high-quality seam bowling reducing New Zealand to a dismal 15 for five after Rohit opted to bowl. New Zealand opener Finn Allen was the first to depart after missing a full ball that came back in late to clip the pads and shatter the stumps. Siraj then got one to seam away from good length inducing an outside edge from number three Henry Nicholls with Gill doing the rest in the slips.
Two brilliant return catches from Shami and Hardik Pandya (2-16) resulted in the wickets of Daryl Mitchell and Devon Conway respectively. Shardul Thakur (1-26) got himself into the wicket column in the following over by drawing a thick edge from Tom Latham’s bat which carried to slips. New Zealand were in dire straits but all hope was not lost with last match’s centurion Michael Bracewell (22) and the equally dangerous Glenn Phillips (36) in the middle.
Highest stand of only 47
After hitting consecutive fours, Bracewell fell victim to a sharp Shami bouncer. Mitchell Santner (27) and Phillips shared a 47-run stand but both were dismissed in a space of six balls to end New Zealand’s hopes of a recovery. Kuldeep Yadav (1-29) trapped number 11 Blair Tickner in front to end the New Zealand innings in 34.3 overs.
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Brief scores
New Zealand 108 all out in 34.3 overs (G Phillips 36; M Shami 3-18, W Sundar 2-7, H Pandya 2-16) lost to India 111-2 (R Sharma 51, S Gill 40*) by eight wickets
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