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Jan 23, 2026, 01:23 PM
Toss India selected to bowl vs Unusual Zealand
India captain Suryakumar Yadav won the toss and opted to bowl within the 2nd T20I in Raipur, with dew having already begun setting in. For the identical motive, Unusual Zealand too important to bowl first.
India made two changes to their XI. Axar Patel, who hurt his finger all the design thru the major T20I in Nagpur, modified into a compelled absentee, while Jasprit Bumrah modified into rested. In came Kuldeep Yadav and Harshit Rana. Rana’s inclusion allowed India to proceed having batting cushion at No. 8.
Unusual Zealand made three changes. Tim Seifert came in for Tim Robinson, Zak Foulkes for Kristian Clarke, and Matt Henry for Kyle Jamieson.
That is India’s one hundredth T20I at home but only the 2nd ever in Raipur. The pitch is heavenly all thru the ground. The 2 square boundaries are 68m far-off from the center. The straight boundary is 75m away.
India lead the 5-match sequence 1-0.
India: 1 Abhishek Sharma, 2 Sanju Samson (wk), 3 Ishan Kishan, 4 Suryakumar Yadav (capt), 5 Hardik Pandya, 6 Shivam Dube, 7 Rinku Singh, 8 Harshit Rana, 9 Kuldeep Yadav, 10 Arshdeep Singh, 11 Varun Chakravarthy.
Unusual Zealand: 1 Tim Seifert (wk), 2 Devon Conway, 3 Rachin Ravindra, 4 Daryl Mitchell, 5 Glenn Phillips, 6 Ticket Chapman, 7 Mitchell Santner (capt), 8 Matt Henry, 9 Zak Foulkes, 10 Ish Sodhi, 11 Jacob Duffy.
