India vs New Zealand, 2nd ODI, New Zealand tour of India, 2026 - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Kuldeep Yadav to Mitchell, no run, 78.5kph, flighted googly outside off on a fullish length, Mitchell wants to loft it downtown and connects thin air as the ball spins away

Kuldeep Yadav to Mitchell, no run, tries to repeat the same thing and misses to get hit on the pad outside the line of off-stump

Kuldeep Yadav to Mitchell, FOUR, 77.6kph, makes better contact on this occasion. Shuffles across a long way, exposes his stumps in the process, gets low and paddle-sweeps this googly to fine leg

Kuldeep Yadav to Mitchell, 2 runs, 83.9kph, shorter length outside off and Mitchell slaps the cut to deep cover's right

Kuldeep Yadav to Mitchell, no run, moves across a long way to paddle-sweep and the ball goes towards midwicket instead off the toe end of the bat

Kuldeep Yadav to Phillips, 1 run, 83.4kph, legbreak on a short of length, Phillips goes back to punch it to long-on

Kuldeep Yadav to Mitchell, 1 run, googly around off, Mitchell opens the bat face and eases it square on the off-side

Kuldeep Yadav to Mitchell, 2 runs, worked with the spin into the mid-wicket pocket and the pair settle with a single. Kuldeep lets the throw pass and Gill was backing him up, the skipper is casual and he fumbles to concede the extra run

Kuldeep Yadav to Mitchell, no run, tossed up close to off, Mitchell is happy to defend off the front foot

Kuldeep Yadav to Phillips, 1 run, flatter and at the stumps, Phillips knocks it towards mid-wicket and Nitish parries it to long-on

Kuldeep Yadav to Phillips, FOUR, crunched! India not maintaining the pressure after the wicket. Kuldeep overcooks the flighted delivery, offers another half volley and Phillips leans forward, creams it in front of square and gives the sweeper no chance

Kuldeep Yadav to Phillips, 2 runs, floated up and it is a half volley, Phillips drives wide of long-off and picks up a comfortable brace

Kuldeep Yadav to Will Young, out Caught by Nitish Reddy!! Finally the partnership is broken. Finally India have managed to not mess it up. Finally the ball has gone close to the fielder rather than fall short. But was this required? New Zealand had the asking rate in check, runs were flowing and they were even getting the boundaries regularly. But Young tries something and gives India a chance to get back into the game. Wrong 'un not all that short, Young crouches a bit and looks to pull, gets a top-edge and the ball skies up, Nitish moves to his left near mid-wicket and hangs on. End of a fine knock. Will Young c Nitish Reddy b Kuldeep Yadav 87(98) [4s-7]

Kuldeep Yadav to Will Young, no run, 80.2ks tossed up, Young chops the cut in front of cover. Not short to play the shot..

Kuldeep Yadav to Mitchell, 1 run, 77.4ks short and outside off, Mitchell bashes it along the ground to long-off

Kuldeep Yadav to Mitchell, 2 runs, dragged short outside off, Mitchell reaches and cracks it wide of long-off, easy couple

Kuldeep Yadav to Will Young, 1 run, in the air and safe. Googly and it spins away, Young kneels down to play the slog sweep and gets it off the toe-end, the ball balloons towards mid-on and the fielder from mid-wicket can't get back to take the catch

Kuldeep Yadav to Mitchell, 1 run, flighted outside off, Mitchell moves across and swipes it to long-on

Kuldeep Yadav to Will Young, 1 run, attacks the stumps, Young camps back and tucks it to square leg

Kuldeep Yadav to Mitchell, 1 run, fraction short close to off, Mitchell punches it to long-off

Kuldeep Yadav to Mitchell, 2 runs, dropped! Mitchell given reprieve of consecutive deliveries. Flighted wrong 'un, Mitchell bends his back knee and looks to go down the ground, gets it off the toe-end and the ball goes straight up. Prasidh gets around from long-on and makes a mess. He first overruns it and then turns almost 180 degrees to take the catch but spills it. What was he doing at long-on? Where's Kohli, Nitish, Iyer? Any of the three and India would have had the wicket. But no excuse for Prasidh, he should be taking these at this level

Kuldeep Yadav to Will Young, 1 run, direct hit and Mitchell was gone. Tossed up around off, Young kneels down and under-edges the reverse sweep behind square. Jadeja runs in and gets a good bounce, gathers cleanly and fires at the strike's end, misses and Mitchell survies. That was a big chance to break this stand and the ball went to India's best fielder but he does not hit the target. Jadeja had everything going for him - the ball came at a good height, to his throwing hand but he still failed to hit the stumps

Kuldeep Yadav to Will Young, FOUR, misfield and four more. Nothing going Kuldeep's way. Flighted delivery on off, Young crouches low and belts the reverse sweep towards backward point, Jadeja gets a bad and he can't stop it cleanly

Kuldeep Yadav to Will Young, FOUR, shot! Smart batting. Young tried this shot in the previous over and it didn't come off. There's no sweeper - so Young backs away and picks it off the stumps, cuts it in front of square and the outfield takes care of the rest

Kuldeep Yadav to Mitchell, 2 runs, 84.3ks tossed up wrong 'un, Mitchell drives it in front of square and Jaiswal slips as he swoops in, extra run conceded

Kuldeep Yadav to Will Young, 1 run, 81.4ks flighted on off, Young hangs back and knocks it to long-off

Kuldeep Yadav to Will Young, no run, 79.8ks slower but the length is short, Young makes room and mistimes the cut to cover-point

Kuldeep Yadav to Mitchell, 1 run, 82.4ks googly that's dragged short, Mitchell punches it to long-off

Kuldeep Yadav to Will Young, 1 run, 84.1ks tossed up on middle, Young reverse sweeps to backward point and Mitchell races to other end

Kuldeep Yadav to Mitchell, 1 run, 86.1ks flighted and drifted across, Mitchell stays back in the crease and pats it towards point

Kuldeep Yadav to Will Young, no run, 80.9kph, goes back and cuts hard but straight to cover

Kuldeep Yadav to Mitchell, 1 run, 82.4kph, wrong 'un, the length is on the shorter side and Mitchell punches to deep point

Kuldeep Yadav to Will Young, 1 run, 78kph, straighter line and Young nudges it to square leg

Kuldeep Yadav to Will Young, no run, 80.3kph, flighted outside off, the length is fuller, Young stays leg-side to drive and outside-edges towards short third man

Kuldeep Yadav to Mitchell, 1 run, 87.5kph, pushed through point off the back foot

Kuldeep Yadav to Mitchell, FOUR, 80.3kph, slow, short and wide of off. A proper hit-me ball from Kuldeep and Mitchell latches onto it. The in-form batter has ample time on the back foot to slap the cut well in front of square on the off-side

Kuldeep Yadav to Will Young, 1 run, 86.5kph, fullish ball, clipped away to deep midwicket

Kuldeep Yadav to Will Young, no run, 77.3kph, legbreak on the stumps, Young moves leg-side to punch it to extra cover

Kuldeep Yadav to Mitchell, 1 run, back-to-back fifties for Daryl Mitchell! 80.8kph, flighted ball and Mitchell gets low to play the sweep. Top-edges and it falls in no-man's land (around the deep square leg region)

Kuldeep Yadav to Will Young, 1 run, 78.4kph, worked through backward square leg off the back foot

Kuldeep Yadav to Mitchell, 1 run, 87.9kph, on a length and wide of off, chopped to deep backward point off the back foot

Kuldeep Yadav to Will Young, 3 runs, 80.2kph, flighted delivery around leg, Young backs away a long way to cut it through point. Nitish runs back and does well to flick it back in and save a run

Kuldeep Yadav to Mitchell, 1 run, 82.7kph, presses forward to drive along the ground to long-off

Kuldeep Yadav to Will Young, 1 run, 78kph, Young makes room to drive this full delivery to long-off

Kuldeep Yadav to Will Young, no run, full on off, reverse-swept to short third man

Kuldeep Yadav to Mitchell, 1 run, 81.5kph, googly outside off, cut to deep point

Kuldeep Yadav to Will Young, 1 run, in the air and safe! 77.6kph, looped up ball, may have been the googly, Young swings to try and flog it over long-on/cow corner. Miscues it big time and the ball goes a long way up in the air off the outer part of the bat. Rohit runs in from long-off but the ball lands well short of him

Kuldeep Yadav to Mitchell, 1 run, 86.1kph, flighted outside off, Mitchell stays back to push it towards backward point

Kuldeep Yadav to Will Young, no run, 81.2kph, Young gets forward and is beaten in the flight. Looks to drive and gets an outside edge against this googly which takes the ball to short third man

Kuldeep Yadav to Mitchell, 1 run, 82.4kph, tucked around the corner

Kuldeep Yadav to Mitchell, FOUR, 83.4kph, attempted wrong 'un, hardly any spin, Mitchell gets low and reverse-sweeps perfectly into the gap behind square on the off-side

Kuldeep Yadav to Will Young, 1 run, 79.7kph, slow leggie on a short of length, Young works it through backward square leg

Kuldeep Yadav to Mitchell, 1 run, leg-lined legbreak, Mitchell works it through square leg and Young eyes the second, gets sent back by Mitchell who screams 'no'

Kuldeep Yadav to Will Young, 1 run, 85.2kph, slider on a length marginally outside off, Young punches it to long-off

Kuldeep Yadav to Mitchell, no run, 81.5kph, legbreak on the stumps, Mitchell nudges it into the leg-side. 14 runs off the over!

Kuldeep Yadav to Mitchell, 2 runs, 85.3kph, full ball, flicked to deep midwicket

Kuldeep Yadav to Mitchell, FOUR, four more! It's a length ball on the stumps, Mitchell shuffles across and gets low to paddle-sweep it to fine leg. Not quite off the middle of the bat but the ball runs away fine

Kuldeep Yadav to Mitchell, SIX, 86.7kph, Mitchell dances down the track, isn't quite to the pitch of this flighted ball and then with a big backlift, bludgeons it over cow corner. There's a man in the deep but the ball sails over him

Kuldeep Yadav to Will Young, 1 run, 82.1kph, Young brings out the reverse-sweep even though the line is around off. Rana dives to his right at short third man to make a superb stop

Kuldeep Yadav to Mitchell, 1 run, over the wicket, flighted leggie on middle-leg, Mitchell watchfully glances it to square leg