an otherwise tense afternoon for India.<\/a> Rahul had played a crucial role in keeping the visitors’ chase alive, showing patience as wickets continued to fall around him.<\/p>\n RAHUL HOLDS FIRM IN TRICKY CHASE<\/p>\n
India’s bowlers had done their job by dismissing New Zealand for 134, with Gurnoor Brar claiming four wickets. But the batting line-up struggled to make the most of the opportunity. Shubman Gill fell for a golden duck, Virat Kohli managed just seven, while Rohit Sharma departed for 23.<\/p>\n
Rahul and Shreyas Iyer tried to steady the innings with a 46-run stand for the fifth wicket. Iyer made 30, while Rahul remained unbeaten on 26 as India reached 113\/7 in 26 overs. With 22 runs still required, rain brought the chase to a halt. India were four runs ahead of the DLS par score and secured a four-run victory, taking a 2-0 lead in the series.<\/p>\n
INDIA EYE BETTER BATTING DISPLAY<\/p>\n
Despite the win, India’s batting collapse will remain a concern heading into the third ODI. The bowlers had put them in a commanding position, but the top order’s failure and the lower order’s inability to finish the chase meant rain ultimately came to their rescue.<\/p>\n
The third ODI will be played in Hamilton on November 10. India will have a chance to seal the series, but will also want a more convincing batting performance after making such hard work of a modest target.<\/p>\n
– Ends<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"KL Rahul produced a thoughtful moment after India’s second ODI against New Zealand in Wellington on November 7,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":956977,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,524251,524249,25036,524250,524247,524248,85],"class_list":["post-956976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-india-vs-new-zealand-3rd-odi","tag-india-vs-new-zealand-ind-vs-nz-2nd-odi","tag-kl-rahul","tag-kl-rahul-game-changer-of-the-match","tag-kl-rahul-gift-to-stadium-staff","tag-kl-rahul-smartphone-gift","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/956976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=956976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/956976\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/956977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=956976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=956976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=956976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}