India vs New Zealand 2019: 2nd T20I, Auckland - Statistical Preview

India lost the opening match of the T20I series against New Zealand by a massive margin of 80 runs, which was their biggest T20I defeat. It was a dominating performance by the hosts as they continued their supremacy against the Men in Blue in the shortest format of the game. This was the seventh win for the Kiwis against the Indian team in the T20I format.

Subsequently, India will like to bounce back in the T20I series. The visitors will need to win the second match to stay afloat in the three-match series. On the other hand, New Zealand will like to continue its domination after losing the ODI series by 1-4.

Here is the Statistical Preview of the second match:

1. The Eden Park (Auckland) has hosted 17 T20Is, in which the first batting team has won nine matches whereas the second batting team has won on six occasions. Also, two matches had ended in tied results.

2. In the last 10 T20Is at Eden Park (Auckland), the first batting average score is 183.90 (average run-rate = 9.20) and second batting average score is 151.60 (average run-rate = 8.73).

3. New Zealand has played 17 T20Is at Eden Park (Auckland). Out of these matches, they have won six matches, lost nine matches and two have been tied.

4. India hasn’t played a T20I game at Eden Park (Auckland) yet.

India will like to turn the tables.

5. New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson (1,036 runs) is 76 runs shy from the second highest run-scorer as a T20I captain. Former Indian skipper MS Dhoni scored 1,112 runs as a T20I captain, and at present, he is the second highest run-scorer as a T20I skipper. The record holder in this list is Faf du Plessis (South Africa/ICC World XI) as he has scored 1,252 runs as a T20I captain.

6. New Zealand leg-spinner Ish Sodhi (42 wickets) is two wickets away to become the third highest T20I wicket-getter for his country. Currently, the top three in this list are Tim Southee (67 wickets), Nathan McCullum (58 wickets) and Kyle Mills (43 wickets).

7. India’s stand-in skipper Rohit Sharma (2,238 runs) needs to score 35 more runs to surpass the leading T20I run-scorer Martin Guptill who has amassed 2,272 runs. At present, Rohit Sharma is the third highest run-scorer in T20I history. Shoaib Malik (Pakistan/ICC World XI) is at the second position with 2,263 T20I runs.

8. Indian leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal (45 wickets) needs to take five more wickets to complete 50 T20I wickets. Currently, he is the third highest T20I wicket-taker for India. The top two in this list are Ravichandran Ashwin (52 wickets) and Jasprit Bumrah (48 wickets).