Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, New Zealand vs India 2020,
Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (Credits: Twitter)

Yet again, the Indian National Cricket Team displayed brilliant skills with the bat on Wednesday at Hamilton. The flamboyant Shreyas Iyer and the wicketkeeper-batsman KL Rahul continued their form with the bat in the middle to help India post a massive score on the board.

Getting into the details of the game, it was New Zealand, who won the toss, asked the visitors to bat first. Accepting the challenge, the Indian openers responded well by scoring runs thick and fast in the powerplay overs.

Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, New Zealand vs India 2020,
Shreyas Iyer (Credits: Twitter)

However, the back to back dismissals of Prithvi Shaw and Mayank Agarwal in 8th and 9th over of the game brought New Zealand back into the game. Then came the magical partnership between Shreyas Iyer and Virat Kohli, who added 102 runs for the third wicket.

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Just when things looked drifting away, Ish Sodhi removed Virat Kohli with a googly to help New Zealand stage a comeback again. But the in-form KL Rahul played his strokes fluently to make things fall in place.

Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, New Zealand vs India 2020,
KL Rahul (Credits – Twitter)

He added a 132-run partnership with Shreyas Iyer to give a much-needed boost in the middle overs for India. During the course of the partnership, Shreyas Iyer brought his maiden century before being dismissed by Tim Southee in the slog overs. However, KL Rahul never backed down, as he went to find his way for boundaries to give a tough time for New Zealand in the middle.

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In the end, KL Rahul and Kedar Jadhav smashed it brilliantly to finish things on a grand note for India. The Karnataka batsman finished with an unbeaten 88* while Kedar Jadhav scored 26* runs off 15 balls to give a powerful finish for the team. Overall, India managed to post 347 runs on the board.

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