Twitter reactions on India’s win in 2nd T20I: Twitter was elated at watching the Indian team making a comeback in the series.
During the second T20I of the ongoing India’s tour of New Zealand at Auckland, India defeated New Zealand by 7 wickets to level the series 1-1. After losing the first T20I by a whopping 80 runs, India needed to win this match to stay alive in the three-match series.
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India sealed a 159-run chase in the penultimate over of the match without much discomfort. It was a 79-run opening partnership between captain Rohit Sharma and his partner Shikhar Dhawan (30) which provided an apt start to the Indian chase.
On the way to his 16th T20I half-century, Sharma also became the highest run-scorer in the format. The right-hand batsman ended up scoring 50 (29) with the help of three fours and four sixes. Other than him, Rishabh Pant made full opportunity of his promotion at No. 3 by scoring 40* (28) with the help of four fours and a six.
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Former India captain and current wicket-keeper batsman Mahendra Singh Dhoni remained unbeaten on 20 (17) till the end.
After New Zealand captain won the toss and chose to bat, Indian bowlers corrected their mistakes from the last match as they restricted the hosts to 158-8 in their allotted quota of 20 overs. All-rounder Colin de Grandhomme, who came in to bat at No. 6, top-scored for his team scoring his maiden T20I half-century, 50 (28), with the help ff one four and four sixes.
With bowling figures of 4-0-28-3, India all-rounder Krunal Pandya was the pick of the Indian bowlers. Other than him, Khaleel Ahmed picked up a couple of wickets while Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Hardik Pandya dismissed a batsman each.
The Indian victory invited several congratulatory reactions on social media platform Twitter. Read some of them below:
