India bowl and rest Bumrah, Axar out injured
Harshit Rana and Kuldeep Yadav came into their side
ESPNcricinfo staff
23-Jan-2026 • 2 hrs ago
Harshit Rana came into the side for the rested Jasprit Bumrah • CREIMAS
Toss India chose to bowl vs New Zealand
India captain Suryakumar Yadav won the toss and opted to bowl in the second T20I in Raipur, with dew having already begun setting in. For the same reason, New Zealand too wanted to bowl first.
India made two changes to their XI. Axar Patel, who hurt his finger during the first T20I in Nagpur, was a forced absentee, while Jasprit Bumrah was rested. In came Kuldeep Yadav and Harshit Rana. Rana's inclusion allowed India to continue having batting cushion at No. 8.
New Zealand made three changes. Tim Seifert came in for Tim Robinson, Zak Foulkes for Kristian Clarke, and Matt Henry for Kyle Jamieson.
This is India's 100th T20I at home but only the second ever in Raipur. The pitch is right in the middle of the ground. The two square boundaries are 68m distant from the middle. The straight boundary is 75m away.
India lead the five-match series 1-0.
India: 1 Abhishek Sharma, 2 Sanju Samson (wk), 3 Ishan Kishan, 4 Suryakumar Yadav (capt), 5 Hardik Pandya, 6 Shivam Dube, 7 Rinku Singh, 8 Harshit Rana, 9 Kuldeep Yadav, 10 Arshdeep Singh, 11 Varun Chakravarthy.
New Zealand: 1 Tim Seifert (wk), 2 Devon Conway, 3 Rachin Ravindra, 4 Daryl Mitchell, 5 Glenn Phillips, 6 Mark Chapman, 7 Mitchell Santner (capt), 8 Matt Henry, 9 Zak Foulkes, 10 Ish Sodhi, 11 Jacob Duffy.