Mount Maunganui, January 26: India creates yet another history here on Today, winning the toss and decided to bat first against New Zealand. India wins by 90 runs in their second ODI against New Zealand. This is the first Victory on Republic Day.
India put a massive margin in front of New Zealand. India scored 324 runs in their limited 50 overs, Opener Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan Played brilliantly and both scored their half centuries. Other players like Kohli, Kedar, Rayudu, MS Dhoni contributed and resulted a massive score.
Now India lead with 2-0 in the series.
India - 2. New Zealand - 0 #NZvIND
— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) January 26, 2019
90 runs - biggest winning margin (by runs) for India in ODIs in NZ
Previous biggest was by 84 runs [DL] vs NZ, Hamilton, 2009 pic.twitter.com/HYywlKcMZ7
It has previously been announced that skipper Virat Kohli would be rested for the fourth and fifth matches, with Rohit Sharma stepping in for the third tie.
Brief score: India 324/4 (Rohit Sharma 87, Shikhar Dhawan 66; Trent Boult 2/61) beat New Zealand 234 all out (Doug Bracewell 57, Tom Latham 34; Kuldeep Yadav 4/45) by 90 runs.