India vs New Zealand Live, 2nd ODI: India Asked To Bat, Deepak Hooda And Deepak Chahar Replace Sanju Samson, Shardul Thakur | Cricket News

IND vs NZ: What Kane Williamson said during toss

“We are gonna have a bowl. Surface has been under covers a little, so hopefully our seamers can extract whatever little help they can get. We are playing the extra slow option today in Michael Bracewell in place of Adam Milne. He (Southee) is racking up the numbers in all formats and breaking a few records along the way, great achievement and a very special player for us. India batted well and got a competitive total on that surface, but I certainly liked the intent from the bowling attack, so hopefully we can start strong again and build on from the last performance,” said Williamson. 

IND vs NZ: What Shikhar Dhawan said during toss

“We would have bowled first as there’s moisture in the wicket. Even in the last game the wicket was seaming for the first 10-15 overs, we got to keep the positive intent and go for the runs. We got 2 changes. Instead of Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar comes in and Deepak Hooda comes in place of Sanju Samson. We only need 10 percent of improvement and it makes a huge impact and especially in the death bowling, we got to be a bit more smarter,” said Dhawan. 

IND vs NZ: Here are the playing XIs

India (Playing XI): Shikhar Dhawan(c), Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Washington Sundar, Deepak Chahar, Umran Malik, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal

New Zealand (Playing XI): Finn Allen, Devon Conway, Kane Williamson(c), Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham(w), Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner, Michael Bracewell, Matt Henry, Tim Southee, Lockie Ferguson

IND vs NZ: India make two changes

India have made two changes to their playing XI. Deepak Chahar and Deepak Hooda replace Shardul Thakur and Sanju Samson 

IND vs NZ: New Zealand opt to bowl

New Zealand captain Kane Williamson won the toss and opted to bowl vs India in the 2nd ODI 

IND vs NZ: Toss delayed

The toss for the 2nd ODI between India and New Zealand has been delayed by 10 minutes due to wet outfield at Seddon Park, Hamilton 

IND vs NZ: How will Umran fair?

Umran Malik took two wickets in his maiden ODI and it needs to be seen whether the team management persists with him or not. 

IND vs NZ: Covers are still on

The square is under covers right now, but it looks much brighter than what it was fifteen minutes ago.

IND vs NZ: Will Shardul play?

The visuals on TV screen showed Shardul Thakur struggling with his back. He was seen having a chat with the physio and he did not even have his bowling boots on. 

IND vs NZ: Will India play Deepak Hooda?

India paid the price for playing just five bowlers in the first ODI, so it needs to be seen whether they give Deepak Hooda a chance in the XI, to have an extra sixth bowling option.

It also needs to be seen if Deepak Chahar comes into the side in place of Shardul Thakur 

IND vs NZ: Covers are on

The covers are on at the moment at Seddon Park, Hamilton and the toss might be delayed due to wet outfield. However, good sign is that all the players are training in the middle and it is not raining right now 

IND vs NZ: Hello and welcome!

Hello and welcome to our Live coverage of the 2nd ODI between India and New Zealand. Toss to take place at 6:30 AM IST.

Stay tuned…