India Vs New Zealand LIVE Score, 2nd ODI: Rohit And Gill Settle In After Tight First Overs |IND 57/0 (10)

Shubman Gill brings up the first 50 runs for India with a classic square between the two Kiwi fielders.

Runs have started to flow now for India as Rohit Sharma scored back-to-back fours off Kyle Jamieson. After no boundaries in the opening 12 balls or so, India have scored 5 since the end of the 3rd over.

Shubman Gill cuts away Zakary Foulkes towards off-side for the first boundary of the Indian innings. It wasn't a bad delivery but Gill had too much room to free his arms as Foulkes tried to get the ball to swing away from the right hander.

Zakary Foulkes complimented Kyle Jamieson's first over as the former conceded only run off Indian captain Shubman Gill. Very unlike the way India usually start their innings. More than 12 balls already without a boundary.

All-rounder Kyle Jamieson bowls a tight first over to the dangerous Rohit Sharma, who treaded with caution across those six deliveries.

Jamieson held a perfect line-length, didn't allow any room to Rohit to extend his arms.

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen. It is a bright sunny day in Rajkot, absolutely perfect for an ODI game. Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill, who had contrasting starts to the series in Vadodara, will be aiming to get India off to a flyer.

Kyle Jamieson is set to bowl the first over. It is going to be a cracker. Here we go for the 1st innings of this 2nd one-dayer.

India: Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill (C), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (WK), Ravindra Jadeja, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna

New Zealand: Devon Conway, Henry Nicholls, Will Young, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Hay (WK), Michael Bracewell (C), Zakary Foulkes, Jayden Lennox, Kyle Jamieson, Kristian Clarke

Michael Bracewell: "It looks like a really good surface, and hopefully the dew comes into play later in the evening, which should make things a bit nicer for batting under lights. The last game was a tight one and I was proud of how the boys fought right till the end. We gave ourselves a chance with a couple of late wickets, and today we’re looking to keep taking wickets through the middle and build that pressure."

Shubman Gill: "We would actually have preferred to bat first, based on the last few games here. Even yesterday there wasn’t much dew, and the players feel the surface tends to slow down as the innings goes on, so batting first looked the better option."

New Zealand won the toss and chose to bowl first.

The Niranjan Shah Stadium in Rajkot is known for being a batter’s paradise. We can expect a flat, hard surface with bounce and even carry, making it ideal for stroke-play.

With short boundaries and a super fast outfield, scores above 300 are typical. The last time India played here was in September 27, 2023 against Australia, who piled up 352 runs in the 1st innings.

The Men in Blue fell short in their run-chase, losing by a margin of 66 runs.

The weather in Rajkot for the 2nd ODI between India and New Zealand is ideal. Expect clear, sunny skies with zero chances of rain. Temperatures will peak around 26°C to 28°C during the afternoon and dip to 13°C by the evening.

"There's not as much one-day cricket between major events, I think that makes these series even more important. A few of us have been playing some List-A cricket back home, so we have got a bit of the format under our belt. But it's a format that we enjoy playing so when you have those series now, they are more important than ever with limited amounts." -

You can watch the 2nd IND vs NZ on the JioHotstar app and website and telecast on the Star Sports network.

India Squad: Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill(c), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Ravindra Jadeja, KL Rahul(w), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Arshdeep Singh, Ayush Badoni, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel

New Zealand Squad: Devon Conway, Henry Nicholls, Will Young, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Hay(w), Michael Bracewell(c), Zakary Foulkes, Kristian Clarke, Kyle Jamieson, Adithya Ashok, Jayden Lennox, Nick Kelly, Josh Clarkson, Michael Rae