Shastri suggests Rohit to play the aggressor at No 6
Rohit Sharma’s decision to bat in the middle order in the Adelaide and Brisbane Tests, has failed to yield the desired results for the Indian team in the Border-Gavaskar series so far.
New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson invited Rohit Sharma-led Team India to field first after winning the toss in the second T20 International match of three-match T20I series on Friday. The match is being played at the Eden Park, Auckland.
New Zealand have already taken a lead of 1-0 in the three-match T20I series.
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After winning the toss, Kane Williamson said, “We are going to bat. Usually a good batting surface here. It’s always a great opportunity to play against India. Same team for us today.”
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Indian skipper Rohit Sharma said, “We were looking to bowl first anyway. I know we lost the last game, but chasing has been our strength. We have spoken about what we need to do with bat and ball. Hopefully, we can get a win today. We just need to do the right things and do them consistently. We discussed what went wrong in the last game. Hopefully, we won’t repeat them. We are playing the same team. I know there will be a lot of talk about Krunal and Kuldeep. Kuldeep has been top class for us.”
New Zealand win the toss and elect to bat first in the 2nd T20I. pic.twitter.com/kME8d034VG
— BCCI (@BCCI) February 8, 2019
Teams:
IND XI: R Sharma, S Dhawan, V Shankar, R Pant, MS Dhoni, D Karthik, H Pandya, K Pandya, B Kumar, Y Chahal, K Ahmed
— BCCI (@BCCI) February 8, 2019
NZ XI: T Seifert, C Munro, K Williamson, D Mitchell, R Taylor, C de Grandhomme, M Santner, S Kuggeleijn, T Southee, I Sodhi, L Ferguson
— BCCI (@BCCI) February 8, 2019
India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma(c), Shikhar Dhawan, Rishabh Pant, Dinesh Karthik, MS Dhoni(w), Vijay Shankar, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Yuzvendra Chahal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed
New Zealand (Playing XI): Tim Seifert(w), Colin Munro, Kane Williamson(c), Daryl Mitchell, Ross Taylor, Colin de Grandhomme, Mitchell Santner, Scott Kuggeleijn, Tim Southee, Ish Sodhi, Lockie Ferguson
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