New Zealand vs India 2019, 2nd T20I: Player Ratings

Looking to bounce back after suffering a huge defeat in the 1st T20I at Wellington, the Men in Blue took on New Zealand in the 2nd T20I at Auckland.

New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson won the toss and decided to bat first. However, Williamson's decision to bat first backfired as Indian bowlers recovered from their poor bowling performance at Wellington to restrict New Zealand to just 158/8 in 20 overs on a flat batting pitch.

Chasing a modest total of 159, the Indian batsmen hardly broke any sweat and chased down the target in 18.5 overs for the loss of 3 wickets to level the 3-match T20I series at 1-1.

With the match done and dusted, let's see how the players from both the sides fared in this encounter:

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New Zealand

Colin de Grandhomme scored a quickfire 50 runs of 28 balls

Tim Seifert- 2/10

The wicket keeper batsman failed to repeat his heroics from the 1st T20I as he was dismissed for just 12 runs by Bhuvneshwar Kumar.

Colin Munro- 2/10

Just like his opening partner, Colin Munro too failed with the bat and was dismissed for run-a-ball 12 by Krunal Pandya.

Kane Williamson- 5/10

Williamson got off to a decent start by scoring 20 runs off 17 balls before ending up as one of the three victims of Krunal Pandya.

Daryl Mitchell- 1/10

Playing only his second T20 international, the 27-year-old Daryl Mitchell was dismissed in a controversial fashion by Krunal Pandya. Mitchell did not have a good day with the ball either as his only over went for 15 runs despite he picking up the wicket of Vijay Shankar.

Ross Taylor- 6/10

The veteran batsman continued his good form and held the New Zealand innings together by scoring 42 runs off 36 balls before being run out in the 19th over, courtesy of a brilliant direct hit by Vijay Shankar from deep long-on.

Colin De Grandhomme- 7/10

The all-rounder was the best Kiwi batsman on display as he scored his maiden T20 international fifty off just 28 balls and smashed one four and 4 sixes before being caught by Rohit Sharma off Hardik Pandya's bowling at the fag end of the New Zealand innings.

Mitchell Santner- 1/10

Santner had an off day as he was clean bowled for just 7 runs by Khaleel Ahmed and also failed to pick up a single wicket in his 2 overs.

Scott Kuggeleijn- 1/10

Kuggeleijn too ended up having a bad game as he went wicketless in his spell of 3.5-0-32-0.

Tim Southee- 1/10

The experienced Kiwi pacer failed to repeat his good bowling performance from the 1st T20I as he went for 34 runs in his 4 overs and also failed to pick up early wickets which was the need of the hour for New Zealand.

Ish Sodhi- 4/10

Just like his spin colleague Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi also failed to trouble Indian batsmen but managed to dismiss Rohit Sharma in his 4-over spell.

Lockie Ferguson- 5/10

The right arm fast bowler once again troubled the Indian batsmen with his quick pace early on and was also one of the three Kiwi bowlers who managed to take a wicket in today's match.

India

Rohit Sharma became the highest run scorer in T20 internationals

Rohit Sharma- 10/10

After a couple of poor outings with the bat in the last few games, Rohit was finally back to his best and scored his 16th T20 international half century off just 28 balls to lay the foundation for India's 8-wicket victory and, in the process, also became the highest run-getter in T20 internationals by going past Martin Guptill.

Shikhar Dhawan - 5/10

Dhawan struggled for timing from ball one but somehow managed to hang on and scored 30 runs from 31 balls before a nasty bouncer from Lockie Ferguson cut short his innings.

Rishabh Pant- 8/10

After a failure with the bat in the 1st T20I, the young Rishabh Pant bounced back by scoring an unbeaten 40 runs off just 28 balls to finish the match for India.

Vijay Shankar- 6/10

Vijay Shankar came out all guns blazing and smashed his way to 14 runs off just 8 balls by hitting a four and a six before being caught at the deep midwicket region by Tim Southee in the 14th over, bowled by Daryl Mitchell. Vijay Shankar also effected a brilliant throw from the deep to run out the dangerous Ross Taylor which gives him an extra point.

MS Dhoni- 5/10

The veteran wicket-keeper batsman scored an unbeaten 20 runs in 17 balls to help Indian team romp home safely in the company of Rishabh Pant.

Dinesh Karthik- 1/10

Karthik was a mere spectator in the field as he did not get a chance to bat.

Hardik Pandya- 4/10

The all-rounder recovered after being taken for runs in the starting two overs and conceded 37 runs from his 4 overs and also picked up the prized wicket of Colin De Grandhomme.

Krunal Pandya- 10/10

Krunal Pandya had a brilliant match as he picked up 3 wickets to dismantle the Kiwi top order. For his superb bowling performance, Krunal was awarded Player of the Match Trophy.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar- 5/10

The experienced pacer made up for his poor performance at Wellington as he dismissed New Zealand's hero from last match Tim Seifert and conceded just 29 runs from his 4 overs.

Yuzvendra Chahal- 1/10

The leg spinner was the only Indian bowler who had an off day as he bowled an expensive spell of 4-0-37-0.

Khaleel Ahmed- 8/10

The young left-arm pacer bounced back from a poor outing in the 1st T20I with a brilliant bowling spell of 4-0-27-2 and, along with Bhuvneshwar Kumar, bowled superbly in the death overs to restrict New Zealand to just 158.