
Sanjeev Kumar
khelja|23-01-2026
Big changes in India's playing 11. (Photo- PTI)
IND vs NZ 2nd T20I Playing 11: The second match of the 5-match T20 series between India and New Zealand is being played at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium in Raipur. In this match, Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav won the toss and decided to bowl first. Team India also entered this match with total changes. Two new players entered the playing 11. At the same time, one player could not be a part of this match due to injury. Along with this, an important player was also given rest.
Indian T20 team vice-captain Akshar Patel could not be a part of this match due to injury. In the last match, he got injured while trying to catch a shot from Daryl Mitchell off his own bowling. The tip of the index finger of his left hand was hit by a ball and bleeding was seen from the finger. Due to which he left the field in the middle of the match. At the same time, fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah also could not be a part of this match. Keeping the T20 World Cup in mind, he has been given rest.
Harshit Rana has been entered in the playing 11 in place of Axar Patel, who can prove to be an important player for the team with fast bowling as well as bat.
Recently, he also scored a brilliant half-century during the ODI series. On the other hand, Kuldeep Yadav has also been successful in making his place in the playing 11.India's playing 11: Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Rinku Singh, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh and Varun Chakraborty.
New Zealand's playing 11: Devon Conway, Tim Seifert, Rachin Ravindra, Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Darrell Mitchell, Mitchell Santner, Jacques Foulkes, Matt Henry, Ish Sodhi, Jacob Duffy.




