India also won in the second T20

India also won in the second T20

Kathmandu, Magh 12 India have also won the second T20 match against New Zealand. With the win, India have taken a 2-0 lead in the five-match T20 series.

New Zealand's modest target of 133 runs was completed by India with only three wickets in hand with 15 balls to spare. Lokesh Rahul contributed 57 runs in the win over India. Another opener Rohit Sharma returned to the pavilion in the individual run of eight runs and Rahul won the team by combining with a modest innings. Captain Virat Kohli returned to the pavilion after scoring 11 and India needed 94 runs in 14 overs to win. Rahul shared a 86-run third wicket partnership with Shreyas Aiyar.

Shreyas Ayers returned to the pavilion with 44 off 33 balls. Shivam Dubey remained unbeaten on 8 runs.

Team Saudi took two wickets and Ish Sodhi took one wicket for New Zealand.

Earlier, New Zealand, who won the toss and decided to bat first in Auckland, played the entire 20 overs, but only managed to score a modest 132 for five wickets. New Zealand's Tim Saffert contributed 33 and Colin Munro contributed 26 and Martin Guptill contributed 33.

Ravindra Jadeja took two wickets and Shradhul Thakur, with Bumrah and Shivam Dubey one wicket each, to limit New Zealand to the general total.

Lokesh Rahul was declared Man of the Match.

Kathmandu, Magh 11 The Neurod team has stopped the Tribhuvan Army Club in the Martyrs Memorial A Division League. In the first match held on Saturday, the NRT stopped the Army in a goalless tie.

Despite stopping the score, the Army has managed to maintain its prominence in the points table. In eight games, the Army has collected 17 points. The Army has lost five wins, two draws and one. The NRT has added 12 points from eight games. Manang and Machhindra Club are second and third with 16 points after playing the eighth round.

Army's Nayug Shrestha tried to take the lead early in the game, but the ball went far beyond the post. In the 36th minute, the Army could not help getting Freick out of the penalty box. GeorgePrice's strike went beyond the post. In the 16th minute before that, Darshan Gurung could not make good use of the opportunity he had scored for the NRT.

The NRT's junior red card was limited to ten players due to a bad 'tackle' by an Army player during injury time.