India to take on Blackcaps in 2nd T20 in Auckland

India suffered their biggest defeat in terms of runs in T20 in the last match against New Zealand. To chase 219 runs was never going to be easy and eventually the men in blue fall short by 80 runs.

Now people want to see how India respond to the Wellington T20I defeat where their bowlers seemed to have a collective off day. There might also be the realization that they need to play at least one more wicket-taking bowler and compromise a bit of depth in batting.T20 series should have been the perfect scenario to experiment and check the bench strength, but it is unlikely to happen as the team is one down in this three-match series.

or the first time during this trip by India, New Zealand is in the lead, and they will want to seal the series in Auckland. They seem to be better suited to the shorter format right now.

TEAM NEWS
New Zealand: Generally, the team doesn't changes the team after winning but NZ would like to bring Neesham in the team.

New Zealand (likely) 1 Tim Seifert (wk), 2 Colin Munro, 3 Kane Williamson (capt.), 4 Ross Taylor, 5 Daryl Mitchell, 6 James Neesham/ Colin de Grandhomme, 7 Mitchell Santner, 8 Scott Kuggeleijn, 9 Tim Southee, 10 Ish Sodhi, 11 Lockie Ferguson

INDIA: There will be few changes in the team. One of the three wicketkeepers or one of the allrounders could be left out. They could want to play two wrist spinners too.

India (likely) 1 Rohit Sharma (capt.), 2 Shikhar Dhawan, 3 Shubman Gill/ Vijay Shankar, 4 Rishabh Pant, 5 Dinesh Karthik, 6 MS Dhoni (wk), 7 Hardik Pandya, 8 Krunal Pandya/Kuldeep Yadav, 9 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 10 Khaleel Ahmed/ Mohammed Siraj, 11 Yuzvendra Chahal

In the three Super Smash games played at Eden Park this season, 180-plus totals have been achieved four times - hinting at another high-scorer when New Zealand and India face off. Partly cloudy condition with a high of 21 degree Celsius are forecast during the match time.

Hopefully it will be close contest.