India vs New Zealand 2nd T20I: The second match of the T20 series between India and New Zealand will be played on 29 January. This match between the two teams will be held at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. This match is do or die for India. To stay in the series, Team India will have to register a win in this match at any cost. India had to face defeat by 21 runs in the match played in Ranchi on 27 January. By the way, Team India’s T20 record in Lucknow has been excellent so far. Let us tell you how many T20 matches India played here and what was their result?
Team India’s record in Lucknow
Team India’s T20 record at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow has been excellent. Here India is still invincible in T20 International. By the way, a total of five T20s have been played on this ground. As far as the Indian team is concerned, it has played two T20 matches on this ground, which it was successful in winning. In the year 2018, India played the first T20 International against West Indies in Lucknow. In that match, Team India defeated the Caribbean team by 71 runs. After this, in February 2022, India played the second match against Sri Lanka. Then Team India defeated Sri Lanka by 62 runs. In this way, the Indian team is invincible so far in T20 International in Lucknow.
do or die match
New Zealand’s spirits are high after winning the first T20 match. Now the pressure of winning the series is on Team India. India will now have to win both the matches to clinch the series. If Team India fails to do so, then the series will go out of their hands. Then for the first time after 2012, the New Zealand team will win the T20 series on Indian soil. In the year 2012, the Kiwi team, which came on a tour of India, then won the T20 series 1-0. That’s why the second match will be do or die for the Indian team.
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