Lucknow: The second match of the three-match T20 series was played between India and New Zealand (India vs New Zealand T20 Series) on Sunday. By winning this match, India took a 1-1 lead in this series. The third and last match of this series will be played in Ahmedabad on 1 February. Even though the Indian team made its place in this series. But, Captain Hardik Pandya is very unhappy. He expressed his displeasure after winning the match in Lucknow.
The second T20 match was played at the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Stadium in Lucknow on Sunday. In this match, New Zealand played 20 overs while playing first but scored only 99 runs. At the same time, India had to spend 19.5 overs to achieve this target.
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After winning the match, Indian captain Hardik Pandya expressed his displeasure over the pitch. During the presentation ceremony after the match, Hardik said, ‘To be honest, it was a shocking wicket (pitch). We have played both the matches on (such pitches). I have no problem with difficult wickets, I am ready for that but these two wickets were not made for T20s. Hardik said, ‘The curators and the ground staff should together ensure that the pitch should be ready ahead of time. ‘
In the match played on Sunday, both the teams faced a lot of trouble in front of the spinners. The spinners did a total of 30 overs in the match and took 6 out of 12 wickets. It was difficult to bat on this pitch. Also the ball was coming on the bat too much. The special thing is that, in this entire match, a total of 14 fours were hit, while not a single six was hit.
Let us tell you that the first match of this series was played in Ranchi. Even after that match, Hardik (Hardik Pandya) had expressed unhappiness about the pitch, while New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner had also expressed surprise.