India vs New Zealand 2nd T20: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi in playing XI
India vs New Zealand 2nd T20: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi in playing XI
India vs New Zealand 2nd T20I live score: India won the toss and invited New Zealand to bat first in the second T20I at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch on Saturday. India have made two changes in the playing XI, with Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Prince Yadav part of it. The 15-year-old comes as a replacement for Ishan Kishan, who sustained a low-grade right adductor strain in the previous encounter.
Abhishek Sharma and Sanju Samson will continue to open and Sooryavanshi will be batting at No. 3 informed Shreyas Iyer at toss. Prince Yadav is the second change in the XI and he comes in place of Mayank Yadav, which the captain said was more of a tactical change.
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