India vs New Zealand 2nd ODI LIVE Score: India take on New Zealand in the second ODI of their five-match series, at Wellington on Saturday. The visitors, led by Shubman Gill , clinched a brilliant victory in a rain-affected first game. India’s inexperienced pace attack stood out in the Kiwi conditions, with Gurnoor Brar , Anshul Kamboj and Arshdeep Singh impressing, before Virat Kohli slammed a superb half-century. Mitchell Santner -led New Zealand will be aiming to bounce back and draw level in the series.
Victory for India would give them a decisive 2-0 lead with three games to go. ( Live Scorecard )
IND vs NZ, 2nd ODI Live: Rain spoiled team practice
Rain is likely to make its presence felt for the second straight time in the ongoing ODI series between New Zealand and India as weather points to a strong probability of showers in Wellington on Saturday. Ahead of the second match, the city witnessed persistent rain in the first half of Friday as teams were forced to abandon their planned training sessions, a report in Cricinfo stated. The training sessions were scheduled to take place at Basin Reserve instead of the match venue Hnry Stadium, but New Zealand moved their practice to an indoor facility, although India cancelled their training session.
As per Accuweather, there is a 60 per cent chance of precipitation on Saturday in Wellington. There is a 60 per cent chance of showers in the morning, while the precipitation probability reduces marginally to 55 per cent in the second half. The match is scheduled to begin at 3 PM local time, which is 7:30 AM IST. Going by hourly updates with local time, there is only 5 per cent and 8 per cent chance of precipitation at 12 noon and 1 PM local time, although the probability of rain increases to 49 per cent at 2 PM local, which is one hour before the start of the game. Weather interrupted the proceedings in the first ODI between the two sides in Auckland on Wednesday as India chased down a DLS reduced target of 143 in a rain-curtailed chase.
