3 major reasons for India's victory in the second T20I against New Zealand

After being humiliated in the first T20I of the series, India responded with a near perfect performance in the second T20 as they came roaring back in the series.

Kane Williamson won the toss and put India to bat. New Zealand did not have a very good start as the Indian bowlers took early wickets due to which the Kiwi batsmen could not score freely.

It was Colin De Grandhomme who came to their rescue and scored a quick fire half century, pulling his team out of trouble. Indian bowlers though, took wickets in the end and did not allow the Kiwi players to finish strong. Krunal and Khaleel did most of the damage for India as they picked five wickets among them.

India’s chase started with a bang. Rohit Sharma took the Indian innings off to a great start with Shikhar Dhawan playing second fiddle to him. It was then Rishabh Pant and MS Dhoni who took care of the remaining runs and took India home without any hiccups.

Krunal Pandya received the Man of the Match for his excellent bowling performance.

Let us have a look at some of the reasons for India's victory:

1) A captain’s knock at the top by Rohit Sharma

Chasing any total in a T20 game requires a good start. Rohit Sharma did exactly that and laid an excellent foundation for India to win.

Rohit started by smashing the second ball of the innings to the boundary. From there, it was no looking back for him. He smashed four sixes in his knock and became the leading run-getter in the format.

He provided the much needed momentum at the top after failing to do the same in some of the previous matches. He completed his half century in just 28 balls. This was indeed a captain’s knock and made the match much easier for the middle order batsmen before he was held out in deep off the bowling of Ish Sodhi.