The second ODI between New Zealand and India in Hamilton was abandoned due to rain. At one point the game was stopped in 4.5 overs due to rain.
During this, when the rain stopped, India’s star batsman Surya Kumar Yadav was seen drying the ground along with the ground staff. He got information about the ground from the ground staff.
It was raining intermittently during the match. Due to this the first match was reduced to 29-29 overs. Later, when it started raining again, the match was called off. It started raining when 4.5 overs were played.
Meanwhile, as soon as the rain stopped, the staff present on the ground reached to dry the field. Suryakumar was also seen with him. The video of its incident went viral. In this, Suryakumar can be seen asking questions to the ground staff.
WATCH: Suryakumar with ground staff
Suryakumar seen on the field with the ground staff –
In the match being played in Hamilton, New Zealand captain Kane Williamson won the toss and decided to bowl first. Batting first, India scored 22 runs in 4.5 overs. Shubman Gill was unbeaten on 19 runs and Shikhar Dhawan scored 2 runs.
In the second ODI, India have included Deepak Hooda and Deepak Chahar in the playing XI. At the same time, Sanju Samson and Shardul Thakur have been dropped from the team. New Zealand have included Michael Bracewell in place of Adam Milne.
India is 1-0 behind in the series –
In the three ODI series, New Zealand defeated India by 7 wickets in the match played in Auckland. With this, the Kiwi team is leading 1-0 in the series.
The second ODI is going to be do or die for India, if India wants to return to the series, it will have to win the second ODI at any cost. However, the second ODI was abandoned due to rain.