{"id":79195,"date":"2020-01-26T16:48:57","date_gmt":"2020-01-26T11:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=79195"},"modified":"2020-09-23T11:58:41","modified_gmt":"2020-09-23T06:28:41","slug":"brilliant-kl-rahul-powers-india-to-seven-wicket-win-against-new-zealand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/india-news\/brilliant-kl-rahul-powers-india-to-seven-wicket-win-against-new-zealand\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Brilliant&#8217; KL Rahul powers India to seven wicket win against New Zealand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KL Rahul displayed an exemplary batting performance as India beat New Zealand by seven wickets in the second T20 International to take a 2-0 lead in the five-match series.<\/p>\n<p>KL Rahul put on 86 runs for the second wicket with Shreyas Iyer after India lost Rohit Sharma and skipper Virat Kohli early in the chase.<\/p>\n<p>Rahul remained unbeaten on 57 runs off 50 balls on a slow track and finished off the match with all-rounder Shivam Dube(8).<\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO READ |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/ajit-agarkar-applies-for-national-selectors-post\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ajit Agarkar applies for national selector\u2019s post, a front-runner to replace MSK Prasad<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Indian bowlers brought out a spirited performance and restricted the Kiwis to 132\/5 in 20 overs.<\/p>\n<p>Indian bowlers, led by Ravindra Jadeja, made life difficult for the hosts after New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson won the toss and elected to bat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO READ |&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/former-ipl-boss-rajeev-shukla-backs-virat-kohlis-concern\/\">Former IPL boss Rajeev Shukla backs Virat Kohli\u2019s concern on tight cricket schedule<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While Jadeja picked up two wickets for 18, Jasprit Bumrah (1\/21), Shardul Thakur (1\/21) and Shivam Dube (1\/16) claimed one each at the Eden park.<\/p>\n<p>India were comprehensive in their victory as they won the tie with 15 balls to spare.<\/p>\n<p>India will take on New Zealand in the third T20I on <a href=\"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/india-tour-of-new-zealand-full-schedule-of-five-t20is\/\">January 29 at&nbsp;Seddon Park, Hamilton.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KL Rahul displayed an exemplary batting performance as India beat New Zealand by seven wickets in the second T20 International to take a 2-0 lead in the five-match series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":79197,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1497,6],"tags":[88357,87892,87700,3368,88358,2024],"yst_prominent_words":[],"ppma_author":[140543],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2020\/01\/26164653\/KL-rahul.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":140543,"user_id":4,"is_guest":0,"slug":"apnnewsdesk","display_name":"APN Live","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/478eacb893eda88aa6ed8d99b005bf58?s=96&r=g"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79195"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79195\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79195"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=79195"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=79195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- html is corrupted -->