Colin Munro scorched his way to a 54-ball hundred - his second in T20Is this year - to break India and force the series into a decider in Thiruvananthapuram. He made excellent use of four chances and launched the score to 196 for 2, after New Zealand had opted to bat. Virat Kohli made a vintage 65 in the chase, but the rapidly rising scoreboard pressure was too much.
If New Zealand's fielding collapsed spectacularly in Delhi, India's did in Rajkot. When Munro was on 36, Bhuvneshwar Kumar dropped a difficult catch at the edge of the boundary. Shreyas Iyer then dropped a much simpler catch at long-on and parried the ball over the boundary to reprieve Munro on 45. Rohit Sharma then let him off with a wayward throw on 52. Munro's last life featured a dropped catch from Yuzvendra Chahal, one of India's best outfielders. He was on 79 at that point.
Munro's batting is founded on a simple strategy: stay leg side of the ball and belt it. An easy-paced hit-through-the-line Rajkot pitch was right up his alley. He crunched seven sixes - all in the arc between deep midwicket and long-on. The carnage began when he welcomed Mohammed Siraj into international cricket with a punched four to the backward point boundary. Siraj then switched to slower offcutters, but Munro waited for those and carted a brace of sixes. By then New Zealand had passed their first fifty opening stand in the limited-overs tour of India.
At the other end, Martin Guptill played a Jekyll-and-Hyde innings. He laboured to 14 off 22 balls against pace and hit 31 off 19 balls against spin. Jasprit Bumrah and Bhuvneshwar had shackled him with seam movement and bounce, but he broke free against Chahal, who erred too full. Guptill planted his front foot and took the legspinner for three successive boundaries in his first over, including a signature loft that sailed towards the sightscreen. Chahal, however, recovered to best Guptill for 45 with a front-of-the-hand flipper. Three overs later, Siraj had Kane Williamson holing out to deep square leg for 12.
But, there was no stopping Munro though India had six bowlers. Axar Patel and Hardik Pandya were also lined up and sent over the boundary. Munro reached his first fifty off just 26 balls - after Iyer's drop - and brought up his second off 28 balls. This meant he joined Brendon McCullum - his former captain and someone he still seeks out for advice - in an elite company of batsmen with two T20I tons. Tom Bruce played an eye-catching scoop in his 12-ball 18 not out and Munro matched it with a scoop of his own to cap the innings.ind vs nz, colin munro century, 2nd t20, virat kohli, india, india vs new zealand, new zealand, india vs new zealand 2nd t20, ind vs nz 2nd t20, munro, 109, vs, highlights, colin munro hundred, 2017, mohammed siraj his debut, india vs nz, full match, stream india vs new zealand, full highlights, highlights india vs new zealand t-20, india vs new zealand 2nd t-20 highlights, century, dhoni, colin munro, india won series, new zealand score 196, new zealand to 196/2, colin munro's ton, stadium, new zealand inning highlights, 1-0, international matches, international, t20, 2nd, sports, victory, runs, wickets virat kohli, 2nd t20, india vs new zealand, ind vs nz 2nd t20, india vs new zealand 2nd t20 highlights, ind vs nz 2nd t20 highlights, ind vs nz, ind vs nz 2nd t20 full highlights, highlights, new zealand won by 40 runs, vs, india, new zealand, india vs nz, ind vs nz t20, dhoni, ms dhoni, ind nz 2nd t20 highlights, what the sports, sport, md siraj, india vs nz 2nd t20 live streaming, ind vs nz 2nd t20 2017, ind vs nz second t20 rajkot, ind nz t20 live, live streaming ind nz t20, ind nz 2nd t20 live, ind nz 2nd t20, ms dhoni fit, md siraj india team, kohli on dhoni, ms dhoni kohli, ms dhoni in rajkot, ind nz t20 rajkot, 2nd t20 india nz 2017, ms dhoni sixes vs nz, ms dhoni sixes, ms dhoni six, ms dhoni 49 in 37 ball, ms dhoni in 2nd t20 india vs new zealand, ind vs nz, cricket news, 2017, 2nd t20, virat kohli, india match, india score, cricket highlights, live cricket, ind vs nz match highlights, match, news, sport news, cricket score, live score, india cricket, highlights, sport, live stream, cricket match, live commentary, live cricket stream, cricket, india, indian team, sports news reviews, match result, india result, india win, nz vs ind, ind, india cricket match, ind vs nz score, t20, ind vs nz 2nd t20, india vs new zealand 2nd t20 highlights, hindi news, cricket news in hindi, india vs new zealand t20 highlights cricket match, match, news, sport news, cricket score, t20 series 2017, cricket superfans, india 11 players vs new zealand 2nd t20, india 11 players in 2nd t20, india vs new zealand 2nd t20 playing xi, ind vs nz 2nd t20 playing 11, india vs new zealand 2nd t20 playing 11, ind vs nz 2nd t20 2017 playing 11, india vs new zealand 2nd t20 match 2017 playing 11, live score, india vs new zealand 2nd t20 match 2017, india team, india 11 players
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