Gurnoor Brar’s career-best 4/30 bowls New Zealand out for 134

Update, Sat 7 Nov 2026, 5:17 PM IST:

India beat New Zealand by four runs under the Duckworth/Lewis method after rain ended play in the second ODI in Wellington, and lead the five-match series 2-0. India were 113/7 in 26 overs, four runs ahead of the DLS par score of 109, when the players went off.

Chasing 135, India slid to 47/4, with Shubman Gill out for a golden duck, Rohit Sharma making 23 and Virat Kohli 7. Shreyas Iyer made 30 off 46 balls and KL Rahul was unbeaten on 26 off 38, while Jacob Duffy and Kyle Jamieson took three wickets each. NZ Herald reports that New Zealand were three wickets away from victory when the rain came.

Gill said the pitch was challenging and that India lost two more wickets than the team would have liked, but he was happy with the win. He also said Gurnoor Brar, who took 3/44 in the series opener, would become more consistent with more international exposure.

The third ODI is on Tuesday, 10 November at 7:30 AM IST in Hamilton. The fourth and fifth follow on 13 and 15 November in Mount Maunganui.

Update: this story was written while the match was in play. Result: India won by 4 runs (DLS method). Full scorecard: New Zealand vs India.

Gurnoor Brar took career-best figures of 4/30 in 10 overs as India bowled New Zealand out for 134 in 40.6 overs in the second ODI at the Hnry Stadium in Wellington on Saturday, 7 November. India were left needing 135 to go 2-0 up in the five-match series.

Brar’s wickets were Tom Latham, Glenn Phillips and the New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner. Tribune India reports the figures are the second-best by an Indian pacer in New Zealand.

How the innings unfolded

The match had been cut to 47 overs a side after a rain delay and a wet outfield. India captain Shubman Gill won the toss and chose to bowl first.

Axar Patel finished with 2 for 28 and Auqib Nabi took 2/31. Anshul Kamboj ended the innings by bowling Blair Tickner for two. Daryl Mitchell top-scored for New Zealand with 55 but found little support at the other end.

Brar’s series

Brar leads the wicket-taking charts in the series with seven wickets at an average of 10.57. Former West Indies pacer Ian Bishop praised India’s bowling and stressed the need to back young fast bowlers such as Brar.