India vs New Zealand 2019, 2nd ODI: Player Ratings

After romping to an easy eight wickets win in the 1st ODI at Napier, the Men in Blue took on New Zealand in the 2nd ODI at Mount Maunganui.

India's skipper Virat Kohli won the toss and decided to bat first. The Indian batsmen justified Kohli's decision to bat first as they finished with a huge total of 324/4, courtesy of superb half-centuries from their openers and cameos by Dhoni and Jadhav in the end. For the Kiwis, leg-spinner Ish Sodhi was the most economical bowler as he ended up with a bowling spell of 10-0-43-0.

Chasing 325, the New Zealand batting line up once again crumbled against the quality spin bowling of Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal. They were all out for 234 runs in just 40.2 overs. Kuldeep Yadav was once again India's best bowler as he picked up four wickets for 45 runs in his 10 overs.

With the match done and dusted, let's see how the players from both sides fared in this one-sided encounter.

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India

Kuldeep Yadav picked up his second consecutive 4 wickets haul.

Rohit Sharma - 9/10

The Indian vice-captain is the top scorer in the game. Rohit scored 87 runs off 96 balls and added a century stand for the opening wicket with Shikhar Dhawan to give India a positive start.

Shikhar Dhawan - 8/10

Just like Rohit, Shikhar Dhawan also had a good match as he made his second consecutive half-century in the series. He scored 66 off 67 balls and looked good with the bat and played the new ball well.

Virat Kohli - 6/10

Kohli looked in good touch and was once again dismissed in the forties by a well-directed bouncer from Trent Boult.

Ambati Rayudu - 7/10

Rayudu played his first useful innings of 2019 as he chipped in with a good 47 runs knock off 49 balls and also took a well-judged catch of Colin de Grandhomme at the deep midwicket.

MS Dhoni - 8/10

Dhoni continued his superb batting form by scoring a quickfire unbeaten 48 runs from 33 balls. He also affected a brilliant stumping of Ross Taylor off the bowling of Kedar Jadhav.

Kedar Jadhav - 7/10

Kedar Jadhav chipped in with a quickfire 22 and along with MS Dhoni, provided the finishing touches to the Indian innings. Jadhav was also effective with the ball as he picked the key wicket of Ross Taylor.

Vijay Shankar - 2/10

The Tamil Nadu all-rounder did not have a good match as he was expensive with the ball and conceded 17 runs in his 2 overs and did not get a chance to bat.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar - 6.5/10

Bhuvneshwar Kumar picked up the crucial wicket of Martin Guptill with the new ball and then came back in the end to dismiss Bracewell. He conceded 42 runs in his seven overs.

Kuldeep Yadav - 10/10

For the second match running, Kuldeep Yadav was once again the best bowler on display as he ran through the Kiwi middle-order to end up with brilliant figures of 10-0-45-4.

Mohammed Shami - 6/10

Mohammed Shami was expensive with the ball and conceded 43 runs from his 6 overs. However, Shami picked up the big wicket of Kane Williamson. His impressive run continues.

Yuzvendra Chahal - 7.5/10

Chahal provided solid support to Kuldeep Yadav and finished the match with a good spell of 9.2-0-52-2. He also took a brilliant catch at the third-man region to dismiss Martin Guptill.

New Zealand

New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson being dismissed by Mohammed Shami.

Martin Guptill - 2/10

Guptill once again had a torrid time while batting as he led a charmed life. However, Guptill's luck finally ran out in the 5th over of New Zealand innings as Bhuvneshwar Kumar dismissed him for 15 runs.

Colin Munro - 4/10

The hard-hitting Colin Munro played an uncharacteristic innings of 31 runs from 41 balls and was trapped in front by Yuzvendra Chahal in the 15th over.

Kane Williamson - 4/10

Williamson came all guns blazing and smashed Mohammed Shami for 2 sixes and a four in a single over before dismissed by Shami in the same over for a quickfire 20 runs of 11 balls.

Ross Taylor - 5/10

The Kiwi veteran once again got off to a good start and scored 22 runs from 25 balls only to be undone by a brilliant piece of glove work from MS Dhoni.

Tom Latham - 5/10

One of the best players of spin in the New Zealand batting line-up, Tom Latham tried to rebuild the Kiwi innings and scored a quickfire 34 runs from 32 balls, before becoming one of the 4 victims of Kuldeep Yadav.

Henry Nicholls - 4/10

For the second match in succession, Henry Nicholls played a horrible shot to get himself out of the bowling Kuldeep Yadav after scoring 28 runs in 38 balls.

Colin de Grandhomme - 1/10

Just like Henry Nicholls, Colin de Grandhomme played a horrible shot to be dismissed for just three runs of Kuldeep Yadav. Grandhomme also did not have a good day with the ball as he conceded 62 runs from just 8 overs.

Doug Bracewell - 7/10

Doug Bracewell was the only New Zealand player to put some fight with the bat and scored his maiden half-century in the ODI format. However, Bracewell did not have a good match with the ball as he failed to pick up a single wicket and conceded 59 runs from his quota of 10 overs.

Ish Sodhi - 6/10

Replacing his spin colleague Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi was New Zealand's best bowler as he bowled an economical spell of 10-0-43-0.

Lockie Ferguson - 4/10

The right-arm quick had a match to forget as he was smashed for 81 runs in his 10 over by the Indian batsmen, which also included a 21-run thrashing in the final over of Indian innings by Kedar Jadhav and MS Dhoni.

Trent Boult - 6/10

Boult was the best New Zealand seamer on display as he conceded 61 runs from his 10 overs and managed to pick up the crucial wickets of Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli. While batting, Boult provided some entertainment to the crowd by smashing a four and a six of Bhuvneshwar Kumar.