India, Jan. 23 -- Arshdeep Singh had a difficult day with the ball in the second T20I against New Zealand and struggled to get into a consistent rhythm. The left-arm pacer did begin brightly, bowling a probing delivery that moved away from Devon Conway and beat the outside edge. That early promise, however, did not last long. Conway and his partner latched onto anything loose, and Arshdeep was taken for 18 runs in his first over, which is also the joint-most expensive first over by an Indian bowler in a T20I match. Earlier, Ireland's Paul Stirling scored as many against right-arm speedster Bhuvneshwar Kumar in Malahide in 2022.

From then on, he rarely found any breathing space as the New Zealand batters picked him off with ease. He was u...