India beat New Zealand by 4 wickets in the second T20I. Tilak Verma scored an unbeaten 51 runs off 26 balls, hitting 6 fours and a six
India beat New Zealand by 4 wickets, lead series 2-0: India beat New Zealand by 4 wickets in the second T20I on Saturday. India is leading the 5 match series 2-0 at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch.
India won the toss and opted to bowl first. New Zealand, batting first, scored 180 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs. Glenn Phillips and Jacobs scored half- centuries for the team. Phillips scored 70 runs off 43 balls and Jacob scored 58 runs off 46 balls. Tilak and Nitish Reddy’s unbeaten partnership saw India reach the target in 19.5 overs.
India made two changes, replacing injured Ishan Kishan with Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Prince Yadav came in place of Mayank Yadav. For New Zealand Jacob Duffy came in for Adam Milne.
Chasing a target of 181, India got off to a slow start. Sanju Samson dismissed in the fifth over for 14 runs off 17 balls. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi managed only 4 runs. Abhishek Sharma returned to the pavilion after scoring 27 runs off 21 balls. Captain Shreyas Iyer scored 7 runs off 11 balls. Axar Patel scored 11 runs off 9 balls. Naman Dheer was dismissed after playing a strong innings of 31 runs off 17 balls. Tilak Verma scored an unbeaten 51 runs off 26 balls, hitting 6 fours and a six. Nitish scored 26 runs off 13 balls. Mitchell Santner took 4 wickets for New Zealand while Arshdeep Singh took 2 wickets for India.
India has won both the opening matches of the 5 match T20 series by 4 wickets. With this it has taken an unassailable lead of 2-0 in the series.
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