Kathmandu. India has won by 4 wickets in the second T20 match against New Zealand.
India completed the target of 181 runs given by New Zealand at Hagley Oval in Christchurch by losing 6 wickets in 19.5 overs. India won with one ball to spare.
Tilak Verma played a half-century innings for India, scoring 51 runs off 26 balls. Similarly, Naman Dhir scored 31 runs off 17 balls and Abhishek Sharma scored 27 runs off 21 balls.
New Zealand’s Mitchell Santner took 4 wickets for 21 runs in 4 overs but could not win the team.
New Zealand, who lost the toss and batted first, scored 180 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in the allotted 20 overs. For him, Glenn Phillips scored 70 runs off 43 balls and Bevan Jacobs added 58 runs off 46 balls. Finn Allan scored 16 off 14 balls.
India’s Arshdeep Singh took 2 wickets. With this win, India has taken a 2-0 lead in the five-match T20I series.