India snatch a dramatic 4-wicket victory from the jaws of defeat against New Zealand

New Delhi: India has won the second match of the T20 series against New Zealand. Team India won by 4 wickets in the last over. Tilak Verma and Nitish Kumar Reddy were the heroes of the victory. India needed 68 runs to win in the last 5 overs and 6 wickets had fallen. New Zealand's bowlers were completely dominant but despite this, India won the match in the last over. Batting first, New Zealand scored 180 runs for 5 wickets. India has taken a 2-0 lead in the 5-match series.

Tilak Varma scored an unbeaten half-century

Tilak Verma was playing after the 17th over, scoring 17 runs off 13 balls. In the last over, he scored fifty off 24 balls. In the 19th over, he scored 18 runs against Nathan Smith by hitting three fours and a six. India needed 11 runs to win in the last over. India won the match on the 5th ball. Tilak scored 51 runs off 26 balls, hitting 6 fours and a six. Nitish Kumar Reddy played an innings of 26 runs off 13 balls. Nitish and Tilak made an unbeaten partnership of 69 runs off 30 balls.

Naman Dheer made a significant contribution

The Indian team had a bad start. Sanju Samson bowled a maiden over in the first over. He was out after scoring 14 runs off 17 balls. Vaibhav Suryavanshi scored 4 runs off 8 balls while Abhishek Sharma contributed 27 runs. Captain Shreyas Iyer (7) and Axar Patel (11) also failed. India lost 5 wickets for 70 runs in the 11th over. Naman Dheer then brought the team's innings back on track. He scored 31 runs off 17 balls with 3 sixes and a four. Mitchell Santner took 4 wickets for 21 runs for New Zealand.

New Zealand's strong batting after a poor start

New Zealand, who lost the toss and came to bat first, did not have a good start. Tim Seifert was sent to the pavilion by Arshdeep Singh on the score of just 7 runs. After this, Daryl Mitchell was out by giving it to Tilak Verma on the ball of Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Finn Allen was clean bowled by Prince Yadav on a brilliant ball and he could only score 16 runs. Glenn Phillips and Bevan Jacobs once again took charge of New Zealand's innings which was looking difficult after losing 3 wickets on the score of 41. Together they made a brilliant partnership of 116 runs in 76 balls for the fourth wicket.

Jacobs played a powerful innings of 58 runs, facing 46 balls. During this innings, he hit 5 fours and a six. Meanwhile, Glenn Phillips batted brilliantly, scoring 70 runs in just 43 balls. Phillips hit 4 fours and 4 sixes in his innings. Mitchell Santner remained unbeaten on 4, and Michael Bracewell remained unbeaten on 10 runs off 2 balls.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar conceded 50 runs in his spell

Bhuvneshwar Kumar was once again very expensive for India , taking just one wicket for 50 runs in his four overs. Arshdeep Singh was the most successful bowler, taking two wickets for 33 runs. Axar Patel was the most economical bowler, conceding just 28 runs in his four overs. Nitish Kumar Reddy and Prince Yadav each took one wicket.