Christchurch | Tilak Varma smacked 51 not out as India beat New Zealand by four wickets in the second T20I to take a 2-0 lead in the five-match series here on Saturday.
Chasing 180, India slipped to 112 for six in the 15th over but Tilak turned the tables on New Zealand, scoring 51 not out off 26 balls with six fours and a six.
Nitish Kumar Reddy made a valuable 26 not out and hit the winning runs.
Mitchell Santner took 4/21 for the Kiwis.
Earlier, Arshdeep Singh (2/33) took two wickets but Glenn Phillips (70) and Bevon Jacobs (56) powered New Zealand to 180/5.
Scoreboard: India vs New Zealand 2nd T20I
India's innings:
Sanju Samson c Phillips b Duffy 14
Abhishek Sharma c Smith b Santner 27
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi c Mitchell b Smith 4 Shreyas Iyer b Santner 7
Axar Patel c Mitchell b Santner 11
Tilak Varma not out 51
Naman Dhir c Phillips b Santner 31
Nitish Kumar Reddy not out 26
Extras: 10 (lb-2, nb-3, w-5)
Total: 181/6 in 19.5 overs
Fall of wickets: 1-40, 2-44, 3-56, 4-69, 5-70, 6-112
Bowling: Matt Henry 2-1-11-0, Jacob Duffy 3.5-0-41-1, Lockie Ferguson 3-0-37-0, Michael Bracewell 4-0-35-0, Nathan Smith 3-0-34-1, Mitchell Santner 4-0-21-4.
