Late India Charge Seals Thrilling Second T20 Win over New Zealand
Tilak Varma and Nitish Kumar Reddy shared an unbeaten 69-run stand as India recovered from 70-5 and chased 181 with a ball to spare.
- On Saturday, October 24, 2026, India secured a four-wicket victory over New Zealand at Hagley Oval in Christchurch, taking a 2-0 lead in the five-match series.
- New Zealand recovered from a shaky 41/3 start to post 180/5, powered by Glenn Phillips' 70 and Bevon Jacobs' 58 in a 116-run fourth-wicket partnership.
- Facing a target of 181, India collapsed to 112/6 as New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner's 4/21 spell dismantled the middle order through the crucial overs.
- Player-of-the-Match Tilak Varma struck an unbeaten 51 off 26 balls while Nitish Kumar Reddy added 26 off 13, stitching a 69-run seventh-wicket stand to seal victory.
- With this win, India leads 2-0 and reached a historic milestone: becoming only the second team after Pakistan to play 300 T20 internationals.
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CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — Tilak Varma made an unbeaten 51 from 26 balls to guide India to a four-wicket win over New Zealand with only one delivery to spare Saturday in the second Twenty20 cricket international. India took a 2-0 lead in the five-match series. It won the opener by four wickets with two
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India's middle-order batter Tilak Varma hammered a half-century off 25 balls as India chased down a target of 181 with a ball to spare, taking a 2-0 lead in the five-match Twenty20 series with New Zealand on Saturday.
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