Tilak and Reddy Guide India to 4-Wicket Win over New Zealand with 1 Ball Left in 2nd Cricket T20
Tilak Varma’s unbeaten 51 and Nitish Kumar Reddy’s 26 sealed a 69-run stand as India chased 181 with one ball to spare.
- On Saturday, October 24, 2026, India secured a four-wicket victory over New Zealand at Hagley Oval in Christchurch, chasing 181 runs with one ball remaining. Tilak Varma's unbeaten 51 and Nitish Kumar Reddy's 26 sealed a 2-0 series lead.
- After an early top-order collapse at 41/3, New Zealand recovered through a 116-run fourth-wicket partnership between Glenn Phillips and Bevon Jacobs. Phillips scored 70 off 43 balls, while Jacobs contributed 58 off 46 to post 180/5.
- Mitchell Santner's 4/21 spell devastated India's middle order, reducing the visitors to 112/6 by the 15th over. Santner's destructive bowling nearly secured victory for the hosts before the late-order rally.
- Tilak Varma and Nitish Kumar Reddy orchestrated an unbeaten 69-run seventh-wicket stand off 30 balls to overturn the match. Varma's aggressive 51 off 26 balls and Reddy's composed 26 off 13 secured India's dramatic one-ball victory.
- India can seal the five-match series with a victory in Tuesday's third T20I at Wellington. Separately, left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh became India's highest T20I wicket-taker in 2026 with 38 scalps, surpassing Bhuvneshwar Kumar's 37-wicket record.
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Tilak Varma leads India fightback in four-wicket win over New Zealand
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.New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner's destructive spell (4-21) had left India shaken, with 68 runs needed from the last five overs. But Varma (51) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (26) targeted the pacers in the final three overs to secure …
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Tilak and Reddy guide India to 4-wicket win over New Zealand with 1 ball left in 2nd cricket T20
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...
Varma leads India fightback in four-wicket victory over New Zealand
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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