India vs New Zealand, 2nd T20I Highlights: India edge New Zealand by 6 wickets in a low-scoring thriller, level series 1-1 | Cricket News

NEW DELHI: Suryakumar Yadav (26 not out) and Hardik Pandya (15 not disqualified) had to use all his experience to help India overtake New Zealand with six goals in a final thriller at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on Sunday. The duo kept their spirits up in the low-scoring thriller as India leveled at 1-1 for a three-match series with a crunch victory at the Twenty20 International for the second time.
Chasing a small goal of 100, India was left to score the last six points to win the game, the game turned into three on two balls. Then, Suryakumar hit the penultimate ball past the central midfielder to score his only goal of the chase and send the home team home with a spare ball.
As it happened: India vs New Zealand, 2nd T20I
Those were unusual hits from both Suryakumar (26* of 31 balls) and Hardik (15* of 20) as they won 31 runs for the fifth wicket. Both hit only four in each of their turns.
The match looked like it was over for the visitors at halftime, as Indian pitchers restricted them to a meager 99 to 8 in 20 rounds, the lowest total score from ​Their so far against the home team in the T20Is. But the Kiwis spinners brought the match to the final with some tight bowling, much like what the Indian spinners did in the first inning.
Indian spinners revel in the spin. The trio of Yuzvendra ChahalWashington Sundar and Kuldeep Yadav have impressed on a surface that helps limit a self-destructive New Zealand to 99 for eight.

It should have been a straight forward chase but the top order included Ishan kishan (19 out of 32), Shubman Gill (11 out of 9) and Rahul Tripathi (13 out of 18) struggled again in spin-friendly conditions. In the end, Hardik and Suryakumar pushed the team over the line.
With the likes of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli not playing in T20 since last year’s World Cup, the opportunity has been given to younger players who are yet to be counted.
Kishan has been on fire since hitting his $200 figure in Bangladesh while Gill has been unable to continue his brilliant ODI form into the T20s. The stylish right-hander fell while trying to pull the top in the second game in a row but was taken aback by the number of spins.
Tripathi, who will play in third place in Kohli’s absence, was unable to attack the New Zealand spinners.

The Indians felt the pressure and it was evident when Washington Sundar ran out, who sacrificed his racket to ensure Surya stayed in the middle.
As asking rate is never an issue, India can afford to stutter during the chase.
Four after 45 balls, coming from Hardik’s bat in the 19th round, released a lot of pressure before the captain finished with Surya, who hit the decisive four.
Back then, Hardik decided to use spinners from both ends in the power game after opening bowling himself.
Kuldeep (January 17) and Chahal (1/4) wrist cams, playing together in T20 after a while, mined heavily from the surface of Lucknow while Washington’s finger cams (January 17) created another neat spell.
Chahal licked his lips after the first ball of the opening act. It was a tiller that had been thrown at a stump before hitting the outside edge of Finn Allen’s cane. The opener damaged two balls later when trying to reverse the ball with the ball hitting his back foot before hitting a tree stump.
Devon Conway was also in reverse when the ball hit his glove on the way to goalkeeper Ishan Kishan.
New Zealand were quickly dropped to 35 with a third in the seventh inning when dangerous player Glenn Phillips missed a straight ball from Deepak Hooda in his reverse attempt to sweep the gyro out of time.
Daryl Mitchell has a beauty from Kuldeep that comes back sharp to smash stumps.
New Zealand hit the ball deep but none of their hitters were able to apply themselves on the test court.
Pacer Arshdeep Singh, who recently made too many bowling mistakes, and Shivam Mavi, used only in death matches.
Arshdeep did a great job catching the ball in his tough two innings and conceding just eight times. Hardik finished with one to 25 in four passes.
The deciding match of the series will be played in Ahmedabad on Wednesday.
(With input from PTI)