A clinical India beat New Zealand by seven wickets in the second T20 International (T20I) on Friday. With this victory, India are now back on level terms at 1-1 in the three-match series. Krunal Pandya’s three-for and skipper Rohit Sharma’s blistering fifty spurred the men in blue to a convincing win at the Eden Park, Auckland. AdvertisingThe chase was set up by skipper Rohit Sharma (50 off 29 balls) in company of Shikhar Dhawan (30, 31 balls) with a 79-run stand. Pant displayed brute force scoring a quickfire 40 as the calm head in MS Dhoni guided India past the finishing line.

Source: Indian Express February 08, 2019 09:40 UTC