beat New Zealand by six wickets in the second T20 to level the three-match series here on Sunday. (AP Image)
Opting to bat, New Zealand lost wickets at regular intervals to end with 99 for eight. (AP Image)
Yuzvendra Chahal was left licking his lips after the first ball of his opening spell. It was a ripper that pitched on leg stump before beating the outside edge of Finn Allen's bat. (AP Image)
New Zealand were soon reduced to 35 for three in seventh over when the dangerous Glenn Phillips missed a straight ball from Deepak Hooda in his attempt to reverse sweep the part time off-spinner. (AP Image)
Daryl Mitchell got a beauty from Kuldeep that came back in sharply to shatter the stumps. (AP Image)
Arshdeep Singh did well to take wickets in his two tough overs and conceded only eight runs. (AP Image)
It should have been a straight-forward run chase but the top-order comprising Ishan Kishan (19 off 32), Shubman Gill (11 off 9) and Rahul Tripathi (13 off 18) had a tough time again in spin-friendly conditions. (AP Image)
The Indians felt the pressure and that was evident with the run out of Washington Sundar, who sacrificed his wicket to ensure Surya's stay in the middle. (AP Image)
In the end, Hardik Pandya (15 not out off 20) and Suryakumar Yadav (26 not out off 31) took the team over the line with a ball to spare and six wickets in hand. (AP Image)