Christchurch, Oct. 24 -- A 69-run stand between Tilak Varma and Nitish Kumar Reddy helped India out of a massive middle-overs wobble, winning the second T20I for India by four wickets in a last ball thriller at Christchurch on Saturday.

While chasing 181 set by New Zealand, the world champions collapsed from 40/0 to 112/6, with Mitchell Santner's four-fer causing havoc in the middle overs. The hope was reinstated by a quickfire 31 in 17 balls (with a four and three sixes) by Naman Dhir, and it was Tilak (51* in 26 balls, with six fours and a six) and Nitish (26* in 13 balls, with a four and a six) who took India to victory with a ball left. India is 2-0 up in the five-match series.

During the chase of 181 runs, the Indian opening pair o...