India, Oct. 24 -- Tilak Varma continues to flourish in the finisher's role for India. He scored an unbeaten half-century to rescue the team from a difficult situation and help seal a four-wicket win in the second T20I against New Zealand at Christchurch. The left-handed batter remained unbeaten on 51 off 26 balls as India recovered from a batting collapse that left them at 70/5. They chased down the 181-run target with a ball to spare.

Tilak was batting on 17 off 13 balls before switching gears in the 18th over by hitting two boundaries. He then attacked Nathan Smith in the penultimate over, smashing 18 runs to ease the pressure on India. That left them needing 11 off the final six balls, a target they reached comfortably.

The 23-year-o...