India, Oct. 24 -- India needed 68 runs in their last five overs to win the second T20I against New Zealand at Christchurch's Hagley Oval on Saturday. The catch was that they were already six wickets down. But Tilak Varma and Nitish Reddy stitched together an unbeaten 69-run partnership and ensured that India registered their 200th T20I victory in their 300th match (206 wins if tied games clinched via tie-breaker are added). of Varma's 51 off 26 and Reddy's 26 off 13, India crossed the line with one ball to spare.

Nearly 20 years ago, another T20I ended with India finishing in 19.5 overs. There have been many games in between that finished at exactly the same mark. Then what was so special about that evening in Johannesburg?

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