India, Oct. 24 -- Tilak Varma and Nitish Reddy's unbeaten 30-ball 69 run seventh wicket partnership helped India pull a win back from the dead while chasing 181 for a 4-wicket win in the second T20I at Christchurch on Saturday.

It helped India take a 2-0 lead in the five-match series.

India were well behind the chase at 113/6 after 15 overs. That left them to get 68 runs in five overs with New Zealand having used up all their spin overs that dominated proceedings in the middle overs on a pitch where the ball wasn't really coming on to the bat. From that moment onwards, it was a match by itself. New Zealand pacers against India's finishers - Tilak Varma and Nitish Reddy.

Nitish made a push with some power, but he could only bring the eq...