India, Oct. 25 -- Tilak Varma produced a stunning unbeaten 51 off just 26 balls to script India's remarkable four-wicket victory over New Zealand in the second T20 International on Saturday, guiding the visitors home with one ball to spare after they slumped to 70 for five.

Tilak found an able ally in Nitish Kumar Reddy, who smashed an unbeaten 26 off 13 deliveries, as the duo launched a blistering counterattack to overhaul the 181-run target. Their unbroken seventh-wicket partnership turned the contest on its head, taking India to 181 for six in 19.5 overs. Tilak struck six fours and a six in his match-defining knock, bringing up his half-century off 25 balls. Reddy provided the perfect support, hitting a four and a six as the pair stit...