LUCKNOW
\nSuryak\u00adumar Yadav hit an unbe\u00adaten 26 as India edged out New Zealand by six wickets in a low-scoring and tense second Twenty20 international, to level the series at 1-1 on Sunday.
\nIndia restricted New Zealand, who won the opener of the three-match series, to 99-8 with Yuzv\u00adendra Chahal leading the spin charge on a slow and turning pitch in Lucknow.
\nIndia then lost regular wickets as the Kiwi bowlers took it into the final over but Suryakumar, along with Hardik Pandya, anchored the tricky run chase to achieve the target with one ball to spare.
\nThe match witnessed 30 overs of spin without a six being hit in either innings.
\nThe series moves on to the decider in Ahmedabad on Wednesday.
\nChahal, a leg-spinner who came in as the only change in the team from the opening loss, bowled the fourth over of the innings and started with a wicket maiden.
\nHe bowled just two overs for four runs and a wicket but it set the tone for his fellow bowlers, with left-arm quick Arshdeep Singh taking two.
\nNew Zealand opener Finn Allen attempted to take on the Indian bowling with two straight boundaries in the third over after they elected to bat first, but was bowled by Chahal as he tried a reverse sweep.
\nThe reverse sweep also proved to be the undoing of the next two batsmen, with Devon Conway cau\u00adght beh\u00adind off Washington Sundar and then Glenn Phillips bowled by Deepak Hooda.
\nNew Zealand were in trouble when previous-ma\u00adt\u00adch hero Daryl Mitchell was bowled by left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yad\u00adav, and slipped to 62-5 after a mid-pitch mix-up got Mark Chapman run out for 14.
\nWickets kept tumbling and Arshdeep struck twice in one over to get into the New Zealand tail.
\nSkipper Mitchell San\u00adtner made an unbeaten 19 but could not help New Zealand avoid their lowest T20 score against India.
\nIn reply, India lost Shub\u00adman Gill after the opener hit two boundaries but fell to Michael Bracewell\u2019s off spin. He made 11.
\nIshan Kishan was run out for 19 and the hosts looked in trouble when leg-spinner Ish Sodhi took down Rahul Tripathi for 13.
\nSuryakumar, a T20 sensation, stood firm and des\u00adpite losing Washington Sun\u00addar to a run out steered the team home as he put on an unbeaten stand of 31 with Pandya, 15 not out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
LUCKNOW Suryak\u00adumar Yadav hit an unbe\u00adaten 26 as India edged out New Zealand by six wickets in a low-scoring and tense second Twenty20 international, to level the series at 1-1 on Sunday. India restricted New Zealand, who won the opener of the three-match series, to 99-8 with Yuzv\u00adendra Chahal leading the spin charge on a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":310794,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-310766","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"\n