Black Caps beaten again by India in Christchurch
The Black Caps have lost the second T20 against India by four wickets with one ball to spare in Christchurch.
The home side reached 180- 5 with Glenn Phillips 70 from 43 again top-scorere and Bevon Jacobs 58 from 47 balls in a 116 partnership.
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The opening pair of Tim Seifert and Finn Allen made seven and 16 respectively while Daryl Mitchell added six, whiel captain Mitchell Santner was six not out and Michael Bracewell 10 nout out.
However India put on another classy chase reaching 181-6 despite Santner taking 4-21 from his four overs.
But Jacob Duffy and Nathan Smith struggled to contain the Indian batters in the final two overs going for 11 and 18 runs respectively.
Tilak Varma top-scored for the visitors with 51 not out while Naman Dhir made 31 and Nitsh Kumar Reddy took the side home after earlier being 70-5 and 112-6 and then needed 29 from the last two overs.
Santner lammented a few misses in the field at Hagley Oval.
"From a skills perspective we're playing some very good cricket it's just some small moments and if you seize those moments we could have been two nil up instead of India."
Game three is Tuesday in Wellington.
