India square series 1-1 at Eden Park with a comfortable seven-wicket win against Black Caps

[caption id=“attachment_6053291” align=“alignnone” width=“940”]  MS Dhoni, Rishabh Pant walk off after steering India to seven-wicket win in the second T20I to square the series 1-1 with one match remaining to play. AP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_6053261” align=“alignnone” width=“940”] Krunal Pandya collected the Player of the Match for his performance with the ball, where he claimed wickets of Colin Munro, Kane Williamson and Daryll Mitchell. The three top-order wickets pushed New Zealand on the backfoot early in their innings. AP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_6053251” align=“alignnone” width=“940”] New Zealand’s Colin de Grandhomme counter-attacked against the Indian bowlers, smashing his maiden T20I half-century before he was dismissed by Hardik Pandya. AP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_6053271” align=“alignnone” width=“940”] Shikhar Dhawan played second fiddle to Rohit Sharma laying solid foundation of 79 runs for the first wicket. Dhawan departed for 30. AP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_6053281” align=“alignnone” width=“940”] Bhuvneshwar Kumar got rid of the dangerous Kiwi opener Tim Seifert in the third over, providing India with an early breakthrough. AP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_6053301” align=“alignnone” width=“940”] India skipper Rohit Sharma struck a rapid half-century to put the tourists in driver’s seat. Rohit overtook Martin Guptill as the leading run scorer in T20Is. AP[/caption]