India Become First Team to Claim 200 Wins in Men's T20 Internationals

Key facts

• India became the first team to register 200 victories in men's T20 Internationals after defeating New Zealand by four wickets in the second T20I of the five-game series at Hagley Oval, Christchurch, taking a 2-0 lead.
• Chasing 181, India recovered from 70 for five to reach 181 for six, with Tilak Varma (47 not out) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (26 off 13 balls) sharing an unbeaten 69-run seventh-wicket partnership and completing the chase off the penultimate ball.
• India have won 200 of their 300 T20Is since debuting in the format in 2006, losing 83, and boast a 71.20 per cent winning percentage among Full Member nations.
• The 69-run stand surpassed India's previous seventh-wicket T20I record of 63 runs by Dinesh Karthik and Krunal Pandya against New Zealand in 2019.
• New Zealand posted 180 for five after being asked to bat, recovering from 41 for three through a 116-run partnership between Glenn Phillips (70 off 43) and Bevon Jacobs (58 off 46).
• Arshdeep Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Prince Yadav took early wickets for India, dismissing Tim Seifert, Daryl Mitchell and Finn Allen respectively.
• In India's chase, Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma added 40 for the opening wicket, but a New Zealand fightback led by Mitchell Santner left India in serious trouble before Varma and Reddy sealed the win.
• The teams will next meet in the third T20I in Wellington on October 27.