Relive 1 NEWS NOW's live coverage of tonight's second Twenty 20 match between the Black Caps and India at Eden Park in Auckland.
10:17pm: IND 162/3 - 18.5 overs - Pant 40, Dhoni 20
Pant finishes the match in style with a four, India have beaten New Zealand by seven wickets and have levelled the T20 series 1-1.
10:13pm: IND 156/3 - 18 overs - Pant 35, Dhoni 19
India need just three runs from 12 balls to win this T20.
10:07pm: IND 144/3 - 16.4 overs - Pant 33, Dhoni 9
SIX! Tim Southee bowls to Pant and smashes Southee's delivery over deep midwicket.
10:04pm: IND 135/3 - 16 overs - Pant 27, Dhoni 8
India need just 24-runs from 24 balls with seven wickets in hand. Ish Sodhi is done for the night after bowling out his four overs.
10:02pm: IND 132/3 - 15.2 overs - Pant 25, Dhoni 7
NOT OUT! A missed opportunity for New Zealand, Sodhi bowls to Pant and he's hit it skyward to short third man. The ball slips straight between Ross Taylor's hands.
10:00pm: IND 129/3 - 15 overs - Pant 23, Dhoni 6
MS Dhoni scores six in that over from Tim Southee, even when he scores a single the crowd goes nuts. A great atmosphere here in Eden Park. Ish Sodhi comes back into New Zealand's bowling attack.
9:55pm: IND 118/3 - 13.4 overs - Pant 18, Shankhar 14
WICKET! Daryl Mitchell dismisses Vijay Shankar, it is the slower ball which gets him. Mitchell's delivery is short of length outside off, Shankar goes for the pull shot. And he hits it straight to Tim Southee at deep midwicket. MS Dhoni makes his way to the crease and the crowd is going off!
9:50pm: IND 107/2 - 13.1 overs - Pant 13, Shankhar 8
Daryl Mitchell enters New Zealand's bowling attack for the first time of the match, his first ball is dispatched for four with Pant smashing his delivery over the third man boundary.
9:44pm: IND 97/2 - 12 overs - Pant 11, Shankhar 1
Another good over for India as they secure nine runs off Ish Sodhi, India are still in control of this match. Scott Kuggeleijn comes back into New Zealand's bowling attack.
9:38pm: IND 88/2 - 11 overs - Pant 3, Dhawan 30
OUT! Lockie Ferguson has got him! This time it is a bouncer that gets Shikhar Dhawan, he didn't see it coming as he edges it straight into the hands of Colin de Grandhomme at short fine leg. Some excellent bowling from the Kiwi quick.
9:34pm: IND 82/1 - 10 overs - Pant 1, Dhawan 28
Halfway through the innings for India with the bat, you've got to say the visitors are well in control. India need just 77 runs with 10 overs and nine wickets in hand to take out this match and level the series. Lockie Ferguson is back into New Zealand's bowling attack.
9:29pm: IND 79/1 - 9.2 overs - Sharma 50, Dhawan 26
WICKET! Ish Sodhi bowls to Sharma, his delivery is a length ball around off. Rohit Sharma goes for a pull shot and he has mistimed it, he has no power behind it and the ball lands straight into the hands of Tim Southee at deep midwicket.
9:26pm: IND 77/0 - 9 overs - Sharma 50, Dhawan 26
FIFTY! Rohit Sharma leads the way for his side! Santner bowls to Rohit Sharma and he charges down the track and hits the ball straight back over Santner's head for a six.
9:23pm: IND 66/0 - 8 overs - Sharma 42, Dhawan 23
New Zealand are on the back foot here with India needing just 93-runs with 72 balls and 10 wickets remaining.
9:15pm: IND 50/0 - 6 overs - Sharma 31, Dhawan 18
FIFTY PARTNERSHIP! Rohit Sharma and Dhawan bring up their fifty partnership and bring up India's 50 for the match. New Zealand look to bring some spin into the game with Mitchell Santner set to bowl his first over in the match.
9:11pm: IND 42/0 - 5 overs - Sharma 26, Dhawan 16
New Zealand really need to break up this partnership of Sharma and Dhawan, as the visitors look to be in cruise control chasing 159-runs to level this T20 series.
9:08pm: IND 33/0 - 4 overs - Sharma 26, Dhawan 7
Scott Kuggeleijn gets pumped in that over by Sharma, the Indian skipper hits a four and six in that over. India are in control as they need just 126 runs with 16 overs and 10 wickets in hand.
9:02pm: IND 21/0 - 3 overs - Sharma 15, Dhawan 6
An expensive over from Lockie Ferguson with India scoring 11-runs from his over. New Zealand had a chance to dismiss Dhawan, but the ball falls just short as Southee runs back from midwicket to make a catch. Dhawan was not in control of this pull shot as the ball forces him to hurry his shot, he had no room to move, lucky not to be dismissed.
8:58pm: IND 10/0 - 2 overs - Sharma 6, Dhawan 4
A solid first over from Scott Kuggeleijn as India only manage to score four runs from his over.
8:52pm: IND 6/0 - 1 over - Sharma 5, Dhawan 1
India off to a steady start, picking up a run a ball. New Zealand need early wickets here if they are to have a chance at getting back into this T20 match. Next into the bowling attack in Scott Kuggeleijn.
8:40pm: NZ 158/8 - Southee 3, Kuggeleijn 2
WICKET! With the final ball of the over Ahmed has bowled Tim Southee. India need 159-runs to level the T20 series.
8:36pm: NZ 154/7 - 19.2 overs - Southee 0, Kuggeleijn 1
OUT! Ahmed bowls to Mitchell Santner and he has bowled him! Santner swings and misses, with Ahmed's delivery right on the money as his ball goes crashing onto the stumps.
8:33pm: NZ 153/6 - 19 overs - Taylor 42, Santner 7
DIRECT HIT! Kumar bowls to Santner and he hits towards long off where Vijay Shankar regathers the ball, he throws it towards the bowlers end at the ball goes crashing onto the stumps. Ross Taylor is well out of the crease and he makes his way to the sheds.
8:28pm: NZ 145/5 - 18 overs - Taylor 38, Santner 5
Things have stalled for New Zealand since de Grandhomme's exit from the match, the Black Caps only managed nine-runs from H Pandya's over the ball.
8:22pm: NZ 136/5 - 17 overs - Taylor 31, Santner 3
Momentum has swung back into the favour of the visitors as New Zealand's batsmen are struggling to find the boundary. Three more overs left in this innings.
8:14pm: NZ 127/5 - 15.4 overs - Taylor 25, de Grandhomme 50
FIFTY! Colin de Grandhomme brings up his maiden fifty with a cheeky double, the next ball he is gone! HH Pandya bowls to de Grandhomme and he's mistimed it - hitting the ball straight to Rohit Sharma at cover.
8:11pm: NZ 120/4 - 15 overs - Taylor 24, de Grandhomme 46
FOUR! Ahmed bowls to Taylor, his delivery is uller outside off and Taylor goes down and across, swiping the ball past short fine leg for four.
8:00pm: NZ 105/4 - 13 overs - Taylor 18, de Grandhomme 39
FIFTY PARTNERSHIP! Chahal bowls to Ross Taylor, his delivery is fuller outside off and Taylor swipes it gently and beats the man at short fine leg for four. Taylor and de Grandhomme bring up their fifty partnership and steer New Zealand past the 100-run mark.
7:55pm: NZ 96/4 - 12 overs - Taylor 11, de Grandhomme 37
BACK-TO-BACK SIXES! KH Pandya bowls to Colin de Grandhomme and he flixks this delivery over deep midwicket. He makes it look so easy. Krunal bowls his next ball straight at the stumps and de Grandhomme hits the ball straight past the bowlers head for six. Colin de Grandhomme has come to play!
7:52pm: NZ 79/4 - 11 overs - Taylor 9, de Grandhomme 22
SIX! FOUR! SIX! Chahal bowls to Colin de Grandhomme and he decides to unleash. His first is smacked straight over the bowler's head, the second boundary goes over cover-point for four, the final boundary goes straight over Chahal's head for six.
7:48pm: NZ 60/4 - 10 overs - Taylor 7, de Grandhomme 5
Halfway through the innings and India are well in control at the moment.
7:45pm: NZ 56/4 - 9 overs - Taylor 5, de Grandhomme 3
A tidy over from Chahal as New Zealand manage only five runs.
7:41pm: NZ 50/4 - 7.5 overs - Taylor 3, de Grandhomme 0
OUT! K Pandya bowls to Kane Williamson and a big call goes up from the Indians. The umpire slowly raises his hand and Williamson is out via LBW. New Zealand are in all sorts of trouble now.
7:31pm: NZ 43/3 - 6 overs - Williamson 16, Mitchell 1
WICKET! KH Pandya bowls to Daryl Mitchell and the umpire's hand goes up. He rules he's out via LBW. Kane Williamson calls for a review, replays show that there is a spot on hotspot as the ball goes past the bat. A big controversy here as the third umpire rules Mitchell to be out. Williamson doesn't look happy as he approaches the on-field umpires, but there is nothing they can do. They tell Mitchell he has to go.
7:26pm: NZ 41/2 - 5.2 overs - Williamson 15, Munro 12
OUT! KH Pandya bowls to Colin Munro and he hits it straight to the Indian skipper Rohit Sharma at midwicket.
7:25pm: NZ 40/1 - 5 overs - Williamson 14, Munro 12
FOUR! FOUR! HH Pandya bowls to Kane Williamson and hits two boundaries off Pandya's over. The skipper looks to be getting into his groove.
7:20pm: NZ 30/1 - 4 overs - Williamson 5, Munro 11
SIX! Ahmed bowls to Colin Munro and he smashes it over long-off, just beside the sight screen.
7:14pm: NZ 15/1 - 2.3 overs - Munro 1, Seifert 12
FOUR! SIX! WICKET! Kumar bowls to Seifert and he edges it straight into the gloves of MS Dhoni. After smashing a four and a six Seifert mistimes the third ball from Kumar and he is gone for 12. Next in is the New Zealand skipper - Kane Williamson.
7:10pm: NZ 5/0 - 2 overs - Munro 1, Seifert 2
The New Zealand openers are really struggling to get off the mark, only picking up two runs in that over from Ahmed.
7:05pm: NZ 3/0 - 1 over - Munro 0, Seifert 1
A very good first over by India's Kumar, as New Zealand only manage to get three-runs from it.
7:02pm: NZ 0/0 - Munro 0, Seifert 0
The Black Caps have won the toss and have elected to bat first.
PREVIEW:
New Zealand will be going into this match with great confidence after their 80-run win in the first T20 against the visitors in Wellington on Wednesday.
Tim Seifert was on fire in the first T20 scoring 84 runs off 43 balls and was also named the man-of-the-match.
Tim Southee was instrumental for the Black Caps side in the first T20 taking figures of 3-17 in his four overs with the ball.
New Zealand have named an unchanged side for tonight's match-up against India.
Black Caps: Tim Seifert (wk), Colin Munro, Kane Williamson (c), Daryl Mitchell, Ross Taylor, Colin de Grandhomme, Mitchell Santner, Scott Kuggeleijn, Tim Southee, Ish Sodhi, Lockie Ferguson.
India: Rohit Sharma (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Rishabh Pant, Vijay Shankar, Dinesh Karthik, MS Dhoni (wk), Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Khaleel Ahmed.
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