Last night it was Munro show no doubt about that but, three golden chance miss by the host to get rid of power hitter Munro in the second T-20I’s. Munro continued to be quite severe on Siraj who was struggling to find his rhythm. India had a chance to see the back of the left-hander when he smashed a length ball from Axar Patel towards the vicinity of the long-on fielder. Much to the crowd's dismay, Shreyas Iyer not only shelled the catch but also parried the ball over the boundary for a maximum.

The Leg-spinner Chahal bounced back by dismissing the dangerous opening batsmen Guptill with a well-flighted delivery. The hosts could have had the wicket of Munro in the same over. The opener and captain Kane Williamson were involved in a possibly disaster case of miscommunication while running between the wickets. But Rohit Sharma roll up a poor throw and a straggling to get throw the ball MS Dhoni found it difficult to gather the ball in time and make contact with the stumps.

Munro made the Indians pay for their fielding lapses by launching a barrage of boundaries. He was third time lucky as well when Chahal dropped a straightforward high catch off Bhuvneshwar's bowling. By the time he reached 80, the dashing stroke-maker had given the opposition three chances and yet found himself at the crease untied.

Despite a few relatively quiet overs in the latter stage of the innings, New Zealand reached a daunting total of 196 for the loss of just two wickets. Munro remained unbeaten on 109 The Blackcaps delivered a collectively solid performance with the ball and sauntered to a series-levelling 40-run victory.

Also, read

Indian skipper and run-machine himself Virat Kohli turn 29-years-old today.

Kiwis beat India by 40 runs as they level the series 1-1.

Virat Kohli celebrates birthday with teammates, BCCI uploaded photos