India vs Australia 2nd T20I Highlights: Rohit Sharma leads IND to six-wicket win in 8-over hitathon

Four off the next ball, Karthik has hit a six and a four off the two balls he has faced in this match and taken India over the line. This Nagpur crowd had to wait for a long, long time to get to see this match but they have got a real treat today. Rohit Sharma batted in his own little world to smash nearly half of India's runs and Dinesh Karthik needed just two deliveries to make his mark. Jasprit Bumrah nailing those yorkers would be a good sight for the Indian fans as well considering the pacer is coming back from an injury break. The series is level at 1-1, and the third game in Hyderabad will decide the winner. It is a series between India and Australia after all, it cannot be decided in just two games. 

India need three to win off the last five balls now. He hoicks it over wide fine leg to start the last over in style. 

Cummins tried to keep it out of Rohit's reach but ended up bowling the last ball wide. Sent it as wide outside off as possible again but Rohit cuts it stylishly for a boundary. He reaches 46 from just 20, India 82/4 in 7 overs, need 9 to win off the last over 

Australia are back in this contest now. Slow from Cummins, Pandya tries to go big but ends up getting just height and no distance. Finch holds on. 

Pandya c Finch b Cummins 9 (9), India 77/4, need 14 to win in 7 balls

Almost a flat six over cover. Waits for the slow delivery to come to him from Cummins, stands still and smacks it over the infield. India need 15 to win off 10 balls. 

Back of a length and, obviously, Rohit brings out the pull. He keeps it down this time and reaches 40 in 17. India 67/3 in 5.4 overs. 

Rohit is batting in a world of his own. Goes inside out off Abbott and over cover for four. He has reached 36 in 16.  

Zampa is on a hat-trick! SKY asks Rohit if he should review it, his captain asks him to walk, that was plumb. One wonders if India should have sent in Rishabh Pant with Zampa playing instead of SKY or Kohli. 

Suryakumar lbw b Zampa 0 (1), 55/3 in 4.3 overs need 36 runs to win in 21 balls

Kohli had just hit a four down the ground off the first ball of the over. Tries to work it to midwicket but it skids through the gate to take the stumps. Kohli falls to Zampa for maybe the thousandth time in his career. 

Kohli b Zampa 11 (6), India 55/2 in 4.2 overs, need 36 runs to win in 22 balls

He is not exactly a six-hitter but Kohli can be dangerous when he can play shots like these. Straight down the ground, no way anyone is fielding that. A single off the next ball and India are 51/1, need 41 to win in 24 balls. 

Rohit makes room and sends Sams fine. Delightful late cut that from the Indian captain, he is looking unstoppable today. 

Zampa knocks KL Rahul over and Australia have a breakthrough. Slow and tossed up but it drops on Rahul who tries to go big. He misses it completely and the ball hits the stumps. The customary big cheer in the ground after the brief hush because Virat Kohli is now walking in. 

Rahul b Zampa 10 (6), India 39/1 in 2.5 overs, need 52 to win in 31 balls

The Indian captain is connecting all of it. Zampa has come in and so there is not real scope for a pull. He just lofts that over long on, then takes a single to reach 27 off 11. 

Cummins makes the cardinal mistake of bowling short and quick to Rohit. He whips out his pull shot and sends the ball flying into the stands. Rohit has scored 19 in 8 balls!

What a start this is. Rahul whips the last ball over midwicket, almost a helicopter shot that. This is just the kind of start India would have wanted. 

Rohit launched the third ball of the first over bowled by Josh Hazlewood over midwicket. Then he brings out his trademark pull for a back of a length delivery and that goes flying over the boundary. The VCA stadium is absolutely heaving now. 

Well this is quite a curious tactic. Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul are opening, which may not be much of a surprise but Virat Kohli has padded up and is sitting in the dugout with his helmet in hand. Surely India need to do what Australia did and bring out the big hitters before Kohli. 

India have been set a target of 91 to level this series. Make no mistake, this is a very, very steep target. Wade mistimed the last shot straight to the bowler. Smith was away already but Wade was late to react to the run and Harshal whipped the bails away at the other end. Wade looks mighty disappointed with himself, which is a wonder really considering he just smashed 43 in 20 balls and gave Australia a very good target to defend. 

Two sixes off the fourth and fifth balls of the over takes Australia to 90 and Wade to 43 off 19. What an innings he has played and Australia could very well take the series today. 

Harshal bowling the last over and Wade whips out a pull shot to send the offcutter over deep midwicket off the second delivery. Australia putting up a good total here. 

Full toss outside off from Bumrah, Wade opens the face of the bat and gets it between backward point and short third man. Australia 71/4 after 7 overs

Another searing yorker, this time to Smith and he is down on the ground as he somehow manages to dig it out and then take a single. Bumrah causing some real pain here. Smith trying to get the dangerous Wade on strike as much as possible. 

The yorker from hell. Something we are so used to seeing from Bumrah and yet it thrills you and bamboozles the batter every time he produces it. Nothing you can do about it, Finch actually low key applauded it before starting the long walk back. Over the wicket, into the right hander and the ball hits the base of the leg stump.   

Finch b Bumrah 31 (15), Australia 46/4 in 5 overs

A boundary in the end from Wade ends the run but what an over that is from Axar in this 8-over match. India on top at the moment but it just takes two back to back sixes to change the momentum in games like these really. Australia 35/3 in 4 overs

You miss, I hit. Straight from Axar and he finds the stumps again, Tim David goes after scoring just 2 runs. 

Tim David b Axar Patel 2 (3), 31/3 in 3.1 overs