India vs England 2nd T20I 2018 Highlights: Alex Hales Hits Half-Century as ENG Beat IND by 5 Wickets!

Alex Hales played a fine knock as he remained unbeaten on 58 of 41 balls. England kept nerves in the nail-biting finish. The hero of 18th over became an anti-hero in the last over. Well, that's T20 all about.

England batsmen seemed to have done their homework against the spin-duo of Chahal and Kuldeep. The Indian team fell short by 15-25 runs in the first innings.

Overall, a good game of cricket; the better team (England) wins today. The series is levelled 1-1.

Here, we end our coverage tonight | Do join us for the next T20I to take place at Bristol | PS: MS Dhoni turns 37 today!

Bhuvneshwar Kumar to bowl the last ball.  Hales hits a SIX! over the bowler's head. Alex Hales reaches his HALF-CENTURY! A mini-conference (Kohli, Rohit, Rahul, and Bhuvi) in the middle.

Bhuvi shortens the length, Hales connects the pull; the ball travels for a FOUR! beating the fine-leg fielder. A single on the next ball. A short delivery, Willey pulls it away for a FOUR! towards the deep-midwicket boundary; however, they complete a single before the ball crosses the ropes, hence a single is counted. England WIN! Series Level 1-1.

Umesh Yadav to bowl-out his quota. A yorker length delivery, Willey dabs and looks to steal a single; Umesh runs towards the stumps and negates any chance; a dot ball. A single on the next ball.

A superb yorker-length ball from Umesh here, Hales misses it; a dot ball. Another yorker-length delivery, Hales squeezes it towards the third-man region. ENG steal two runs. Third Umpire brought in to check a run-out appeal there.

Another yorker-length delivery, Hales connects it well and finds a gap through the cover region for FOUR! A single on the last ball of the over.

ENG need 12 runs to win; Bhuvi has 12 to defend -- Whose game is it?

Bhuvneshwar Kumar brought back. Can he weave a magic for India here?

A short-ball first up, Bairstow plays a short-arm pull and the ball flies to the diving fielder running from the fine-leg position. Bairstow is CAUGHT OUT! David Willey is the new man in. FOW: 126/5 | Jonny Bairstow: 28 (18).

A good bouncer here; a single taken. A length ball next, Hales looks to pull but misses; dot ball. A single towards the short-third-man, next.

Willey makes space, and Bhuvi follows him. The ball is rapped on the pads; a dot ball here. A full-length ball, Willey fails to connect; ENG steal a LEG-BYE!

Kuldeep Yadav continues. A single on the first ball. Bairstow strikes a SIX! with a brutal sweep shot. Another ball, another SIX! Similar one. A couple of singles on the next two balls. A single to end the over. ENG NEED 23 RUNS OF 18 BALLS!

Pandya to continue. A single on the first ball. A dot ball and a couple of runs on the next two balls. A dot ball and a couple of singles on the next two balls, again. A couple of runs to ends the over.

Kuldeep gets a change of ends. A dot ball to begin with. Four consecutive singles on the next four balls. A dot ball to end the over.

Pandya brought back. Eoin Morgan is CAUGHT OUT! on the first ball here. A super-stunning mind-boggling catch by Shikhar-THE-ONE (Dhawan) on the here! Does this bring India back into the match? Morgan looked to play the pull shot, but a tumbling Dhawan sends him packing. Jonny Bairstow is the new man in. FOW: 92/4 | Eoin Morgan: 17 (19).

A double, perhaps a run-out chance missed, here. A couple of singles, next. A double on the last ball to end the over.

Chahal continues. A couple of singles on the first two balls. Morgan goes for a full-bloodied sweep for a FOUR! even a diving Pandya couldn't save the boundary. A single is followed by a couple of dot balls to end the over.

Kuldeep continues. A double on the first ball. Morgan skips down the track hits it over the bowler's head for FOUR! A single on the next ball.

Kuldeep bowls a wrong'un and nearly takes out Hales, as he fails to read the ball and misses; a dot ball. A dot ball next. Hales hits the last ball for a HUGE SIX! over the long-on boundary to end the over.

Chahal continues. A dot ball and a single on the first two balls. Hales dispatches the loopy leg-spin, pitched outside off-stump, over the deep-midwicket boundary for a SIX! A couple of runs on the next ball.

Chahal bowls a quicker one; Hales picks it up early and guides it past the short-third-man fielder craftily for a FOUR! A dot on the last ball.

Kuldeep Yadav, MoM in the previous match, introduced here. A single on the first ball by Hales. Morgan misses the next ball and it is rapped on the pads; the appeal is turned down by the umpire. A LEG-BYE! on the next ball is followed by a dot ball.

A full-toss is missed by Alex Hales; Kohli asks for a DRS! The on-field decision stays and India lose their review; a LEG-BYE! taken. Another LEG-BYE! on the last ball to end the over.

Chahal continues. A couple of runs on the first ball. A single and a dot ball next. Chahal bowls a WIDE! ball next. A dot ball and a couple of singles to end the over.

Pandya continues. A single on the first ball. A dot ball, next. A couple of singles on next two balls.

Eoin Morgan cuts the ball hard, Raina at point SAVES! a potential boundary by a diving effort; only a single conceded. A single on the last ball of the over.

Yuzvendra Chahal introduced. A single on the first ball is followed by a couple of dot balls. A single on the next ball.

Joe Root misses the sweep shot, but the ball finds the stumps. Root is BOWLED OUT! to a Googly! Indian team is elated. Eoin Morgan is the new man in. FOW: 44/3 | Joe Root: 9 (10). A dot ball to end the over. A good over to begin with as England is tied down. 

Hardik Pandya introduced. A quiet over is spoilt by a FOUR! on the last ball by Hales. England score 1, 0, 1, 3, 0, 4 in the over.

Umesh continues. A dot ball and a single on the first two balls. Kohli DROPS! a simple catch at mid-off region. Buttler makes the most of it as he hits a FOUR! on the next ball.

A dot ball and a wicket here. Similar shot, but Kohli doesn't repeat the mistake. Buttler is CAUGHT OUT! on the last ball of the over. Alex Hales is the new man in. FOW: 33/2 | Jos Buttler: 14 (12).

Bhuvneshwar continues. England dealing in singles here as Jos Buttler and Joe Root score only three singles in the over.

Umesh continues, and his revenge first ball. Roy misses the line of the ball and it eventually dislodges the stumps through the bat-pad gap, as he is BOWLED OUT! Joe Root is the new man in. FOW: 16/1 | Joe Root: 15 (12).

A single and a dot ball next. Buttler hits a couple of FOURs! on the next three balls to end the over.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar to share the new ball. A single on the first ball. Four consecutive dot balls on a trot, next. A single to end the over.