Australia vs India, 2nd T20I: Match Summary and Scoreboard

Hardik Pandya powered India to a gripping second T20 international victory to take the series against Australia in Sydney on Sunday.

Pandya hit an enormous six off debutant Daniel Sams to get the winning runs -- and victory by six wickets -- with two balls to spare. 

Shikhar Dhawan earlier hit 52 off 36 balls and Virat Kohli looked threatening before being caught behind for 40, giving Sams a prized wicket.

New skipper Matthew Wade and Steve Smith hit half-centuries apiece to carry Australia to 194 for five after batting first.

In reply, India were 195 for four.

Wade, who was promoted to the captaincy after Aaron Finch was ruled out with injury, smacked 58 -- and Smith chipped in with a breezy 46 -- after India won the toss and opted to bowl.

Scoreboard in the second T20 international between Australia and India at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Sunday:

Australia

M. Wade    run out (Kohli/Rahul)  58

D. Short  c Iyer b Natarajan       9

S. Smith  c Pabdya b Chahal       46

G. Maxwell  c Sundar b Thakur     22

M. Henriques c Rahul b Natarajan  26

M. Stoinis   not out              16

D. Sams      not out               8

Extras (lb1, w8)                   9

Total (for 5 wickets; 20 overs)  194            

Fall of wickets: 1-47 (Short), 2-75 (Wade), 3-120 (Maxwell), 4-168 (Smith), 5-171 (Henriques)    

Did not bat: S. Abbott, M. Swepson, A. Tye, A. Zampa  

Bowling: Chahar 4-0-48-0 (2w), Sundar 4-0-35-0 (1w), Thakur 4-0-39-1 (1w), Natarajan 4-0-20-2, Chahal 4-0-51-1 (1w)

India

K.L. Rahul   c Swepson b Tye      30    

S. Dhawan    c Swepson b Zampa    52

V. Kohli     c Wade b Sams        40

S. Samson    c Smith b Swepson    15

H. Pandya    not out              42

S. Iyer      not out              12

Extras (lb1, nb1, w2)              4

Total (for 4 wickets, 19.4 overs) 195          

Fall of wickets: 1-56 (Rahul), 2-95 (Dhawan), 3-120 (Samson), 4-149 (Kohli)

Did not bat:  W. Sundar, D. Chahar, S. Thakur, Y. Chahal, T. Natarajan

Bowling: Sams 3.4-0-41-1, Abbott 2-0-17-0, Tye 4-0-47-1 (1w 1nb), Maxwell 1-0-19-0, Swepson 4-0-25-1 (1w), Henriques 1-0-9-0, Zampa 4-0-36-1

Result: India won by 6 wickets

Series: India 2-0

Toss: India

Umpires: Sam Nogajski (AUS) Paul Wilson (AUS)

TV umpire: Rod Tucker (AUS)

Match referee: David Boon (AUS)