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India all out for 89 as New Zealand win the 4th ODI by 244 runs; Matt Henry takes 6 for 27
New Zealand beat India by 244 runs in the fourth ODI at Mount Maunganui on 13 November after Will Young made 125 in a total of 333. Matt Henry took 6 for 27 as India were bowled out for 89 in 26.4 overs, their second-biggest ODI defeat by runs. India lead the series 2-1.
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New Zealand beat India by 244 runs in the fourth one-day international at Mount Maunganui on Friday, 13 November 2026, after bowling them out for 89 in 26.4 overs while chasing 334. Matt Henry took 6 for 27, including the wickets of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and captain Shreyas Iyer in the first over, which left India 0 for 3. Will Young had made 125 and Tim Seifert 58 earlier as New Zealand reached 333. The margin is India's second-biggest defeat by runs in the format, one run short of the 245-run loss to Sri Lanka at Sharjah in 2000. India still lead the five-match series 2-1 because the third match was washed out, and the last game is on Sunday at the same ground.
The collapse
India won the toss and bowled. The chase never began. Henry's first over removed Rohit Sharma, who was caught at slip by Finn Allen for a duck, then Kohli, whose stumps were disturbed by an incoming delivery four balls later, and then Iyer, who was trapped in front of the wicket. Ruturaj Gaikwad, who came in for his first match of the series in place of Shubman Gill, was out for 5 to Kyle Jamieson with India nine for 4.
Axar Patel and Ishan Kishan added 44 for the fifth wicket, which was the only stand of any length. Axar was dropped on zero before Matthew Fisher ended his innings, and Henry bowled Kishan to leave India 61 for 6. The side was all out in 26.4 overs. Henry returned to one-day cricket after a year away, and his spell was compared with his burst in the 2019 World Cup semi-final at Old Trafford. Reports said the pitch had some bounce and movement under lights but was not as difficult as the scoreline suggests.
| New Zealand innings | Runs |
|---|---|
| Will Young | 125 off 108 balls |
| Tim Seifert | 58 off 48 balls |
| Opening stand | 85 |
| Total | 333 |
How New Zealand built 333
Young and Seifert put on 85 for the first wicket, and Young's hundred was built on lapses in India's bowling and fielding. Seifert was caught by Ishan Kishan off Gurnoor Brar, and Young was caught by substitute Kumar Kushagra off Naman Dhir. Finn Allen hit Kuldeep Yadav for a four, a four and a six, and Nick Kelly fell to Axar Patel. New Zealand were 256 for 5 at one stage and added only 68 in the last 10 overs, so India held them below 350, but the damage was done early.
India's bowling figures were uneven. Axar was the most economical, giving 39 runs in his 10 overs. Kuldeep went for more than nine an over, and Brar and Auqib Nabi were hit for boundaries in the opening overs. The total of 333 needed India to score at 6.7 an over, a target that the top order made academic within a few minutes.
The records and what follows
India's heaviest ODI defeats by runs now read: 245 against Sri Lanka at Sharjah in 2000, 244 against New Zealand at Mount Maunganui, 214 against South Africa in Mumbai in 2015, 208 against Australia at Sydney in 2004, 202 against England at Lord's in 1975 and 200 against New Zealand at Dambulla in 2010. Among India's lowest totals, 54 against Sri Lanka at Sharjah in 2000 is the lowest, followed by 63 against Australia, 78 against Sri Lanka, 79 against Pakistan and 88 against New Zealand, before the 89 on Friday and the 91 against South Africa at Durban in 2006.
The official scorecards are published by the Board of Control for Cricket in India and New Zealand Cricket, and the International Cricket Council keeps the format's records, so the figures here are as compiled in match reports. The defeat is the second-biggest for India by runs, behind the 245-run loss to Sri Lanka at Sharjah in 2000 and ahead of the 214-run loss to South Africa in Mumbai in 2015. The total of 89 is among India's lowest in one-day cricket. It is their second-lowest against New Zealand, only a run more than the 88 they made at Dambulla in 2010, and reports differ on whether it is the sixth or seventh lowest overall.
The series is still alive for both teams. India lead 2-1 with one match to play, and a win on Sunday would give them the series, while a New Zealand win would level it at 2-2, which would leave the series drawn. The batting is the question for India. The head coach Gautam Gambhir was reported to have said that there are no unplayable deliveries and to have raised concern about repeated collapses, and the captain Shreyas Iyer was quoted as saying that nobody threw their wicket away.
Selection is also a question. Shubman Gill was out of the side, Gaikwad played in his place, and the middle order of Axar Patel and Ishan Kishan had to rebuild from nine for 4. The team will name its eleven for Sunday's match after the defeat, and the side's response to the conditions will be watched as closely as the result.
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