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New Zealand beat India by seven wickets in the fifth and final T20I at Seddon Park, Hamilton, on 1 November, chasing 192 in 18 overs. Tim Seifert made 93 off 50 balls and Glenn Phillips 65 not out. Ishan Kishan made 61 for India, who still won the five-match series 3-2.
Subhash Gupta4 min
India lead the series 3-1 and face New Zealand in the fifth and final T20I at Seddon Park, Hamilton, on 1 November at 12:30 pm IST. It is a dead rubber after New Zealand won the fourth by 87 runs. Sooryavanshi and Dube could come in; Conway may replace Seifert.
Reyaansh Agarawal2 min
Former India opener Aakash Chopra has questioned dropping Vaibhav Sooryavanshi for the fourth T20I against New Zealand once Ishan Kishan was fit, asking whether he will play only when someone is injured. Sooryavanshi scored 4 and 45 in two matches; India lost the fourth by 87 runs.
Reyaansh Agarawal3 min
New Zealand beat India by 87 runs in the fourth T20I at Eden Park, Auckland, on 30 October. Glenn Phillips made 107 off 49 balls and Michael Bracewell 65 off 25 in a total of 259/7. Jacob Duffy took 4/23 as India were bowled out for 172/9. India still lead the five-match series 3-1.
Subhash Gupta6 min
India face New Zealand in the fourth T20I at Eden Park, Auckland, on Friday 30 October, first ball 12:30 pm IST. India lead the series 3-0 after a six-wicket win in Wellington, where Abhishek Sharma made 113 off 38. The fifth T20I is on 1 November in Hamilton.
Subhash Gupta4 min
India lead the five-match T20I series 2-0 and can clinch it in Wellington on Tuesday, with the toss at 12 pm IST and play at 12.30 pm. New Zealand are without Matt Henry and Lockie Ferguson. The pitch is described as a bouncy drop-in surface; reports differ on rain, and strong winds are expected.
Reyaansh Agarawal4 min
Matt Henry is out of the last three T20Is against India with a tight calf, and Blair Tickner is in. Lockie Ferguson misses the third T20I on workload, Kyle Jamieson returns for it, and Josh Clarkson joins for the last two. India lead 2-0, with the third T20I in Wellington on Tuesday.
Prateek Rawat3 min
Arshdeep Singh's 2 for 33 in the second T20I against New Zealand on 24 October took him to 38 wickets in 2026, the most by an Indian bowler in a calendar year. He passed Bhuvneshwar Kumar's 37 from 2022 and got there in 26 innings against 31.
Amita Sahani4 min
India chased 181 with a ball to spare at Hagley Oval to win the second T20I by four wickets and lead the five-match series 2-0. Tilak Varma made an unbeaten 51 off 26 and Nitish Kumar Reddy added 26 not out after Mitchell Santner's 4 for 21 had left India 112 for 6.
Amita Sahani6 min
India take a 1-0 lead into the second T20I at Hagley Oval, Christchurch, at 12:30 pm IST on Saturday, without Ishan Kishan, who has an adductor strain. New Zealand must win to level the series, and India have conceded more than 200 in four completed T20Is in a row.
Subhash Gupta4 min
India overhauled New Zealand's 225/4 with two balls to spare to win the first T20I by four wickets. Sanju Samson scored 67 off 33, Shreyas Iyer 42, and Naman Dhir finished with 42 not out off 15. India lead the five-match series 1-0.
Prateek Rawat5 min
India open a five-match T20I series at Hagley Oval on 22 October, with Shreyas Iyer as captain and Jasprit Bumrah rested. The schedule in IST, both squads, where to watch, and what follows: five ODIs and two Tests.
Prateek Rawat3 min
