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Indian Team, Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple: The fifth and last match of the five-match T20 series being played between India and New Zealand will be played on January 31 (Saturday) at the Greenfield International Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram. But before this match, all the players of Team India reached Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple located in Thiruvananthapuram. Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav was also included in the list of players who reached the temple.
The video of the players reaching the temple surfaced. It can be seen in the video that the players also wore traditional attire for darshan. Spinner Varun Chakraborty, captain Suryakumar Yadav, finisher Rinku Singh, chinaman spinner Kuldeep Yadav, spinner Ravi Bishnoi, all-rounder Akshar Patel and fielding coach T Dilip were seen in the video.
After winning the series, Team India lost the fourth T20.
Let us tell you that Men in Blue had captured the series by winning the first 3 T20s played against New Zealand in Nagpur, Raipur and Guwahati. After this, in the fourth match played in Visakhapatnam, Team India had to face defeat by 50 runs.
VIDEO | Kerala: Indian cricket team players don traditional attire to offer prayers at Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple.
(Full video available on PTI Videos – https://t.co/n147TvrpG7)#Kerala pic.twitter.com/wv4FLmtBJQ
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) January 30, 2026
Team India would like to end the series with victory
After losing the fourth match, the Indian team would like to win the last T20 and end the series 4-1. Now it will be interesting to see how Surya Brigade performs in the fifth match. This is the last T20 series for India before the upcoming T20 World Cup. In such a situation, Team India would definitely like to finalize its preparations by winning the last match.
There was defeat in the ODI series
It is worth noting that before the T20, Team India had to face defeat in the ODI series played against New Zealand. The Kiwi team had won 2-1 in the 50 over series. Although Team India started the series by winning the first match. Then New Zealand won the remaining two ODIs and won the series.