By Admin 
Today the final match of the five-match T20 series will be played between India and New Zealand. Both the teams will clash at the Greenfield International Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram. Team India has already won the series by winning the first three matches. However, the Kiwi team won in the fourth T20. This is the last chance for both the teams to prepare for the 2026 T20 World Cup.
Tilak Verma and Washington Sundar are not available for India in this match also. In the fifth T20 match to be played in Thiruvananthapuram, Team India can enter with the same team which will be in the 2026 T20 World Cup. However, changes will definitely be made if the tilak fits in it. New Zealand can also land in Thiruvananthapuram with its World Cup team.
Sanju Samson’s home ground, Phil Allen also returns
This is Sanju Samson’s last chance to prove himself before the World Cup. He will play the fifth T20 match on his home ground. Samson has not been able to do wonders so far in this series. There will be a big change in the New Zealand team. Explosive batsman Finn Allen has joined the team. He will open the innings in the fifth T20 match.
Pitch report of Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram
Toss will play a big role in the fifth T20, because bowling in the second innings is not going to be easy. There will be considerable effect of dew here. Talking about the pitch, it will be easy for the batsmen to score runs. In such a situation, once again we may get to see a high scoring match.
match prediction
Our match prediction meter is saying that Team India will win this match. Even though the Kiwi team had won the fourth T20 match, still Team India is the favorite in the fifth T20. The contest is 60-40. If New Zealand scores more than 210 after playing first then its chances of victory will increase.
New Zealand’s probable playing eleven for the fifth T20- Tim Seifert (wk), Finn Allen, Rachin Ravindra, Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Daryl Mitchell, Mitchell Santner (c), Zachary Foulkes, Matt Henry, Ish Sodhi and Jacob Duffy
India’s probable playing eleven for the fifth T20- Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Shivam Dubey, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Varun Chakraborty, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah and Arshdeep Singh.