New Zealand defeated India by 50 runs in the fourth T20. In this match played in Visakhapatnam, the visiting team batted first and made a big score of 215 runs. In reply, India had a very bad start, Abhishek Sharma was out on the very first ball of the Indian innings. Captain Suryakumar Yadav also returned to the pavilion in the very next over. After 5 wickets fell at 82 runs, Shivam Dubey raised hopes of victory by playing an explosive innings, but in the end New Zealand won the match.

India’s top order flop

India had a very bad start while chasing the target of 216 runs. Abhishek, who scored a half-century in 14 balls in the last match, became a ‘golden duck’ in this match. He has also become the first Indian to score a ‘golden duck’ twice in a T20 International series. Captain Suryakumar Yadav, who came after this, became the victim of Jacob Duffy on the score of 8. Sanju Samson hit some good shots, but his innings also ended on the score of 24. Mitchell Santner bowled him, he scored 24 runs in 15 balls.

Shivam Dubey had raised hopes of victory

All-rounder Hardik Pandya did not get many opportunities to impress with the bat in this series, this opportunity came in the fourth T20 but he was caught out by Mitchell Santner after scoring 2 runs. After this Rinku Singh was also out. Rinku scored 39 runs in 30 balls with the help of 2 sixes and 3 fours. This was India’s fifth wicket, which fell at the score of 82. Then it seemed that India would easily lose this match, but Shivam Dubey’s explosive innings had raised hopes of victory for India.

Shivam Dubey played a brilliant inning of 65 runs at a strike rate of 282.61. In this innings played in 23 balls, he hit 7 sixes and 3 fours. But he was run out in the 16th over. At this time India’s score was 145 runs. After this, India lost wickets continuously and the entire team was reduced to 165 runs.

Team India, captained by Suryakumar Yadav, had to face defeat by 50 runs against New Zealand in the fourth T20 played in Visakhapatnam on Wednesday (January 28). Let us tell you that by winning the first 3 matches of the series, Team India had taken an unassailable lead. How did Team India, which won three consecutive matches, suddenly lose so badly in the fourth T20? Here you will be told 3 big reasons for India’s defeat.

bad bowling

The bowlers of Team India, who came out to bowl first in the match, gave away a lot of runs. Taking on the Indian bowlers, New Zealand put 215 runs on the board in 20 overs. The Kiwi team had put 100 runs on the board in just 8.1 overs without losing any wicket. However, after this Team India had lost 5 wickets for 152 runs. But in the end the Indian bowlers looked flop again.

For India, Harshit Rana spent the maximum 54 runs in 4 overs with an economy of 13.50. Harshit did not even get any wicket. Apart from this, Ravi Bishnoi gave away 49 runs in 4 overs with an economy of 12.20. Although he took 1 wicket. Apart from this, Jasprit Bumrah spent 38 runs in 4 overs, Kuldeep Yadav spent 39 runs in 4 overs and Arshdeep Singh spent 33 runs in 4 overs. Bumrah got 1 wicket. Whereas Kuldeep and Arshdeep took 2-2 wickets.

bad batting

After poor bowling, poor batting was also seen from Team India. The Men in Blue started the innings with a wicket. Abhishek Sharma was out on a golden duck. Then in the second over, captain Suryakumar Yadav was out after scoring 08 runs in 8 balls.

Similarly, the team’s batsmen kept flopping one after the other. Only Shivam Dubey played a brilliant inning and scored 65 runs in 23 balls with the help of 3 fours and 7 sixes. Apart from this, no other batsman could touch the figure of 40 runs. A total of 7 batsmen of the team could not even cross double figures.

Made a wrong decision after winning the toss

In the match, Team India won the toss and decided to bowl. This decision of Suryakumar Yadav proved to be completely wrong for him. New Zealand, who were invited to bat first, put 215/7 runs on the board in 20 overs. Then Team India, which came on the field for run chase, was all out for 165 runs in 18.4 overs.

India vs New Zealand 4th T20 Highlights: New Zealand has defeated India by 50 runs in the fourth T20 match. This match was played in Visakhapatnam, in which Team India won the toss and chose to bowl first. Batting first, the New Zealand team scored 215 runs. In response, Team India was all out on the score of 165.

Team India, which set out to chase the target of 216 runs, had a very bad start. Abhishek Sharma was out on the very first ball of the innings. Everyone’s eyes were on Sanju Samson in this match, he also got the start, but New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner clean bowled him on the score of 24.

This time Rinku Singh, who usually comes to bat at the sixth and seventh positions. This time he was promoted to number 4. Rinku Singh played a steady inning of 39 runs in 30 balls. But his innings played with an average strike rate of 130 proved insufficient to give victory to Team India.

Shivam Dubey’s fifty did not work

The Indian team had lost 4 wickets till the score of 63 runs. At this time, Shivam Dubey came to bat, who started hitting shots in a fast manner and created history by scoring fifty in 15 balls. He became the third fastest batsman to score a half-century for India in the history of international T20 cricket. Abhishek Sharma and Yuvraj Singh are ahead of him. Dubey played a stormy inning of 65 runs in 23 balls.

For New Zealand, captain Mitchell Santner especially worked to turn the match in his team’s favor. He took 3 wickets for just 26 runs in 4 overs. Santner took the wickets of Sanju Samson, Hardik Pandya and Jasprit Bumrah. After four matches, Team India is now leading 3-1 in this series.

Scored a half-century in 15 balls in the fourth T20 match against New Zealand. He has become the batsman to score the third fastest fifty for India in the history of T20 cricket. Just 3 days before that, Abhishek Sharma had hit a fifty in 14 balls. That was the second fastest half-century for India. Shivam Dubey hit 6 sixes and 2 fours in his innings till he completed 50 runs.

Shivam Dubey could have equaled Abhishek Sharma in terms of scoring the fastest fifty, but one ball from him got dotted in the middle. He completed his half-century in 15 balls by hitting a six off Jacob Duffy.

Fastest fifty for India (in T20I)

• 12 balls – Yuvraj Singh
• 14 ball – Abhishek Sharma
• 15 balls – Shivam Dubey
• 16 balls – Hardik Pandya
• 17 balls – Abhishek Sharma
• 18 balls – KL Rahul
• 18 ball – Suryakumar Yadav

Shivam Dubey scored 65 runs in 23 balls in this match. His stormy innings ended in an unfortunate manner. He was run out on the score of 65. The fourth T20 match between India and New Zealand was played in Visakhapatnam. Dubey came to bat in this match when the Indian team had lost 4 wickets by reaching 63 runs. From here Shivam Dubey single-handedly brought Team India back into the match. This is the first time that Shivam Dubey has scored a half-century in less than 20 balls in any international T20 cricket.

Talking about ICC full member countries, even today the record of scoring the fastest half-century in international T20 cricket is in the name of India’s Yuvraj Singh. Talking about India vs New Zealand T20 series, Team India has already taken an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series.

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First Ball Duck T20 Indian Batsman: An unwanted record has been added to the name of Indian team’s star batsman Abhishek Sharma. He was out on the first ball of the Indian innings in the fourth T20 match. This is the second time in this series that Abhishek has been out on the very first ball of his innings. In fact, Abhishek Sharma has become the fifth Indian batsman to be out on the very first ball of the innings in a T20 match.

In the fourth T20 match played in Visakhapatnam, New Zealand batted first and scored a huge score of 215 runs. Abhishek Sharma and Sanju Samson came to open for the Indian team. Matt Henry came to bowl and Abhishek swung the bat on the very first ball. Devon Conway made no mistake in taking the catch.

This happened for the fifth time in Indian cricket

Abhishek Sharma is not the first Indian batsman who has been out on the very first ball of the innings in a T20 match. Before him, KL Rahul, Prithvi Shaw, Rohit Sharma and Sanju Samson were also out on the very first ball of the innings. Samson was out on the first ball of the Indian innings in the third match of the same series against New Zealand.

Indians who got out on the first ball of T20 innings

• KL Rahul
• Prithvi Shaw
• Rohit Sharma
• sanju samson
• Abhishek Sharma

Fifty was scored in 14 balls in the last match

This is the same Abhishek Sharma, who scored fifty in 14 balls in the third India-New Zealand T20 match played in Guwahati. This was the second fastest fifty for India in the history of international T20 cricket. But in the very next match, he got out without opening the account while playing an aerial shot.

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In the fourth T20 match, New Zealand batted first and scored 215 runs. This match is being played in Visakhapatnam, in which Tim Seifert was the only batsman to score a fifty for the Kiwi team. He played a stormy inning of 62 runs in 36 balls. Team India’s bowlers gave away a lot of runs. Harshit Rana gave away more than 50 runs. In this match, the Indian team won the toss and chose to bowl first.

Tim Seifert and Devon Conway gave a bright start to New Zealand, together they scored 71 runs in the powerplay. This is New Zealand’s biggest score in powerplay against India in T20 cricket. Tim Seifert, who started hitting fours and sixes in no time, completed his half-century in just 25 balls. Seifert scored 62 runs in 36 balls. In this innings he hit 7 fours and 3 sixes.

In the middle overs, New Zealand lost 4 wickets in just 37 runs, but the team’s tremendous run rate remained intact. Meanwhile, Daryl Mitchell came and scored 39 runs in 18 balls. He hit 2 fours and 3 sixes in his innings. He played an important role in taking New Zealand beyond 200.

Harshit Rana lost 54 runs

Harshit Rana proved to be the most expensive bowler for the Indian team. He did not take any wicket in 4 overs and also gave away 54 runs. At the same time, Ravi Bishnoi also proved to be very expensive, who took one wicket but gave away 49 runs. Even Jasprit Bumrah gave away runs at an economy rate of 9.50.

The most successful bowler for Team India was Arshdeep Singh, who took 2 wickets for 33 runs in 4 overs. Kuldeep Yadav also dismissed 2 New Zealand batsmen.

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India has Abhishek Sharma, while New Zealand has Tim Seifert. The only difference between the two is that Abhishek’s form is very strong, but Seifert failed to play a big innings, but in the fourth T20 match against India, he scored a half-century in just 25 balls. His and Abhishek’s style of playing and beating the bowlers seems to be similar.

Tim Seifert is also able to hit sixes to Jasprit Bumrah easily. After all, who is Tim Seifert, who has created fear among other teams before the T20 World Cup 2026? Has this dreaded New Zealand batsman also played in the Indian Premier League? If yes, then which team will they play in IPL 2026 and how many crores were bid for them in the auction.

Tim Seifert’s team in IPL 2026

Tim Seifert made his IPL debut in 2021. He has been able to play only 3 matches in his IPL career so far. Seifert has been a part of the squads of Delhi Capitals and Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League, but due to lack of opportunities, he has not been able to leave an impression on the hearts of Indian fans. He will be seen playing for Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2026. KKR had bid Rs 1.50 crore on him in the IPL 2026 auction.

Harshit hits a six of 89 meters

In the fourth T20 match, Tim Seifert first hit an 89 meter long six to Harshit Rana. The fifth over of the innings was bowled by Jasprit Bumrah, on whose third ball Seifert hit a six right in front. He swung the bat very easily and took the ball across the boundary. Tim Seifert has been scoring runs with a stormy strike of more than 142 in international T20 cricket.

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India vs New Zealand fourth T20 match is to be played in Visakhapatnam. Team India has already taken an unassailable 3-0 lead in the series. Now Suryakumar Yadav and company will aim to clean up the Kiwi team. Just before the T20 World Cup 2026, this memorable victory will help boost the morale of the Indian players. Meanwhile, before the fourth T20 match, Team India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir and T20 captain Suryakumar Yadav came to visit Shri Varaha Lakshmi Narasimha Temple.

Head coach Gautam Gambhir, captain Suryakumar Yadav, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi and many other members of the support staff also visited. Indian players had shawls wrapped around their necks and sat and prayed to Lord Narasimha. The video of seeing the Indian team is being shared widely on social media.

Sri Varaha Lakshmi Narasimha Temple is located in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh and this temple is dedicated to the Narasimha incarnation of Lord Vishnu. Indian players often come here to watch whenever there is a match. Batting coach Sitanshu Kotak and fielding coach T Dilip also came to bow their heads at the feet of God.

Coach Gautam Gambhir, captain Suryakumar Yadav, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, and other support staff took blessings at the Narasimha Temple, Vizag, ahead of the 4th T20I against New Zealand.

Team India never misses a single chance to seek blessings at any venue. pic.twitter.com/TSdon7lbec

— Jara (@JARA_Memer) January 28, 2026

Fourth T20 match will be held today

Today the fourth T20 match between India and New Zealand will be played in Visakhapatnam, this match will start at 7 pm Indian time. Earlier, the third T20 match was played in Guwahati, where Team India chased the target of 155 runs in just 10 overs.

Let us tell you that the players of the Indian cricket team have visited many temples during the series against New Zealand. Before the last ODI match in Indore, Indian players had darshan of Mahakal, while in Guwahati the players had darshan of Maa Kamakhya.

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The fourth T20 match between India and New Zealand will be played on 28 January in Visakhapatnam. Team India has already taken an unassailable lead of 3-0 in the five-match series. Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav has also been the center of discussion in this series, who has scored half-centuries in two consecutive innings. Suryakumar has so far scored 171 runs in 3 innings of this series and now he is standing on the threshold of creating history.

Suryakumar Yadav will create history

Suryakumar Yadav has so far scored 2,959 runs in his T20 career of 102 matches. If he scores 41 more runs in the fourth T20 match, he will become only the third Indian batsman to complete 3 thousand runs in the history of international T20 cricket. Before him, only Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma among Indians have been able to do this. Talking about all the cricketers in the world, till now only 11 players have been able to cross the mark of 3,000 T20 runs.

Rohit Sharma has scored the most runs for India in the history of international T20 cricket, who had scored 4,231 runs before retiring from this format. Virat Kohli has also retired from the T20 format, having scored 4,188 runs in his career.

Highest T20 runs for India

• 4,231 runs – Rohit Sharma
• 4,188 runs – Virat Kohli
• 2,959 runs – Suryakumar Yadav
• 2,265 runs – KL Rahul

Suryakumar’s return to form

Suryakumar Yadav was being heavily criticized before the series against New Zealand. Runs were not coming from his bat, but he has scored 2 half-centuries in the current series. He scored 32 runs in the first T20 match played in Nagpur, after which he played an unbeaten inning of 82 runs in Raipur. In the third T20 match, he returned unbeaten after scoring 57 runs.

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India vs New Zealand 4th T20 will be played on Wednesday, January 28 at the ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Andhra Pradesh. India has taken an unassailable lead in the series by winning the first 3 matches, however, the next two matches are also important from the point of view of T20 World Cup 2026. Actually the team can test its options and preparations. Hardik Pandya, who has bowled in the first three matches, may be rested. Although Jasprit Bumrah can play, Shreyas Iyer can also be played in this match.

Shreyas Iyer has come as a replacement for Tilak Verma in the T20 series. Although Iyer is not a part of the T20 World Cup squad, he can be included in the playing 11 in the fourth T20 to be held at the ACA-VDCA Stadium. Ravi Bishnoi can also play, whom the management would like to test once again. In the third T20, he took 2 wickets while bowling economically. Although Bishnoi is not a part of the T20 World Cup, Washington is one of the replacement options for Sundar.

Hardik Pandya may get rest

All-rounder Hardik Pandya will be the X factor in the T20 World Cup, who makes important contributions with bat and ball. In such a situation, Hardik can be rested from the fourth T20. It is possible that he may not play in the remaining two T20s against New Zealand, he can play directly in the warm-up match against South Africa. Akshar Patel may return in the fourth T20, who was injured while fielding in the first T20. He did not play the second and third T20.

Jasprit Bumrah and Arshdeep Singh both played in the first T20. But Bumrah was rested in the second match and Arshdeep was rested in the third match. Harshit Rana played in the second and third T20, but he may be rested from the fourth match. In this, Arshdeep and Bumrah can be seen together.

India’s possible playing in the fourth T20 11

Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Shreyas Iyer, Shivam Dubey, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah.

When and where to watch India vs New Zealand 4th T20

India vs New Zealand 4th T20 will be played on Wednesday, January 28 at the ACA-VDCA Stadium in Andhra Pradesh. The match will start at 7 pm, which will be telecast live on Star Sports Network. There will be live streaming on JioHotstar app and website.