The fifth T20 match was played between India and New Zealand in Thiruvananthapuram on Saturday. Team India won this match by 46 runs. Thanks to Ishan Kishan’s century, India had put 271 runs on the board in 20 overs after playing first. In reply, the Kiwi team collapsed for 225 runs. Arshdeep Singh took 5 wickets while bowling for India, but he had a record in his name which no bowler would like to make.

At the Greenfield Stadium, Arshdeep Singh took five wickets for 51 runs in 4 overs. With this, he got the record of taking five wickets while giving the most runs in a T20 International match. Earlier this record was in the name of Alzarri Joseph of West Indies. In 2023, Alzarri Joseph took 5 wickets for 40 runs against South Africa in Johannesburg. South Africa’s Lungi Ngidi is at third place in this record list. He took 5 wickets for 39 runs against England in Bristol in 2022. Arshdeep Singh is the highest wicket taker for India in International T20. This left-arm fast bowler, who debuted in 2022, has taken 118 wickets in 76 matches. This was the first time when Arshdeep took 5 wickets in an innings.

Talking about the fifth T20 match, India won the toss and decided to bat first. Thanks to Ishan Kishan’s first T20 century, India had scored 271 runs for 5 wickets. Kishan played an innings of 103 runs in 43 balls with the help of 10 sixes and 6 fours. Apart from this, captain Suryakumar Yadav scored 63 runs in 30 balls with the help of 6 sixes and 4 fours and Hardik Pandya scored 42 runs in 17 balls with the help of 4 sixes and 1 four.

Finn Allen scored the highest 80 runs for New Zealand. He hit 6 sixes and 8 fours in his innings of 38 balls. However, the Kiwi team was all out for 225 runs in 19.4 overs. In this way, India won the five-match T20 series 4-1.

In the fifth T20, India has set a target of 272 runs for New Zealand. After playing first, Team India scored 271 runs after losing 5 wickets in 20 overs. This is India’s third highest score in T20 International. For India, Ishan Kishan scored a century in just 42 balls. Ishaan hit 10 sixes and 6 fours.

Ishan Kishan for India 103 runs in 43 balls, captain Suryakumar Yadav scored 63 runs in 30 balls and Hardik Pandya scored 42 runs in 17 balls. Team India hit a total of 23 sixes and 17 fours. Three New Zealand bowlers gave more than 50 runs. Captain Mitchell Santner was the most expensive. He spent 60 runs in 4 overs.

Sanju Samson’s bat did not work at home

The fifth T20 match between India and New Zealand is being played at the Greenfield Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram. This is the home ground of Indian opener Sanju Samson, but even here Samson could not do wonders. Samson was out after scoring six runs in six balls. Along with him, Abhishek Sharma played an inning of 30 runs in 16 balls. During this he hit 4 fours and 2 sixes.

India scored 188 runs in the last 11 overs

Team India, who came to bat first after winning the toss, scored 171 runs in the last 10 overs. Ishaan hit 10 sixes and 6 fours in his innings of 103 runs in 43 balls. Suryakumar Yadav hit 4 fours and 6 sixes in his innings of 63 runs in 30 balls. Whereas Hardik Pandya hit one four and 4 sixes in his innings of 42 runs in 17 balls. In the powerplay i.e. in the first 6 overs, India had scored 54 runs after losing one wicket.

You will be surprised to know that after 9 overs, India’s score was only 82 runs for 2 wickets. Then it did not seem that Team India would even cross the score of 200, but Team India scored 188 runs in the last 11 overs and made its third highest total in T20 International.

Ishan Kishan Fastest Century: In the fifth T20 match against New Zealand, Ishan Kishan has scored a century in 42 balls. He has become the fastest batsman to score the fastest century against New Zealand in the history of International T20 cricket. He did this feat in Thiruvananthapuram. He hit 10 sixes and 6 fours in his stormy century innings.

Fifth fastest T20 century for India

Ishan Kishan completed his century in 42 balls, which is the fifth fastest century by an Indian batsman in the history of International T20 cricket. Ahead of him in the list of Indians who have scored the fastest T20 century are Rohit Sharma (35 balls), Abhishek Sharma (37 balls), Sanju Samson (40 balls) and Tilak Verma (41 balls).

• 35 balls – Rohit Sharma
• 37 balls – Abhishek Sharma
• 40 balls – Sanju Samson
• 41 Ball – Tilak Verma
• 42 balls – Ishan Kishan

Fastest century in the world against New Zealand

Ishan Kishan has become the fastest batsman in the world to score the fastest T20 century against New Zealand. Earlier this record was in the name of Pakistan’s Hasan Nawaz, who had scored a century in 44 balls against New Zealand in the year 2025. Apart from him, Kusal Perera of Sri Lanka has also scored a century in 44 balls against the Kiwi team. Thanks to his brilliant innings, the Indian team, batting first, scored a huge score of 271 runs. This is Team India’s third highest total in T20 International.

Ishan Kishan hit 10 sixes in this innings. Ishaan has equaled Rohit Sharma and Sanju Samson in the list of Indians who have hit the most number of sixes in an innings of a T20 match. He has also hit 10 sixes in a T20 innings. For India, the record of hitting most sixes in an innings is in the name of Abhishek Sharma, who hit 13 sixes.

Aakash Chopra on Sanju Samson: Should Team India get Sanju Samson to open in T20 World Cup 2026 or not? This question has currently surrounded the Team India management from all sides. Samson’s poor form continued in the fifth T20 match against New Zealand, where he was out after scoring only 6 runs. Meanwhile, former Indian cricketer Akash Chopra has trolled Samson.

Akash Chopra trolled

While commentating during the India vs New Zealand fifth T20 match played in Thiruvananthapuram, Aakash Chopra compared Sanju Samson to Ishan Kishan. While talking to him, he said that the selection of Ishan Kishan in the playing eleven can be more beneficial for Team India.

Aakash Chopra said, “Will you wait for good days or feed someone who is having good days? Ishaan Kishan is having good days.”

Sanju Samson’s bad figures

In the year 2025, from January till now, Sanju Samson has been out 10 times in T20 cricket even before the end of the powerplay. In the last one year, Samson could not stay at the crease till the end of the powerplay 10 times out of 14. At the same time, within the last one year, not a single fifty has come from his bat.

Samson has opened in all five matches of the T20 series against New Zealand. His highest score in these 5 matches was 24 runs, which he made in Vizag. In the five innings played in the series, he could score only 46 runs and the average was only 9.2. On the other hand, Ishan Kishan’s bat is roaring very well. He could not play the fourth T20, but scored 112 runs in the first three matches. In this entire series, he batted with a stormy strike rate of 224 in the first 3 innings.

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India vs New Zealand T20 series started from 21 January. Since then, Sanju Samson has been the constant target of critics. He was able to score only 40 runs in the first 4 matches of the series, due to which there was speculation about his exclusion from the fifth T20. In the fifth T20 match, India won the toss (IND vs NZ 5th T20 Toss) and chose to bat first, at the same time captain Suryakumar Yadav said a big thing about Sanju Samson.

Sanju Samson is not going anywhere!

At the time of the toss, Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav said, “Akshar Patel, Ishan Kishan are back in our team. Yes, one more thing, people of Thiruvananthapuram, Sanju Samson is playing today.”

Earlier, Indian team’s batting coach Sitanshu Kotak had said that even though Sanju Samson has not been able to score runs as expected, but he is a senior player and understands his responsibility very well. He also said that Team India is well aware of his ability.

The team management has shown confidence in Sanju Samson even after scoring only 40 runs in the first 4 matches of the New Zealand T20 series. Obviously the Indian team management is considering him as the first opening option in the T20 World Cup.

Update given on Tilak Verma also

Tilak Verma was injured while playing for Hyderabad in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. Captain Suryakumar gave an update on Tilak’s return and said that Tilak is playing practice matches to be fully fit. Surya told that Tilak has been an important part of the team and when he returns to the team, Team India will get strength.

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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.

Suryakumar Yadav has a chance to break a big record of Rohit Sharma today. Today, the last T20 of the 5-match series between India and New Zealand will be played at the Greenfield International Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram. Surya played brilliant half-centuries in the second and third innings of this series. If he plays one such innings today, he will break a big record of Rohit Sharma.

Suryakumar Yadav’s bat was silent for quite some time, but he played 2 good innings in this series. After playing an unbeaten inning of 82 runs in Raipur, he scored unbeaten 57 runs in the third match. If Surya scores 49 more runs today, a big record of Rohit Sharma will be broken.

Suryakumar Yadav can break this record of Rohit

The Indian who has scored the most runs in T20 against New Zealand is currently Rohit Sharma, who has scored 511 runs in 17 matches. Rohit has retired from T20. After Rohit, Suryakumar Yadav is second in the list, who has 463 runs in 12 matches. Now if Surya scores 49 runs today, he will break Rohit’s record and become the Indian batsman who has scored the most T20 runs against New Zealand.

Apart from this, Suryakumar Yadav can leave Rohit Sharma behind in another matter. Surya has scored 2967 runs in 97 innings in T20 International, he is just 33 runs away from 3000 runs. If he touches this figure today, he will become the second Indian batsman to score 3000 runs in the shortest number of innings in this format. Currently, Virat Kohli (81) is at number one and Rohit Sharma (108) is at second place.

Fastest batsman to score 3000 runs in T20 International

• Mohammad Rizwan (Pakistan) – 79 innings
• Virat Kohli (India) – 81 innings
• Babar Azam (Pakistan) – 81 innings
• Muhammad Wasim (UAE) – 84 innings
• Aaron Finch (Australia)
• Virandeep Singh (Malaysia) – 98 innings.

The last match of the 5-match T20 series between India and New Zealand will be played today at the Greenfield International Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram. Earlier 4 T20 International matches have been played here. Sanju Samson would like to play a big innings in front of his home crowd today, he has so far flopped in all four matches of this series. His cutouts have been installed outside the stadium. The video of MS Dhoni’s cutout is also going viral on social media.

A 50 feet high cutout of former Indian captain MS Dhoni has been installed outside the Greenfield International Stadium, the video of which is going viral on social media. Although Dhoni has fans everywhere in the country, but the craze for him in the South is of a different level.

Scenes of a Giant Cutout being made for Real OG MS Dhoni & Sanju Samson at Kerala!! pic.twitter.com/sQHCl8L50v

— Suhii7 (@Suhii7__) January 31, 2026

How is the T20 record in Greenfield Stadium?

A total of 4 T2 International matches have been played so far in the Greenfield International Stadium. The first T20 here took place between India and New Zealand on November 7, 2017, in which India won by 6 runs. After this, in the second match played here, West Indies defeated India by 8 wickets. In the third match, India defeated South Africa by 8 wickets and in the fourth match, Australia defeated Australia by 44 runs. That means out of total 4 matches here, India has won 3 and lost 1.

What time will IND vs NZ 5th T20 start?

India vs New Zealand fifth T20 will start today (January 31) at 7 pm. The toss will take place at 6:30 pm. Team India is maintaining an unassailable lead in the series. Under the captaincy of Suryakumar Yadav, the team defeated New Zealand in the first 3 matches, New Zealand won the fourth match. India is ahead 3-1.

Where to watch live cricket match

India vs New Zealand fifth T20 will be telecast live on Star Sports Network. Live streaming will be on JioHotstar app and website.

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.

The Indian cricket team took an unassailable lead in the series by winning the first 3 matches of the 5-match series against New Zealand. But after this, New Zealand counterattacked and defeated India in the fourth T20, now both the teams will play the last international match before the T20 World Cup 2026. Know when and where the fifth T20 will be played, its timing and live broadcast details.

New Zealand rarely changes the combination of its winning team, so the visiting team can enter the playing 11 without any change. Whereas Team India can rest either Jasprit Bumrah or Arshdeep Singh under the rotation policy, because both played together in the last T20. In the last match, Ravi Bishnoi and Harshit Rana proved to be very expensive in bowling, both can play in this match. Akshar Patel is unlikely to make a comeback in this match, who was injured in the first match.

When will India vs New Zealand 5th T20 be held?

India vs New Zealand fifth T20 will be played on Saturday, January 31.

Where will India vs New Zealand 5th T20 be held?

India vs New Zealand fifth T20 match will be played at Greenfield International Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram.

What time will India vs New Zealand 5th T20 start?

The 5th T20 will start at 7 pm. The toss will take place at 6:30 pm.

On which channel will India vs New Zealand 5th T20 be telecast live?

India vs New Zealand fifth T20 will be telecast live on Star Sports Network.

On which app to watch live streaming of India vs New Zealand 5th T20?

There will be live streaming of India vs New Zealand fifth T20 on JioHotstar app and website.

Make way for @IamSanjuSamson in ‘

Don’t miss this banter between friends Sanju Samson and Captain Surya Kumar Yadav #TeamIndia | #INDvNZ | @IDFCFirstBank | @surya_14kumar pic.twitter.com/zBAFPmZJGk

— BCCI (@BCCI) January 30, 2026

Indian squad

Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Rinku Singh, Shivam Dubey, Abhishek Sharma, Varun Chakraborty, Arshdeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Harshit Rana.

new zealand squad

James Neesham, Devon Conway (wk), Daryl Mitchell, Ish Sodhi, Jacob Duffy, Mitchell Santner (c), Mark Chapman, Matt Henry, Michael Bracewell, Lockie Ferguson, Kyle Jamieson, Tim Seifert (wk), Glenn Phillips, Finn Allen, Rachin Ravindra, Zakary Fox, Bevon Jacobs.