India vs New Zealand 5th T20 Match Scorecard: India has won the fifth T20 match by 46 runs. In this match played in Thiruvananthapuram, Team India, batting first, scored a huge score of 271 runs. This is the third highest score of Team India in international T20 cricket. In response, the New Zealand team could not even play the full 20 overs and were all out for 225 runs. With this, India has won this series 4-1.

Team India won the toss and chose to bat first in this match. Sanju Samson once again flopped, scoring only 6 runs. Abhishek Sharma could not convert his innings of 30 runs in 16 balls into a half-century or century.

Arshdeep Singh hit his paw

Arshdeep Singh is the highest wicket taker for India in T20 International cricket. He has taken more than 100 wickets, but till now it has not happened that he has taken 5 wickets in a single match. Against New Zealand in Thiruvananthapuram, he took 5 wickets for 51 runs in 4 overs. Arshdeep was also the bowler taking the most wickets in this entire series. He took 8 wickets in the series.

Ishan Kishan’s century in 42 balls

Maintaining his excellent form, Ishan Kishan completed his century in 42 balls. In this match, he scored 103 runs playing 43 balls, in which he hit 10 sixes and 6 fours. This was the fifth fastest century for India in international T20 cricket and the fastest century in T20 against New Zealand.

India won the series 4-1

Team India has defeated New Zealand 4-1 in the five-match T20 series. The first T20 match was played in Nagpur, which India won by 41 runs. After that, Team India registered a big win by 7 wickets and then by 8 wickets in Guwahati. New Zealand’s only win in the series came in the fourth match, which was played in Visakhapatnam. New Zealand won that match by 50 runs. Now in the fifth match, Team India made a comeback and won by 46 runs.

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.

In the third T20 match played in Guwahati, New Zealand had set a target of 154 runs for India. Team India achieved the score which the Kiwi team had struggled to reach in just 60 balls. Abhishek Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav played half-century innings. Abhishek scored 68 runs in 20 balls and captain Surya scored 57 runs in 26 balls. During this period, the Indian team has destroyed many records.

Indian team’s fastest 50 runs in T20 International

In the third T20 match, Team India completed 50 runs in just 3.1 overs (19 balls). The Indian team had earlier completed fifty runs in 22 balls against Bangladesh in 2023.

Second highest score in powerplay

The Indian team has made the record of making the second highest score in the powerplay of a T20 match. Team India scored 94 runs in 6 overs against New Zealand in Guwahati. The world record for scoring the most runs in the powerplay is in the name of England (95 runs).

Most consecutive T20 series wins

The Indian team has taken an unbeatable 3-0 lead in the current series. Team India has now won 11 consecutive series in T20. In this matter, India has equaled Pakistan, which had won 11 consecutive T20 series during 2016-18.

Chased the target of 150+ with maximum balls remaining

The world record of successfully chasing the target of 150+ runs with most balls remaining in a T20 match is now in the name of Team India. Team India achieved the target of 154 runs against New Zealand with 60 balls remaining in Guwahati. Earlier this record was in the name of West Indies.

Highest score against New Zealand in powerplay

The Indian team has made the highest score against New Zealand in international T20 cricket. Team India broke Australia’s record by scoring 94 runs in the first 6 overs. Australia had scored 91 runs in the powerplay against New Zealand in 2018.

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India vs New Zealand 3rd ODI Highlights: India has defeated New Zealand by 8 wickets in the third T20 match. Abhishek Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav both scored half-centuries in a flamboyant manner for Team India. In this match played in Guwahati, New Zealand team was able to score 153 runs. In reply, the Indian team created history by chasing the target in just 60 balls. With this, Team India has taken an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series.

Team India, chasing the target of 154 runs, lost the wicket of Sanju Samson on the first ball of the innings. Ishan Kishan also played in a stormy style and scored 28 runs in 13 balls. But Abhishek Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav were in no mood to stop.

Abhishek Sharma completed his fifty in 14 balls in this match, which is the second fastest fifty for India in international T20 cricket. Abhishek returned unbeaten in this match after scoring 68 runs in 20 balls. In this stormy innings he hit 7 fours and 5 sixes. On the other hand, captain Suryakumar Yadav has scored a half-century for the second consecutive match. He played an unbeaten inning of 57 runs in 26 balls.

Target chased in just 60 balls

The Indian team has also become the team scoring the second highest score in the powerplay of a T20 match. Indian batsmen had scored 94 runs in the first 6 overs. The world record for scoring the most runs in the powerplay is in the name of England, which has scored 95 runs in the first 6 overs. After the end of the power play, the Indian team had to score 60 more runs in 84 balls. Team India had scored the remaining 60 runs in only 24 balls.

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India has won the second T20 match by defeating New Zealand by 7 wickets. With this, Team India has taken a 2-0 lead in the five-match series. In this match played in Raipur, New Zealand had scored 208 runs while playing first. In reply, the Indian team achieved this huge target in just 15.2 overs. India has also made the record of achieving the fastest target of 200 or more in the history of T20 cricket.

Captain Suryakumar scored fifty after 24 innings

This match was memorable for Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav, because after 24 innings he scored a half-century with his bat. He played an unbeaten inning of 82 runs in 37 balls. In this innings he hit 9 fours and 4 sixes. Before this, the last half-century with the bat of Suryakumar Yadav was scored against Bangladesh in October 2024. He played an innings of 75 runs in that match.

Team India made world record

The Indian team has won the second T20 match with 28 balls remaining. India has made the record of fastest chasing the target of more than 200 runs in the history of international T20 cricket. Earlier, the record of fastest chasing the target of 200+ runs was in the name of Pakistan, which had defeated the Kiwi team with 24 balls remaining.

Ishaan Kishan’s storm

Both the opening batsmen of India could not perform in this match. Sanju Samson could score only 6 runs, while Abhishek Sharma could not even open his account. But Ishan Kishan made a lot of appearances with the bat. He scored 76 runs in 32 balls at a stormy strike rate of 237.50. This was the seventh fifty of Kishan’s international T20 career and the first against New Zealand.

Apart from Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dubey made a big contribution in the victory of Team India by playing a quick inning of 36 runs in 18 balls. Talking about New Zealand bowler Zachary Foulkes, he gave away 67 runs in just 3 overs.

For the first time, New Zealand has defeated Team India in an ODI series in India. In the third ODI played in Indore, the Kiwi team defeated India by 41 runs. Virat Kohli, Daryl Mitchell and Glenn Phillips were the three century winners of this match. Team India had got the target of 338 runs, Virat remained at the crease till the last overs but his innings of 124 runs could not give victory to India. Know here about those 5 big reasons which became the reason for India’s defeat in Indore.

Nitish Reddy is becoming a burden on Team India

The Indian team is looking for another Hardik Pandya. In his absence, Nitish Kumar Reddy got a chance in the ODI series. In Indore ODI, he gave 53 runs in 8 overs and could not take any wicket. He bowled most of the time in the middle overs, where Daryl Mitchell and Glenn Phillips were seen hitting his balls with ease. With his bowling speed of 125-130 km per hour, he was neither able to beat the batsmen nor take any wicket.

India could not find Christian Clarke’s break

Christian Clarke’s bowling dominated the Indian batsmen in both the ODI matches in Rajkot and Indore. His 3 wickets in Rajkot became a major reason for Team India’s defeat. Now in the third ODI match also he took the wickets of Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer and Nitish Kumar Reddy.

Poor bowling in death overs

Glenn Phillips and Daryl Mitchell had rescued New Zealand from a bad start. Indian bowlers had given away 99 runs in the last 10 overs. Harshit Rana also suffered a lot in the death overs, who took 3 wickets but gave away 84 runs in 10 overs.

batting ran out of steam

The Indian team had to chase the target of 338 runs. Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, these three main batsmen of India were flops. In-form batsman KL Rahul could also score only one run. New Zealand’s fast bowlers made good use of variations and within no time India had lost 4 wickets at the score of 71. Virat Kohli tried to fight the battle alone, but failed.

Spin bowling did not work again

Fast bowlers have dominated this entire series. Kuldeep Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja proved expensive in all three matches. Indian spinners had proved expensive in the last two matches, so couldn’t the Team India management go with an additional fast bowler in the third match? In Indore ODI, Jadeja and Kuldeep bowled a total of 12 overs, in which they gave away 89 runs.

IND vs NZ 3rd ODI Highlights: New Zealand has defeated India by 41 runs in the third ODI match. This is the first time that New Zealand has come to India and defeated Team India in an ODI series. The third ODI match was played at Holkar Stadium, Indore, in which the Kiwi team batted first and scored 337 runs. Team India, chasing the huge target, was all out for 296 runs. Virat Kohli played a century inning of 124 runs in the match.

New Zealand won the ODI series in India for the first time

For the first time in the history of ODI cricket, New Zealand has come to India and defeated Team India in an ODI series. The biggest contribution in this historic victory was made by Daryl Mitchell, who scored centuries against Team India in the second and third matches also. Mitchell played an inning of 137 runs in Indore ODI, along with him Glenn Phillips also batted, who scored 106 runs. This is the same New Zealand team, which came to India in the year 2024 and gave a clean sweep to Team India in the Test series.

Virat could not win

While chasing the target of 338 runs, the Indian team lost 4 wickets till the score of 71. It is very difficult to make a comeback when there is a big target in front. Virat brought India back into the match by making a partnership of 88 runs with Nitish Kumar Reddy. Rohit Sharma scored only 11 runs, while captain Shubhman Gill, who had scored half-centuries in the last two matches, could score 23 runs. Shreyas Iyer scored 3 runs and KL Rahul scored only one run.

Ravindra Jadeja is continuously flopping, this time the team needed a big innings from him, but only 12 runs came off his bat. Harshit Rana definitely played an inning of 52 runs and took Team India closer to victory. He added 99 runs with Virat Kohli. After Harshit’s dismissal, all the hopes of the Indian team were pinned on Virat Kohli. He was also out in the 46th over on the score of 124.

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India has lost to New Zealand by 7 wickets in the second ODI match. KL Rahul had played a century innings of 112 runs in this match, but Daryl Mitchell’s unbeaten century was heavy on the entire Indian team. Team India had scored 284 runs while playing first, but the Indian bowlers could not defend this big target. Know here, what were the 3 biggest reasons for the defeat of the Indian team in Rajkot.

batting flop

The biggest reason for Team India’s defeat was poor batting. After scoring 70 runs without losing any wicket, the Indian team had lost 4 wickets for 118 runs. These 4 wickets falling within 48 runs gave New Zealand a chance to make a comeback in the match. Shubhman Gill once again got a good start, but could not convert it into a century. Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma did not play. Due to poor batting, at one time it seemed difficult for Team India to even reach 250. It must be good for KL Rahul, who played a century inning of 112 runs and took the team to the score of 284.

That wrong decision of the captain

The New Zealand team had lost only 2 wickets till the score was 46. In the 13th over, Prasidh Krishna took the wicket of Henry Nicholls, in the very next over the captain should have turned to the wicket taking option i.e. Mohammad Siraj or Harshit Rana to increase the pressure on the Kiwi team. Instead Nitish Reddy’s spell was continued. Somehow, this helped Daryl Mitchell and Will Young to gain a foothold at the crease. When a wicket has fallen in the last over, the batsman plays cautiously, but in the 14th over, Mitchell and Young openly hit the balls of Nitish Reddy.

The spinners bowled the ball.

Indian spin bowlers proved expensive in this match. Kuldeep Yadav kept getting beaten from the beginning till the end, he gave away 82 runs in 10 overs and was able to take only one wicket. At the other end, the experience of Ravindra Jadeja also did not help, who gave 44 runs in 8 overs and could not put any pressure on the New Zealand batsmen.

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India vs New Zealand Highlights: India has lost to New Zealand by 7 wickets in the second ODI. With this, New Zealand is tied at one point each in the 3 ODI series. The century innings of Daryl Mitchell was heavy on the entire Indian team. In this ODI match played in Rajkot, Team India batted first and scored 284 runs. In reply, the Kiwi team achieved this target in the 48th over itself.

After losing the toss in this match, the Indian team was invited to bat first. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli got the start, but could not play big innings. Whereas captain Shubman Gill played an inning of 56 runs. Shreyas Iyer also flopped in this match, but KL Rahul single-handedly helped Team India reach the score of 284 by scoring unbeaten 112 runs. This was Rahul’s 8th century in his ODI career.

Daryl Mitchell snatched victory

Even before reaching the score of 50, the New Zealand team had lost 2 wickets. At that time, the Indian team needed to take wickets by continuously putting pressure on the Kiwi team, but in the heavy pressure situation, Daryl Mitchell and Will Young made a partnership of 162 runs. This partnership made a huge difference in the match. Will Young was out after scoring 87 runs, but Daryl Mitchell held the other end. He scored 131 runs in 117 balls, in this innings he hit 11 fours and 2 sixes.

Kuldeep Yadav in particular proved to be very expensive for India. He did take one wicket, but gave away 82 runs in 10 overs. Apart from him, Prasidh Krishna and Harshit Rana were able to take one wicket each. Both the teams are now tied each in the ODI series and the series winner will be decided on January 18 in Indore.

India has defeated New Zealand by 4 wickets in the first ODI match. In this match played in Vadodara, the New Zealand team had scored 300 runs while playing first. In reply, the Indian team faltered and won in 49 overs with 4 wickets remaining. Virat Kohli played an inning of 93 runs for India, while Shubman Gill also played a half-century. This is India’s first victory in the year 2026.

Team India, which came to chase the target of 301 runs, did not have a very good start. When Team India’s score was 39 runs, Rohit Sharma was out after scoring 26 runs. Shubman Gill scored a half-century in a steady and slow manner and contributed 56 runs.

New Zealand tried hard

At one time the Indian team had scored 234 runs at the loss of 2 wickets. At this time the Indian team had to score 67 runs in 66 balls and with Virat Kohli in charge, Team India’s victory seemed easy. Team India had scored 234 runs, then Virat Kohli was out after scoring 93 runs. KL Rahul was not able to connect the ball in the beginning, due to which the required run rate was increasing, on the other hand wickets were also continuously falling.

Harshit Rana played an innings of 29 runs in 23 balls, not only removed the pressure from Rahul but also kept the Indian team in the race to register victory. But in the end, KL Rahul ensured the victory of the Indian team by hitting 2 fours and a six.

Rohit did not work, Captain Gill’s half century

Rohit Sharma is also in good form, but the beginning of the year 2026 was not memorable for him. He was out against New Zealand after scoring 26 runs in 29 balls. But captain Shubman Gill, who was returning after missing the ODI series against South Africa, definitely scored a half-century. Gill played a steady inning of 56 runs in 71 balls. In this innings he hit 3 fours and 2 sixes.

Virat missed a century, but created history

Maintaining his amazing form, Virat Kohli has played an inning of 93 runs. He scored 93 runs in 91 balls, in which he hit 8 fours and one six. This was the 77th half-century inning of his ODI career. Virat has scored a total of 469 runs in his last 5 ODI innings, in which he has scored 2 centuries and 3 half-centuries.

Kohli made many records in his name by playing an inning of 93 runs in the match. He has become the fastest batsman to complete 28,000 runs in international cricket. He achieved this feat in his 624th innings, before him Sachin Tendulkar had completed 28 thousand runs in 644 innings. Apart from this, he has left Kumar Sangakkara at second place in terms of scoring most runs in international cricket.