Highest Successful Run Chase in T20I Ahmedabad: The final match between India and New Zealand is being played at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. The Indian team has been invited to bat first. The pitch of Narendra Modi Stadium is usually helpful for batting, but how much score will Team India have to score, which the New Zealand batsmen can chase. See here what is the biggest run chase at Narendra Modi Stadium in T20.

In the history of international T20 cricket, the target of 180 runs has never been successfully chased at the Narendra Modi Stadium. The record of the most successful run chase here is 177 runs which is in the name of South Africa. South Africa had chased the target of 177 against West Indies in this World Cup. The South African team has also chased the target of 176 runs against New Zealand here.

Must score at least 180 runs

The highest score of New Zealand cricket team in Ahmedabad is 175 runs. The Kiwi team has played 2 matches on this ground and has lost both times, which is good news from the point of view of Team India. New Zealand has never been able to reach the mark of 180 runs here. When the Kiwi team came to chase on this ground for the only time, it was all out for just 66 runs.

Biggest run chase in Ahmedabad (T20)

• 177 runs – South Africa (vs West Indies)
• 176 runs – South Africa (vs New Zealand)
• 165 runs – India (vs England)

Let us tell you that in the history till now, a score greater than 176 has never been made in the final of the T20 World Cup. This was made by the Indian team in the 2024 World Cup final against South Africa. The second highest score is in the name of Australia, which scored 173 runs against New Zealand in the 2021 World Cup final. This is also the biggest score chased so far in the T20 World Cup final.

Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad is completely ready for the final of the 2026 T20 World Cup. The title clash between India and New Zealand will begin in some time. Team India would like to create history and win the World Cup title for the second consecutive time. India has become T20 World Cup champion twice so far. However, Team India’s record in ICC tournaments is not good in front of New Zealand.

India has reached the final of the ICC T20 World Cup for the fourth time and New Zealand for the second time. India became champion twice before and once lost to Sri Lanka in the final. Whereas New Zealand has played the final only once and it lost in the title match. Now the Kiwi team is going to play the final for the second time. India had defeated England in the semi-finals, while New Zealand had defeated a strong team like South Africa in the semi-finals.

Narendra Modi Stadium pitch report

The pitch of Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad is suitable for the batsmen. Even today a high scoring match is expected here. There is a pitch of red soil, on which there will be light grass. India has no better chance than this to break the losing streak against New Zealand in the T20 World Cup. The team winning the toss can decide to bat first, because there will be pressure to chase in the final, and there will be no effect of dew.

live streaming details

You can watch the final match between India and New Zealand live on TV on the channels of Star Sports Network. Whereas on mobile the match will come live on Jiostar app. You will be able to enjoy the title match in many languages.

India’s probable playing eleven – Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Shivam Dubey, Varun Chakraborty, Jasprit Bumrah and Arshdeep Singh.

New Zealand’s probable playing XI – Tim Seifert (wicketkeeper), Finn Allen, Rachin Ravindra, Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Daryl Mitchell, James Neesham, Mitchell Santner (captain), Cole McConchie, Matt Henry and Lockie Ferguson.

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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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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The third T20 match between India and New Zealand was played at the Baraspara Stadium in Guwahati, during which an Indian bowler has come into the limelight. This bowler has taken a wicket in international cricket after almost a year. Actually, in the third T20 match, the Indian team had rested Arshdeep Singh and Varun Chakraborty. In such a situation, Ravi Bishnoi got a chance to replace Chakraborty as a spinner, who took an international wicket after 357 days.

Wicket came after 357 days

Ravi Bishnoi had not played any match for Team India for the last one year. His last match came against England in February 2025, in that match he took one wicket. After 357 days, Ravi Bishnoi got the opportunity to play in the playing eleven of Team India.

Ravi Bishnoi took his first wicket of Mark Chapman in this match. He dismissed Chapman on the score of 12. He took his second wicket of the match by dismissing Glenn Phillips on the score of 48. In his comeback match, Bishnoi took two wickets giving only 18 runs in 4 overs. Bishnoi’s strong bowling played an important role in restricting New Zealand to 153 runs. He has made good use of the opportunity he got after a year.

Ravi Bishnoi’s career

Ravi Bishnoi made his international debut in the year 2022. Till now he has played only one ODI match for Team India. But his figures in T20 have been good. Bishnoi has taken 63 wickets in his T20 career of 43 matches. He took a total of 22 wickets for Team India in the year 2024, but after that he dropped from Team India in the beginning of 2025.

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India vs New Zealand 3rd T20 Score: In the third T20 match being played in Guwahati, New Zealand batted first and scored 153 runs. Kiwi batting was a complete flop on this ground which is considered excellent for batting. Leg-spin bowler Ravi Bishnoi has made a comeback in this match for Team India, who not only controlled New Zealand’s run rate but also took 2 wickets.

In this match, the Indian team won the toss and decided to bowl first. Team India made a great start in bowling, as all three top order batsmen of the Kiwi team were out within the powerplay. Devon Conway scored one run, Rachin Ravindra scored 4 runs and Tim Seifert was out after scoring only 12 runs. Harshit Rana is proving to be increasingly effective with the new ball, who took the wicket of Conway in the very first over of the innings.

Bishnoi and Bumrah shine

Ravi Bishnoi is playing an international match for Team India after almost a year. He took 2 wickets for only 18 runs in 4 overs. He took the wickets of Glenn Phillips and Mark Chapman. On the other hand, Jasprit Bumrah wreaked havoc and took 3 wickets for only 17 runs in 4 overs. Hardik Pandya has also been consistently performing impressively for Team India. In bowling he was successful in taking 2 wickets.

Talking about New Zealand’s batting, the maximum runs were scored by Glenn Phillips, who scored an inning of 48 runs. Chapman was out after scoring 32 runs, while captain Mitchell Santner also contributed 27 runs.

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