Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Best performances - Batsmen

Ishan Kishan
Ishan Kishan
103(43) 6x4 - 10x6
Control %75%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 33 runs
  • 4x4 - 2x6
0 4 5 13 34 14 3 30
FH Allen
80(38) 8x4 - 6x6
Control %71%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 17 runs
  • 1x4 - 2x6
0 0 10 2 20 13 18 17

Best performances - Bowlers

Arshdeep Singh
Arshdeep Singh
O4
M0
R51
W5
Eco12.75
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
2W
AR Patel
AR Patel
O4
M0
R33
W3
Eco8.25
RHB
OFFLEG
2W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Match Details

Toss

India , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

Player Of The Series

Series result

India won the 5-match series 4-1

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

19.00 start, First Session 19.00-20.30, Interval 20.30-20.50, Second Session 20.50-22.20

Match days

31 January 2026 - night match (20-over match)

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Scorer: M Venkat Raghav | Commentator: Ekanth

A deserved 4-1 series win for India. Very little that went wrong for them, Kishan has been on top. New Zealand will have learnings and experience in conditions that the T20 World Cup will be played in. Lest we forget, they won the ODI series. Now, we go onto the World Cup. See you for that. Thanks for joining. Goodbye.

SKY collects the trophy, made out of recycled cricket goods, and goes to the WINNERS board. He hands the trophy to Kishan and Rinku and walks to the side. The trophy is raised and a couple of cheers go off in an otherwise subdued celebration.

Suryakumar Yadav, POTS and India captain It's been a long year, long wait. I've always been dreaming of this time. I've been following the same things, routines. I knew I wasn't out of form. Very good series going into the World Cup. Feeling great. It's okay, it's sport, I took it in my stride. I spent a lot of time with my close friends, who told me what to do after the last series. I knew my time would definitely come. If you win or lose, you take something from the game. We'll sit down, analyse our games and start our campaign. It's hard on the bowlers, this format, but at the same time you need to have a good plan.

Ishan Kishan, POTM Wanted to watch the ball and play accordingly. I think the plan in this team is to go for runs even if you're close to the milestone. If the ball is there, you have to go for it and think about winning matches. I'm still not there, my focus is on World Cup. What's important is we carry the same form over there.

Mitchell Santner, NZ captain We learnt a lot of stuff. Tough to beat India in their conditions. When you're challenged a lot, it's a good thing. Results haven't gone our way, have learnings. It's not easy as a bowling unit against good batting ones.

496 runs hit today, second most ever in a T20I

Kasinathan: "Cricket is a funny game. Rinku getting a wicket while Bumrah goes wicketless"

Arshdeep Singh Great learning for me to stay in the game. That was the message from the coaching staff. It's just for the camera I look calm. Lately, I've been going for runs consistently, I'm trying to stay in the game with Morne's help. I enjoyed some of the shots Finn played, but I could've planned better. They were always going to come hard. (Huddle from SKY after the powerplay) The talk was about body language, to give it our all, and give it our best shot to restrict them under 180. Happy with individual performances, but the perfect team game hasn't come. Hope that comes in the World Cup.

10:28pm Another comprehensive win for the hosts. Lots of changes this game, their batters got going. The bowlers were given some tap, mainly by Allen at the top of the order, but after the first ten overs, the tide turned big time. Arshdeep, who went for 40 in his first two, got a five-for in the end. Varun and Axar, in particular, were threatening. Kishan's keeping had a couple of misses but the fact that he kept wickets and not Samson could be a sign of things to come in the T20 World Cup.

19.4
W
Singh to Sodhi, OUT, Taken by Arshdeep at point, he pockets the ball. That's the series done, India win 4-1. Was a short ball outside off, Sodhi looked to slap it, skied it right up to point

IS Sodhi c Arshdeep Singh b Singh 33 (17m 15b 1x4 3x6) SR: 220

19.3
0
Singh to Sodhi, no run, Wide on a length, cut to backward point
19.2
6
Singh to Sodhi, SIX, Slogged off the front foot, just clears long-on. 36th six of the game, the most in a T20I
19.1
1
Singh to Duffy, 1 run, Wide and shortish, slapped to long-off

Rinku given the ball. He'll close out the innings. Around the wicket

END OF OVER:
19 | 14 Runs | NZ: 218/9 (54 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 11.47, RRR: 54.00)

  • Ish Sodhi27 (12b)
  • Jacob Duffy8 (4b)
  • Abhishek Sharma1-0-13-0
  • Jasprit Bumrah4-0-58-0
18.6
2
Abhishek Sharma to Sodhi, 2 runs, Length down leg, the batter charges down and heaves it over midwicket
18.5
1
Abhishek Sharma to Duffy, 1 run, Makes room and drives the full ball on middle to long-off

New Zealand 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st17TL SeifertFH Allen
2nd100FH AllenR Ravindra
3rd14GD PhillipsR Ravindra
4th6DJ MitchellR Ravindra
5th0DJ MitchellMJ Santner
6th29DJ MitchellBJ Jacobs
7th13DJ MitchellKA Jamieson
8th1DJ MitchellIS Sodhi
9th11LH FergusonIS Sodhi
10th34JA DuffyIS Sodhi