Result

India won by 4 wickets (with 1 ball remaining)

New Zealand vs India

2nd T20I · Christchurch · Oct 24, 2026 · Twenty20 International

NZ
New Zealand
180/5 (20/20 ov)
IND
India
181/6 (19.5/20 ov)

India won the toss and elected to bowling

Player of the Match

New Zealand 1st Innings

Batting

Batter R B 4s 6s SR
Tim Seifert c Tilak Varma b Arshdeep Singh 7 6 0 1 117.00
Finn Allen b Prince Yadav 16 14 0 1 114.00
Daryl Mitchell c Tilak Varma b Bhuvneshwar Kumar 6 5 1 0 120.00
Glenn Phillips c Naman Dhir b Arshdeep Singh 70 43 4 4 163.00
Bevon Jacobs c Axar Patel b Nitish Kumar Reddy 58 46 5 1 126.00
Mitchell Santner not out 4 5 0 0 80.00
Michael Bracewell not out 10 2 1 1 500.00

Bowling

Bowler O R W Econ
Bhuvneshwar Kumar 4.0 50 1 12.50
Arshdeep Singh 4.0 33 2 8.25
Prince Yadav 4.0 30 1 7.50
Naman Dhir 1.0 7 0 7.00
Axar Patel 4.0 28 0 7.00
Nitish Kumar Reddy 3.0 31 1 10.33

India 2nd Innings

Batting

Batter R B 4s 6s SR
Sanju Samson c Glenn Phillips b Jacob Duffy 14 17 1 1 82.00
Abhishek Sharma c Nathan Smith b Mitchell Santner 27 21 3 1 129.00
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi c Daryl Mitchell b Nathan Smith 4 8 0 0 50.00
Shreyas Iyer b Mitchell Santner 7 11 0 0 64.00
Axar Patel c Daryl Mitchell b Mitchell Santner 11 9 0 1 122.00
Tilak Varma not out 51 26 6 1 196.00
Naman Dhir c Glenn Phillips b Mitchell Santner 31 17 1 3 182.00
Nitish Kumar Reddy not out 26 13 1 1 200.00

Bowling

Bowler O R W Econ
Matt Henry 2.0 11 0 5.50
Jacob Duffy 3.5 41 1 10.70
Lockie Ferguson 3.0 37 0 12.33
Michael Bracewell 4.0 35 0 8.75
Nathan Smith 3.0 34 1 11.33
Mitchell Santner 4.0 21 4 5.25

Venue

Hagley Oval
Christchurch, New Zealand

Innings

  • New Zealand — 1st Innings 180-5 (20)
  • India — 2nd Innings 181-6 (19.5)

Awards

Player of the match: Tilak Varma