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India tour of New Zealand, 2026

New Zealand vs India · 2nd T20I

24 October 2026 · Hagley Oval, Christchurch

New Zealand180/5 (20 overs)
India181/6 (19.5 overs)

India won by 4 wickets

Full scorecard · * denotes not out. Figures in parentheses show balls faced or overs bowled.

New Zealand innings

180/5 (20 overs)

Batting

BatterRuns (balls)4s6sSR
Tim Seifert (wk)c Tilak Varma b Arshdeep Singh7 (6)01116.67
Finn Allenb Prince Yadav16 (14)01114.29
Daryl Mitchellc Tilak Varma b Bhuvneshwar Kumar6 (5)10120.00
Glenn Phillipsc Naman Dhir b Arshdeep Singh70 (43)44162.79
Bevon Jacobsc Axar Patel b Nitish Kumar Reddy58 (46)51126.09
Mitchell Santner (c)not out4* (5)0080.00
Michael Bracewellnot out10* (2)11500.00

Extras: 9 (lb 1, w 7, nb 1)

Did not bat: Nathan Smith, Matt Henry, Jacob Duffy, Lockie Ferguson

Bowling

BowlerW / R (overs)MEcon
Bhuvneshwar Kumar1/50 (4)012.50
Arshdeep Singh2/33 (4)08.25
Prince Yadav1/30 (4)07.50
Naman Dhir0/7 (1)07.00
Axar Patel0/28 (4)07.00
Nitish Kumar Reddy1/31 (3)010.33

Fall of wickets: 9/1 Seifert (1.3), 18/2 Mitchell (2.6), 41/3 Allen (5.2), 157/4 Phillips (17.6), 165/5 Jacobs (18.5)

India innings

181/6 (19.5 overs)

Batting

BatterRuns (balls)4s6sSR
Sanju Samson (wk)c Glenn Phillips b Jacob Duffy14 (17)1182.35
Abhishek Sharmac Nathan Smith b Mitchell Santner27 (21)31128.57
Vaibhav Sooryavanshic Daryl Mitchell b Nathan Smith4 (8)0050.00
Shreyas Iyer (c)b Mitchell Santner7 (11)0063.64
Axar Patelc Daryl Mitchell b Mitchell Santner11 (9)01122.22
Tilak Varmanot out51* (26)61196.15
Naman Dhirc Glenn Phillips b Mitchell Santner31 (17)13182.35
Nitish Kumar Reddynot out26* (13)11200.00

Extras: 10 (lb 2, w 5, nb 3)

Did not bat: Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Prince Yadav

Bowling

BowlerW / R (overs)MEcon
Matt Henry0/11 (2)15.50
Jacob Duffy1/41 (3.5)010.70
Lockie Ferguson0/37 (3)012.33
Michael Bracewell0/35 (4)08.75
Nathan Smith1/34 (3)011.33
Mitchell Santner4/21 (4)05.25

Fall of wickets: 40/1 Samson (4.4), 44/2 Sooryavanshi (6.2), 56/3 Abhishek (8.4), 69/4 Iyer (10.3), 70/5 Axar (10.5), 112/6 Dhir (14.5)