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India tour of New Zealand, 2026

New Zealand vs India · 3rd T20I

27 October 2026 · Hnry Stadium, Wellington

New Zealand198/3 (20 overs)
India199/4 (13.2 overs)

India won by 6 wickets

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

New Zealand innings

198/3 (20 overs)

Batting

BatterRuns (balls)4s6sSR
Tim Seifert (wk)c Axar Patel b Arshdeep Singh2 (6)0033.33
Finn Allenc Naman Dhir b Nitish Kumar Reddy40 (25)05160.00
Daryl Mitchellnot out89* (52)55171.15
Glenn Phillipsc and b Axar Patel17 (14)30121.43
Bevon Jacobsnot out39* (23)41169.57

Extras: 11 (lb 7, w 4)

Did not bat: Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner, Kyle Jamieson, Adam Milne, Jacob Duffy, Matthew Fisher

Bowling

BowlerW / R (overs)MEcon
Bhuvneshwar Kumar0/40 (4)010.00
Arshdeep Singh1/33 (4)08.25
Prince Yadav0/44 (4)011.00
Axar Patel1/36 (4)09.00
Nitish Kumar Reddy1/38 (4)09.50

Fall of wickets: 4/1 Seifert (1.2), 90/2 Allen (8.3), 123/3 Phillips (11.6)

India innings

199/4 (13.2 overs)

Batting

BatterRuns (balls)4s6sSR
Vaibhav Sooryavanshic Daryl Mitchell b Matthew Fisher45 (19)44236.84
Abhishek Sharmac Glenn Phillips b Kyle Jamieson113 (38)911297.37
Sanju Samson (wk)b Kyle Jamieson18 (13)20138.46
Shreyas Iyer (c)c Glenn Phillips b Mitchell Santner5 (10)0050.00
Tilak Varmanot out1* (1)00100.00
Naman Dhirnot out4* (1)10400.00

Extras: 13 (lb 1, w 10, nb 2)

Did not bat: Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Prince Yadav

Bowling

BowlerW / R (overs)MEcon
Jacob Duffy0/44 (2)022.00
Adam Milne0/33 (2)016.50
Michael Bracewell0/36 (2)018.00
Kyle Jamieson2/45 (3.2)013.50
Matthew Fisher1/23 (1)023.00
Mitchell Santner1/17 (3)05.67

Fall of wickets: 133/1 Sooryavanshi (7.1), 178/2 Abhishek (9.6), 193/3 Iyer (12.4), 195/4 Samson (13.1)