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1st T20I-India in New Zealand T20I Series 2026

RESULTT20I1STHagley Oval, ChristchurchThu, 22 Oct 2026

New Zealand

225/4 (20)

India

230/6 (19.4)

IND

India won by 4 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)

NZNew Zealand innings

225/4 (20)

BATTING

Batsman	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	In Season	R	4s	6s	Career	R	4s	6s
Tim Seifert(WK) c (wk)Samson b Yadav	24	17	29	3	1	141.17	In 2026	24	3	1	Career	2259	213	107
Finn Allen c Tilak Varma b Patel	45	24	43	5	2	187.50	In 2026	45	5	2	Career	1658	145	114
Daryl Mitchell c Kumar b Arshdeep Singh	28	19	36	2	1	147.36	In 2026	28	2	1	Career	1878	130	73
Glenn Phillips not out	82	40	75	8	3	205.00	In 2026	82	8	3	Career	2368	179	111
Bevon Jacobs run out (Arshdeep Singh)	31	16	33	0	3	193.75	In 2026	31	0	3	Career	151	5	10
Michael Bracewell not out	7	6	16	0	0	116.66	In 2026	7	0	0	Career	395	31	15
Extras (nb 2, w 6)	8
Total 225/4 20 Ov (RR: 11.25, 118 Mins)	225

BOWLING

Bowler	O	R	W	ECO	0s	In Season	W	0s	Best	Career	W	0s
Bhuvneshwar Kumar	4.00	49	0	12.25	4	In 2026	0	4	5/4	Career	90	72
Arshdeep Singh	4.00	45	1	11.25	4	In 2026	1	4	5/51	Career	144	379
Mayank Yadav	4.00	40	1	10.00	8	In 2026	1	8	3/29	Career	14	88
Axar Patel	4.00	51	1	12.75	5	In 2026	1	5	3/9	Career	112	385
Nitish Kumar Reddy	4.00	40	0	10.00	3	In 2026	0	3	3/24	Career	10	33

INDIndia innings

230/6 (19.4)

BATTING

Batsman	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	In Season	R	4s	6s	Career	R	4s	6s
Sanju Samson(WK) b Santner	67	33	52	8	4	203.03	In 2026	67	8	4	Career	1796	157	107
Abhishek Sharma c Milne b Bracewell	29	12	38	2	3	241.66	In 2026	29	2	3	Career	1992	188	140
Tilak Varma c Ferguson b Bracewell	6	11	16	0	0	54.54	In 2026	6	0	0	Career	1760	133	92
Shreyas Iyer(c) c Santner b Milne	42	28	52	1	2	150.00	In 2026	42	1	2	Career	1655	134	64
Ishan Kishan c Allen b Santner	1	3	4	0	0	33.33	In 2026	1	0	0	Career	1942	200	91
Axar Patel c sub (DP Conway) b Ferguson	24	14	20	3	1	171.42	In 2026	24	3	1	Career	779	56	30
Naman Dhir not out	42	15	31	5	2	280.00	In 2026	42	5	2	Career	80	7	6
Nitish Kumar Reddy not out	2	3	9	0	0	66.66	In 2026	2	0	0	Career	155	8	12
Extras (nb 1, w 16)	17
Total 230/6 19.4 Ov (RR: 11.69, 113 Mins)	230

BOWLING

Bowler	O	R	W	ECO	0s	In Season	W	0s	Best	Career	W	0s
Matt Henry	3.40	57	0	15.54	5	In 2026	0	5	3/26	Career	53	221
Adam Milne	3.00	43	1	14.33	7	In 2026	1	7	5/26	Career	66	99
Lockie Ferguson	3.00	34	1	11.33	8	In 2026	1	8	5/21	Career	77	135
Michael Bracewell	4.00	37	2	9.25	5	In 2026	2	5	3/5	Career	37	81
Mitchell Santner	4.00	39	2	9.75	7	In 2026	2	7	4/11	Career	144	316
Nathan Smith	2.00	20	0	10.00	2	In 2026	0	2	0/20	Career	0	2

MILESTONES

Nathan Smith played their 1st T20INZREACHED

Now on 1.

A win here would be India's 200th in T20IIND1 SHORT

Kaki Reddy finished short of 1 hundredsIND1 SHORT

Went from 0 to 0.