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India vs New Zealand Scorecard, 5th T20I, New Zealand in India 2026
Result · Jan 31 2026, Sat - 07:00 PM (IST)
5th T20I, - Greenfield Stadium
INDIA271/5
NEW ZEALAND225
India won by 46 runs
CRR:11.44
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Match Info
| Series: | New Zealand in India 2026 |
| Date: | Jan 31 2026, Sat - 07:00 PM (IST) |
| Country: | India |
| City: | Thiruvananthapuram |
| Venue: | Greenfield Stadium |
| Toss: | India won the toss and elected to bat. |
| India Playing XI: | Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan (wk), Suryakumar Yadav (c), Rinku Singh, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah |
| New Zealand Playing XI: | Tim Seifert (wk), Finn Allen, Rachin Ravindra, Glenn Phillips, Daryl Mitchell, Bevon Jacobs, Mitchell Santner (c), Kyle Jamieson, Ish Sodhi, Lockie Ferguson, Jacob Duffy |
- New Zealand defeated India by 50 runs in their most recent meeting in men’s T20Is (28 January 2026), snapping a five-match losing run; the Black Caps will be aiming for consecutive wins against them in the format for the first time since March 2016.
- India will be looking to avoid consecutive defeats in men’s T20Is for the first time since August 2023, following their 50-run loss against New Zealand last time out.
- Ireland (W38) and South Africa (W32) are the only full-member teams from outside Asia to have recorded more wins on the continent in men’s T20Is than New Zealand (W31).
- India have won three of all their four men’s T20Is at Greenfield International Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram (L1) including each of their last two despite losing the coin toss on the day in three of those four games.
- New Zealand (5.9%) and India (5.7%) have bowled a higher percentage of their deliveries on a short length than any other ICC full member teams in men’s T20Is since the beginning of 2025; the Black Caps have taken 14 wickets via this method, the second most of any team (Pakistan – 15) while India (8) are ranked sixth in this category.
- India have hit a boundary once every 3.7 balls faced during the powerplay in men’s T20Is since the beginning of 2025, the second most frequently of any ICC full member team in that time (England – 3.2).
- Glenn Phillips (New Zealand) has faced 27.3 balls per innings in this multigame bilateral men’s T20I series between India and New Zealand, the most of any player from either team.
- Kuldeep Yadav (India) has taken 28 wickets at an average of 13.6 across his last 14 T20 bowling innings (x12 T20I, x2 IPL), including at least two wickets in five of his last six innings in that span.
- Zak Foulkes (New Zealand) has scored 7.1% of his 28 runs from singles in this multigame bilateral men’s T20I series between India and New Zealand, the lowest rate of any player from either team (min. 7 runs scored).
- Batters have played a false shot on 47.2% of Arshdeep Singh’s (India) 72 balls bowled in this multigame bilateral men’s T20I series between India and New Zealand, the highest rate of any player from either team (min. 2 overs bowled).
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