- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.3 Hardik takes a stunning catch. Rana has Conway five times on the tour. 136ks fullish ball angling in towards off. Conway, pre-meditatedly, danced down and looked to lift it over mid-off. Bat was diagonal, its face opened as he hit the ball. Hardik ran back, leapt and fell to the side while collecting the ball with both hands. 2/15.1 Stumps cartwheeling, as hard as Bumrah roars! 137ks length ball loses little to no pace off the pitch and rushed straight. Seifert played the wrong line as he looked to drive down the pitch. Beaten on the outside edge, off stump goes to leg after a couple of cartwheels 34/31.4 Bad placement, Hardik strikes now. Short ball at chest-height, Ravindra pulled it with a check. Ball went flat to deep square leg, Bishnoi was the only fielder there took a good low catch. 13/215.1 Set batter gone and Bishnoi does his trademark spreadhanded celebration again. 104ks shortish ball at the stumps. Phillips looking for a boundary first ball, pulls it hard and flat straight to deep midwicket 112/611.6 Edged to the keeper. Chapman looks to slap it through cover. The 105ks length ball slanting outside off takes a thin edge, Bat neither horizontal nor vertical and the ball shaves bat. 86/414.4 Slapped straight to deep point! Pace off. Outside off again, Mitchell arches back and carves it as powerfully as he could. Finds Kishan on the boundary. 112/519.1 Bumrah can wickets even off full tosses. At the legs, Santner tried to whack it instead of helping it away. Ball went right up and finished in deep midwicket's hands 144/917.2 Leg stump falls asleep. Bumrah whacking it on a length at 141ks, angles in at leg stump. Jamieson clears his front leg, looks to pull it over midwicket and misses 132/717.4 Near yorker angling away to middle. Flicked straight, Kishan runs in from long-off and spears in an accurate throw at the bowler's. Bumrah reaches with his right hand to dislodge the bails, Henry is well short 134/8Extras5 (lb 4, w 1)TOTAL153/9 (20 Overs, RR: 7.65)Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Devon Conway, 0.3 ov), 2-13 (Rachin Ravindra, 1.4 ov), 3-34 (Tim Seifert, 5.1 ov), 4-86 (Mark Chapman, 11.6 ov), 5-112 (Daryl Mitchell, 14.4 ov), 6-112 (Glenn Phillips, 15.1 ov), 7-132 (Kyle Jamieson, 17.2 ov), 8-134 (Matt Henry, 17.4 ov), 9-144 (Mitchell Santner, 19.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Harshit Rana 4 0 35 1 8.75 9 3 2 0 0 HH Pandya 3 0 23 2 7.66 9 4 0 0 0 Ravi Bishnoi 4 0 18 2 4.5 11 1 0 0 0 JJ Bumrah 4 0 17 3 4.25 11 1 0 0 0 Kuldeep Yadav 3 0 32 0 10.66 4 2 2 1 0 S Dube 2 0 24 0 12 2 3 1 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.1 Knocked over, stunned silence! Thought it seamed away but no, Samson tried to flick it off a length and the ball tickled the thigh pad and knocked out off stump. 10, 6, and now 0 for Samson this series. Replay shows Samson went back in the crease and just down leg before the ball, so he was shaping for width. Didn't have any 0/13.2 Great shot, straight to the fielder! Kishan getting low and swatting the 90ks slider. Had to bend a bit and manufactured power off his wrists. Picked deep midwicket to perfection. 53/2Extras2 (w 2)TOTAL155/2 (10 Overs, RR: 15.5)Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Sanju Samson, 0.1 ov), 2-53 (Ishan Kishan, 3.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB MJ Henry 2 0 28 1 14 4 1 3 0 0 JA Duffy 2 0 38 0 19 1 4 3 0 0 KA Jamieson 1 0 17 0 17 1 1 1 2 0 IS Sodhi 2 0 28 1 14 3 4 1 0 0 MJ Santner 2 0 28 0 14 1 4 1 0 0 GD Phillips 1 0 16 0 16 1 2 1 0 0
Match Details
Toss
India , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
India led the 5-match series 3-0
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
19.00 start, First Session 19.00-20.30, Interval 20.30-20.50, Second Session 20.50-22.20
Match days
25 January 2026 - night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 36 runs, 3 wickets)
- New Zealand: 50 runs in 8.2 overs (50 balls), Extras 0
- Drinks: New Zealand - 75/3 in 10.0 overs (GD Phillips 30, MS Chapman 28)
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 38 balls (GD Phillips 19, MS Chapman 31, Ex 0)
- New Zealand: 100 runs in 13.1 overs (79 balls), Extras 0
- New Zealand: 150 runs in 19.4 overs (118 balls), Extras 5
- Innings Break: New Zealand - 153/9 in 20.0 overs (IS Sodhi 2, JA Duffy 4)
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 94 runs, 2 wickets)
- India: 50 runs in 3.1 overs (19 balls), Extras 2
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 18 balls (Abhishek Sharma 23, Ishan Kishan 28, Ex 2)
- Abhishek Sharma: 50 off 14 balls (5 x 4, 4 x 6)
- India: 100 runs in 6.3 overs (39 balls), Extras 2
- Over 6.4: Review by New Zealand (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - J Madanagopal, Batter - SA Yadav (Struck down)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 22 balls (Abhishek Sharma 33, SA Yadav 19, Ex 0)
- India: 150 runs in 9.5 overs (59 balls), Extras 2
- SA Yadav: 50 off 25 balls (5 x 4, 3 x 6)
- 3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 40 balls (Abhishek Sharma 45, SA Yadav 57, Ex 0)
Match Coverage
All Match NewsSwing + seam + Bumrah's lengths = unplayable
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New Zealand made only one change, with Kyle Jamieson coming in for Zak Foulkes
Abhishek slams India's second-fastest T20I half-century
He remains behind his mentor Yuvraj Singh, who still holds the India record of a 12-ball fifty against England in 2007
Stats - Fourteen-ball fifty, 94 in powerplay as India script record chase
A 3-0 lead against NZ also hands India their 11th consecutive T20I series (or tournament) win
Abhishek blasts 14-ball fifty to hand India unassailable 3-0 lead against NZ
It was India's second-fastest T20I fifty after Bumrah and Bishnoi restricted NZ to 153



