| New Zealand vs India MATCH INFO | |
|---|---|
| Toss: | India, who chose to field |
| Umpires: | Kim Cotton (NZ), Shaun Haig (NZ) and Cory Black (NZ) |
| Match Referee: | Ranjan Madugalle (SL) |
| Match Date: | Sat, 24th Oct 2026 |
In the 2nd I T20, New Zealand delivered a strong performance to secure victory against India. The match was played on Oct 24, 2026 at Hagley Oval, Christchurch. Tilak Varma was named Player of the Match for his outstanding contribution.
The full scorecard includes detailed statistics from both innings, such as runs scored by batters, wickets taken by bowlers, dismissal details, and over-by-over breakdowns. It also features key partnerships, toss result, top performers with bat and ball, and a comprehensive match summary.
19.5: Jacob Duffy to Nitish Kumar Reddy, WIDE! Bumper, a touch too high on the batter. Nitish Kumar Reddy looks for the uppercut but misses. Wide given.
19.4: Jacob Duffy to Tilak Varma, Short and on middle and off, Tilak Varma cuts this to deep point and rotates the strike. 3 required off 2.
19.3: Jacob Duffy to Tilak Varma, FIFTY FOR TILAK VARMA! He is playing at a strike rate of 200. Short and on middle and off, Tilak Varma flat-bats it to long on and pushes his partner through for the second run. The throw lacks the desired power and Varma gets home with the dive. Tilak, along with Nitish, has turned this game around for India.
19.2: Jacob Duffy to Tilak Varma, FOUR! Tilak races to 48 and puts India within one big hit away from the win now. Pitched-up delivery, around off, Tilak Varma drills this in the gap between the mid off and extra cover fielders for four more runs. 6 needed off 4.
19.1: Jacob Duffy to Nitish Kumar Reddy, Short and on middle and leg, Nitish Kumar Reddy pulls this to the deep mid-wicket fielder for one run.
18.6: Nathan Smith to Tilak Varma, SIX! An ideal finish to the 19th over for India, 18 off it! Good length, wide of off, Tilak Varma stays leg side and smashes this up and over the fence towards the deep cover region for a massive six. What a knock Tilak is playing for the visitors.
18.5: Nathan Smith to Tilak Varma, Full and wide of off, Tilak Varma backs away to slice it over the point fielder but misses out completely.
18.4: Nathan Smith to Tilak Varma, FOUR! That has been hooked away for four more. Short and on middle and leg, Tilak Varma gets inside the line of the ball and hooks it towards the fine leg fence for a boundary. The 50-run stand comes up between these two batters, and the momentum has shifted towards India and how.
18.3: Nathan Smith to Tilak Varma, Good length, wide of off, Tilak Varma swings and misses. Expects a wide but it is called a fair one.
18.2: Nathan Smith to Tilak Varma, FOUR! That's what pressure does, even to the best in the business. Good length, wide of off, Tilak Varma pulls this flat towards the right of Glenn Phillips at mid-wicket for a boundary. The ball should have been stopped by Glenn, but he overran it and the ball went under him to the fence.
18.1: Nathan Smith to Tilak Varma, FOUR! Even the edges are finding their way to the fence for India now. Yorker, around leg, Tilak Varma shuffles across the stumps and looks for a paddle scoop but gets a top edge, and the ball flies over the short third fielder for a boundary behind the stumps.
17.6: Jacob Duffy to Tilak Varma, Back of a length, around middle and leg, Tilak Varma pulls this to the deep mid-wicket fielder for one run. 17 from the over, 29 needed off 12 balls.
17.5: Jacob Duffy to Tilak Varma, FOUR! Low full toss, on off, Tilak Varma settles deep inside the crease and smashes this past the right of the diving mid off fielder for yet another boundary. Excellent timing and placement by Tilak Varma. India go past 150.
17.4: Jacob Duffy to Tilak Varma, Wide yorker, just inside the tramline outside off, Tilak Varma swings and misses. A rare dot in this partnership.
17.4: Jacob Duffy to Tilak Varma, WIDE! Full and way too wide of off, Tilak Varma shuffles across the stumps and leaves it. Wided.
17.3: Jacob Duffy to Tilak Varma, FOUR! Tilak Varma finds the fence this time. Good length, wide of off, Tilak shuffles across the stumps and pulls this in the gap towards the cow corner region for a boundary.
17.2: Jacob Duffy to Nitish Kumar Reddy, Short and on off, Nitish Kumar Reddy pulls this flat towards deep mid-wicket for a single.
17.1: Jacob Duffy to Nitish Kumar Reddy, SIX! 93-metre long hit by Reddy. Slower one, full and on off, Nitish Kumar Reddy gets right behind the line of the ball and smashes it deep into the crowd towards the long off region for a massive six. Perfect start to the 18th over for India.
19.6: Prince Yadav to Michael Bracewell, FOUR! A boundary to end the innings. New Zealand finish on 180/5. Prince dishes out the off-cutter, on the shorter side, around off. Bracewell sets up for the scoop and stands across the stumps on the off side. He waits for the ball to arrive and gets the scoop over the keeper's head for a boundary. 9 runs off the over, so not that bad an over from Yadav.
19.5: Prince Yadav to Mitchell Santner, Back to attempting the yorker, it comes out as a low full toss, on the pads. The ball dips on Santner and he can't get it away. A leg bye is taken as the ball thuds into the pads and rolls towards the leg side.
19.4: Prince Yadav to Mitchell Santner, On a shortish length, another slower one. Santner waits for it this time before dragging the pull to the right of deep square leg for a couple of runs.
19.3: Prince Yadav to Mitchell Santner, Good change-up by Prince. It is the off-cutter into the wicket at 110 kph. Santner does not pick the change of pace and swings early for the pull. Can only connect with thin air.
19.2: Prince Yadav to Mitchell Santner, Nails another yorker, at the toes. Santner gets the front leg out of the way and digs it out in the vacant mid-wicket region. Yadav goes after the ball himself but cannot prevent the batters from taking the second run.
19.1: Prince Yadav to Mitchell Santner, Prince spots Santner backing away and he follows him with a yorker. Santner can only jam it out to the right of the bowler.
18.6: Nitish Kumar Reddy to Michael Bracewell, SIX! High and handsome. Reddy switches to around the wicket and serves it right in the slot, angled in at the pads. Bracewell needs no second invitation as he picks it up off the pads and parks it onto the grass banks beyond deep mid-wicket.
18.5: Nitish Kumar Reddy to Bevon Jacobs, OUT! TAKEN! Bevon Jacobs will be gutted with himself. The timing has been off all night for Jacobs and he holes out eventually. Reddy goes searching for the yorker but it comes out as a full toss, on middle. Jacobs looks to go downtown but the bat turns in his hand, and he spoons it straight down the throat of Axar Patel at long off, who takes the catch around his waist. Bevon looks at his bat as he trudges off.
18.4: Nitish Kumar Reddy to Bevon Jacobs, A pinpoint yorker, tailing back in, on middle. Bevon squeezes it out down the strip.
18.3: Nitish Kumar Reddy to Bevon Jacobs, On the fuller side, angled in at the sticks. Jacobs powers the drive down to long on, where Tilak Varma moves to his left and gets low but he fumbles and allows a second run to be taken.
18.2: Nitish Kumar Reddy to Bevon Jacobs, Slower one, following the batter, on a good length. Jacobs makes room and swings to go down the ground but is beaten past the outside edge.
18.1: Nitish Kumar Reddy to Bevon Jacobs, SIX! Up, up and away! Reddy takes pace off and goes into the wicket. This sits up to be hit for Jacobs, who stands tall, waits for the ball to arrive and wallops it over long off for half a dozen.
17.6: Arshdeep Singh to Glenn Phillips, OUT! TAKEN! Wicket number 38 for Arshdeep Singh in 2026 and he goes past Bhuvneshwar Kumar for most T20I wickets for India in a calendar year. End of a top knock by Glenn Phillips. Singh sticks to the wide line and has the field set accordingly. Phillips hangs deep in the crease and is made to reach out. He has a swing at it to go big on the off side but the shot is hit into the wind and it goes only as far as deep cover, where Naman Dhir does the rest.
17.6: Arshdeep Singh to Glenn Phillips, Wide! Drifts beyond the tramline. Phillips lets it be.
17.5: Arshdeep Singh to Glenn Phillips, Pace off and the length is pulled back. Phillips reaches out and goes inside out over extra cover. He does not quite get hold of it but manages to clear extra cover.
17.4: Arshdeep Singh to Glenn Phillips, Untidy in the field. Going away with the angle, low full toss. Phillips carves it away towards deep backward point. A wayward throw by Vaibhav Sooryavanshi as it goes between the onrushing keeper and the bowler, right in the middle of the surface. That allows the batters to sneak in the second run.
17.3: Arshdeep Singh to Glenn Phillips, FOUR! Arshdeep misses his mark but Phillips does not. Low full toss, on off. Phillips takes it on the full and just swings through the line, hitting it well wide to the right of Tilak Varma at long off for a four. The 150 is up for New Zealand.
17.2: Arshdeep Singh to Glenn Phillips, Full and angled away. Phillips swings through the line and launches it towards wide long off. Tilak Varma is quick to his left and slides to mop it up. Two runs taken.
17.1: Arshdeep Singh to Glenn Phillips, Gets the yorker in, on off. Phillips jams it out to cover.
17.1: Arshdeep Singh to Glenn Phillips, Wide! Down leg, Phillips swings and misses.
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19.5: Jacob Duffy to Nitish Kumar Reddy, INDIA WIN BY 4 WICKETS! Full toss, on the pads, Nitish Kumar Reddy flicks this to the right of the deep mid-wicket fielder and comes back for the second to win the game for India. The reigning champions show once again why they are the team to beat in this format! The Indian players are absolutely pumped, and rightly so. This was no easy ride, but they dug deep, weathered the pressure and fought their way to a hard-earned victory.