India vs New Zealand: the final T20I

PUNERI PAGES Cricket Time, venue and what to watch for. Photo: Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

IST start

PUNERI PAGES Match day Sunday, 1 November 2026 12:30 pm 5th T20I at Seddon Park, Hamilton.

India lead the series

PUNERI PAGES Series 3-1 India won the first three matches. The series is already theirs. Photo: Kieran Connellan / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

New Zealand hit back in Auckland

PUNERI PAGES 4th T20I NZ made 259/7 and won by 87 runs. India finished on 172/9. Photo: BNJ Nilam / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Glenn Phillips off 49 balls

PUNERI PAGES Star 107 Six fours and 10 sixes at Eden Park. Michael Bracewell added 65 off 25.

Jacob Duffy's spell

PUNERI PAGES Bowling 4/23 Mitchell Santner and Matthew Fisher took two wickets each.

Shreyas Iyer: we fell a bit short

PUNERI PAGES Captain says Iyer said India's bowling fell short at the start and the team would go back to the drawing board. Photo: Marie-Lan Nguyen / CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons

Short boundaries, flat track

PUNERI PAGES Pitch Seddon Park usually favours batters. Seamers may get early movement. Match preview

Where to watch in India

PUNERI PAGES Watch live TV: Sony Sports Network Streaming: SonyLIV

Players to watch and team news

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