| 2nd t20i : New Zealand vs India live |
| Saturday, 24 Oct 2026 |
| Hagley Oval, Christchurch |
| Time : 12:30 PM IST | 7:00 AM GMT | 8:00 PM Local |
2nd T20i : Tilak's 26 balls 51*, Naman's 17 balls 31 and Nitish with 13 balls 26* runs led India to knees down New Zealand by 4 wickets
2nd twenty20i match of five t20i match series will be played between New Zealand vs India at Hagley Oval, Christchurch on Saturday, October 24, 2026.
Putting into bat first, New Zealand with Glenn Phillips's 43 balls 70 and Bevon Jacobs's 58 runs set good target of 181 runs for India to get. India in reply with Tilak Varma's 26 balls 51*, Naman Dhir's 17 balls 31 and Nitish Kumar Reddy's 13 balls 26* runs made given chase in 19.5 overs and won the match by 4 wickets margin. Tilak Varma declared man of the match. India led 5-match series 2-1 as well.
Man of the match :- Tilak Varma (Ind) |
New Zealand vs India 2nd t20i scorecard
| Toss : India, elected to field first |
| Result : India won by 4 wickets (with 1 ball remaining) |
| Man of The Match : Tilak Varma (Ind) |
| Series Status - India led 5-match series 2-0 |
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Batting |
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R |
B |
4s |
6s |
SR |
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Tim Seifert (w) |
c Tilak Varma b Arshdeep Singh |
7 |
6 |
0 |
1 |
116.66 |
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Finn Allen |
b Prince Yadav |
16 |
14 |
0 |
1 |
114.28 |
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Daryl Mitchell |
c Tilak Varma b Kumar |
6 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
120.00 |
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Glenn Phillips |
c Naman Dhir b Arshdeep Singh |
70 |
43 |
4 |
4 |
162.79 |
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Bevon Jacobs |
c Patel b Nitish Kumar Reddy |
58 |
46 |
5 |
1 |
126.08 |
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Mitchell Santner (c) |
not out |
4 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
80.00 |
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Michael Bracewell |
not out |
10 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
500.00 |
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Nathan Smith |
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Matt Henry |
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Jacob Duffy |
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Lockie Ferguson |
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Extras (lb 1, nb 1, w 7) |
9 |
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Total (20.0 overs) |
180/5 |
RR: 9.00 |
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Bowling |
O |
M |
R |
W |
NB |
WB |
Eco |
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Bhuvneshwar Kumar |
4 |
0 |
50 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
12.50 |
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Arshdeep Singh |
4 |
0 |
33 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
8.25 |
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Prince Yadav |
4 |
0 |
30 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
7.50 |
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Naman Dhir |
1 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7.00 |
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Axar Patel |
4 |
0 |
28 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7.00 |
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Nitish Kumar Reddy |
3 |
0 |
31 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
10.33 |
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Batting |
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R |
B |
4s |
6s |
SR |
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Sanju Samson (w) |
c Phillips b Duffy |
14 |
17 |
1 |
1 |
82.35 |
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Abhishek Sharma |
c Smith b Santner |
27 |
21 |
3 |
1 |
128.57 |
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Vaibhav Sooryavanshi |
c Mitchell b Smith |
4 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
50.00 |
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Shreyas Iyer (c) |
b Santner |
7 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
63.63 |
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Axar Patel |
c Mitchell b Santner |
11 |
9 |
0 |
1 |
122.22 |
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Tilak Varma |
not out |
51 |
26 |
6 |
1 |
196.15 |
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Naman Dhir |
c Phillips b Santner |
31 |
17 |
1 |
3 |
182.35 |
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Nitish Kumar Reddy |
not out |
26 |
13 |
1 |
1 |
200.00 |
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Bhuvneshwar Kumar |
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Arshdeep Singh |
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Prince Yadav |
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Extras (lb 2, nb 3, w 5) |
10 |
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Total (19.5 overs) |
181/6 |
RR: 9.12 |
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Bowling |
O |
M |
R |
W |
NB |
WB |
Eco |
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Matt Henry |
2 |
1 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5.50 |
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Jacob Duffy |
3.5 |
0 |
41 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
10.69 |
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Lockie Ferguson |
3 |
0 |
37 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
12.33 |
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Michael Bracewell |
4 |
0 |
35 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
8.75 |
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Nathan Smith |
3 |
0 |
34 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
11.33 |
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Mitchell Santner |
4 |
0 |
21 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
5.25 |
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