New Zealand will clash with India in the fourth match of the five-game T20I series at Eden Park in Auckland on Friday, October 30.
Delving into the details of the third T20I, New Zealand batted first and posted 198/3 in 20 overs. Daryl Mitchell (89) and Finn Allen (40) were the top scorers. In response, India sealed the deal in 13.2 overs with six wickets in hand. Abhishek Sharma (113) and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (45) were exceptional as India took a 3-0 lead.
NZ vs IND, T20I Series 2026, Match 4, Match Details
Match: New Zealand vs India, T20I Series 2026, Match 4
Time & Date: 12:30 PM IST, Friday, October 30
Venue: Eden Park, Auckland
NZ vs IND, T20I Series 2026, Match 4 Pitch Report
The average first-innings score across the last three Men’s T20Is was 165. In two of the three games, the teams batting first came out on top. The captain, who won the toss, would love to bat first on this surface.
NZ vs IND, T20I Series 2026, Match 4 Probable XIs
New Zealand
Tim Seifert (wk), Finn Allen, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Bevon Jacobs, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner (c), Kyle Jamieson, Adam Milne, Jacob Duffy, Matthew Fisher
India
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wk), Shreyas Iyer (c), Tilak Varma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Naman Dhir, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Prince Yadav
NZ vs IND, T20I Series 2026, Match 4 Winner Prediction
Match Winner: India
India began the series with a comfortable four-wicket victory and followed it up with another four-wicket win in the second game. Their formidable batting lineup continued to deliver in the third T20I, guiding the team to a six-wicket triumph. India will now aim to extend their winning streak and secure another victory to take an unassailable 4-0 lead in the series.
