IND vs NZ: Most runs & wickets after 4th T20I, Vizag
(Courtesy : BCCI)
New Zealand crushed India in the IND vs NZ 4th T20I by 50 runs in Vizag on January 28.
After winning the series, the Indian Cricket Team entered the fourth T20I against the New Zealand Cricket Team high on confidence. However, they faced a big setback in the encounter, bagging their first defeat of the campaign in the clash, which took place at Dr. YS Reddy ACA-VDCA Stadium in Visakhapatnam.
Suryakumar Yadav was lucky with the toss once again and opted to field first. The home team made just one change to their playing XI, adding pacer Arshdeep Singh in place of keeper batter Ishan Kishan, who was ruled out of the encounter due to a niggle. The Black Caps replaced pacer Kyle Jamieson with Zakary Foulkes, making just one change to their side.
Adding a superb stand of 100 runs for the first wicket, Kiwi openers Devon Conway (44) and Tim Seifert (62) provided a wonderful start to batting. They lost a few batters in the middle cheaply but Daryl Mitchell ensured to propel the scoreboard to a mammoth total of 215/7 with his quick-fire 39* runs off 18 deliveries.
Indian bowlers largely failed to dominate the visitors, with Arshdeep Singh and Kuldeep Yadav getting two wickets each and Jasprit Bumrah and Ravi Bishnoi hunting one scalp. Losing Abhishek Sharma for a duck and key batters like Suryakumar Yadav (8) and Hardik Pandya (2) for single digits, India lost the plot at the start.
Rinku Singh (39) and Shivam Dube (65) kept the winning hopes alive with their blistering knocks but India lost all of their key batters ahead of the last five overs. Eventually, they lost the match by a big margin of 50 runs, getting all out for 165 runs. The Men-in-Blue lead the five-match series 3-1 after four encounters.
IND vs NZ T20I Series 2026: Most runs
Despite his dismal show in IND vs NZ 4th T20I, Suryakumar Yadav is the highest run-scorer in the series with 179 runs, followed by Glenn Phillips and Abhishek Sharma in the next two spots. Ishan Kishan and Shivam Dube are the next batters in the queue.
Top 5 leading run-scorers of the IND vs NZ five-match T20I series 2026
- Suryakumar Yadav (IND) – 179 runs
- Glenn Phillips (NZ)- 169 runs
- Abhishek Sharma (IND) – 152 runs
- Ishan Kishan (IND) – 112 runs
- Shivam Dube (IND)- 110 runs
IND vs NZ T20I Series 2026: Most wickets
New Zealand’s Jacob Duffy and Ish Sodhi are the top two leading wicket-takers in IND vs NZ T20I series with five wickets each. India’s Jasprit Bumrah and Hardik Pandya are the next bowlers in the list with four wickets each, followed by Kuldeep Yadav with an equal number of scalps.
Top 5 leading wicket-takers of the IND vs NZ five-match T20I series 2026:
- Jacob Duffy (NZ) – 5 wickets
- Ish Sodhi (NZ) – 5 wickets
- Jasprit Bumrah (IND) – 4 wickets
- Hardik Pandya (IND) – 4 wickets
- Kuldeep Yadav (IND) – 4 wickets
Who won the IND vs NZ 4th T20I?
New Zealand won the IND vs NZ 4th T20I.
Who is leading the IND vs NZ T20I series?
India lead the five-match T20I series 3-1 after four games.
Who is the leading run-scorer in IND vs NZ T20I series?
India’s Suryakumar Yadav (179) is the leading run-scorer in IND vs NZ T20I series.
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