India vs New Zealand — 1st T20I

Match: 1st T20I
Venue: Christchurch | Date: October 22, 2026
Toss: India elected to field

Scoreboard

India

Runs

Balls

Extras:

Total:

New Zealand

RPO

New Zealand team: Matt Henry, Adam Milne, Lockie Ferguson, Michael Bracewell, *Mitchell Santner, Nathan Smith, Bevon Jacobs, Glenn Phillips, Daryl Mitchell, Finn Allen, Tim Seifert

Powerplay: 1: 0.1 - 6 ovs

India

Runs

Balls

Sanju Samson

b Santner

203.03

Abhishek Sharma

c Milne b Bracewell

241.67

Tilak Varma

c Ferguson b Bracewell

54.55

*Shreyas Iyer

c Santner b Milne

150.00

Ishan Kishan

c Allen b Santner

33.33

Axar Patel

c (sub) Conway b Ferguson

171.43

Naman Dhir

not out

280.00

Nitish Kumar Reddy

not out

66.67

Bhuvneshwar Kumar

Arshdeep Singh

Mayank Yadav

Extras: 17 ( b:0 lb:0 nb:1 w:16)

Total: 230-6 (19.4) | Curr. RR: 11.69

FOW: Abhishek Sharma (93-1, 5.5), Sanju Samson (115-2, 9), Tilak Varma (117-3, 9.3), Ishan Kishan (122-4, 10.3), Axar Patel (167-5, 14.3), *Shreyas Iyer (210-6, 18.1)

New Zealand

RPO

Matt Henry

3.4

15.55

Adam Milne

14.33

Lockie Ferguson

11.33

Michael Bracewell

9.25

*Mitchell Santner

9.75

Nathan Smith

10.00

Result: India won by 4 wicketsMan of the Match: Sanju Samson