Watch the highlights of India vs New Zealand 1st T20I 2026 - New Zealand tour of India 5-match Twenty20 international series of the 1st T20I match played between New Zealand and India at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur on 21st January 2026.
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| Abhishek Sharma smashed 8-sixes © Associated Press |
Abhishek Sharma's sparkling 35-ball 84 and Rinku Singh's scintillating 20-ball 44 sets up to India comfortable 48-run victory over New Zealand, despite a Glenn Phillips' power-hitting 40-ball 78 and India take a 1-0 lead in a high-scoring game of the first T20I.
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- Suryakumar Yadav became the fourth Indian batsman to appearance 100th match in T20 international after Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Hardik Pandya and overall the 53rd player in T20Is, Rohit Sharma holds the record with 159 T20I matches.
- India's 48-run win was their fifth largest victory by terms of runs against New Zealand in T20Is.
- India's 68 for 2 was their fourth highest powerplay total against New Zealand in T20 international (powerplay of 6-overs). Their highest-powerplay-total against New Zealand was 76 for 1 at Johannesburg in the inaugural 2007 World Twenty20.
- Abhishek Sharma equalled a 22-ball his joint third fastest fifty for India in T20 international and the fastest fifty by an Indian batsman against New Zealand in T20Is, surpassing the previous record of 23-ball half-century jointly held by KL Rahul at Auckland in 2020 and the Rohit Sharma at Hamilton in 2020.
- India's 117 for 2 was their joint fourth most runs after ten overs in T20 international and It is their highest most-runs-after-ten-overs against New Zealand in T20Is, previous highest is 115 for 2 at Auckland in 2020.
- 99 : Abhishek Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav set up the record third-wicket partnership for India against New Zealand in T20 international, previously held by the 86-run stand between KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer at Auckland in 2020 and the India's tenth highest third-wicket stand in T20Is. The highest is 134-run stand between Virat Kohli and Suresh Raina against Australia at Adelaide in 2016.
- Abhishek Sharma's 84 was his third highest score for India in T20 international and the third highest-score by an Indian batsman against New Zealand in T20Is after Shubman Gill's unbeaten 126 at Ahmedabad in 2023 and Suryakumar Yadav's unbeaten 111 at Mount Maunganui in 2022.
- This is the third time Abhishek Sharma hit 8 sixes in a T20I innings - the most-sixes hit by an Indian batsman against New Zealand in an innings in T20 international cricket history, surpassing the previous record of 7-sixes jointly hit by Suryakumar Yadav at Mount Maunganui in 2022 and Shubman Gill at Ahmedabad in 2023 and the joint second most-sixes hit by any batsman against New Zealand in T20Is, jointly with 8-sixes hit by Kieron Pollard at Auckland in 2020. Richard Levi holds the record with 13-sixes at Hamilton in 2012.
- Abhishek Sharma hit 81 sixes in T20 internationals - the sixth most-sixes hit by an Indian batsman in T20Is, beating Yuvraj Singh's record of 74-sixes. Rohit Sharma holds the record with 205 T20I sixes.
- India's 14-sixes was their joint eighth most sixes in an innings in T20 international and It is their most sixes against New Zealand in an innings in T20Is, previous record of 13-sixes jointly hit at Christchurch in 2009, at Hamilton in 2019 and at Ahmedabad in 2023.
- India's 238 was their seventh highest score in T20 international and It is their highest-score against New Zealand in T20Is, previous highest was 234 at Ahmedabad in 2023.
- India's 238 was the highest total by any team at Nagpur in T20I cricket history, surpassing the previous record of 215 by Sri Lanka against India in 2009.
- This is the 44th time India scored 200 or more in a T20I – the most 200-plus totals by any side in T20I cricket history. South Africa had (27), South Africa (25) and New Zealand (25).
- New Zealand's 50 for 2 was their sixth highest powerplay total against India in T20 international (powerplay of 6-overs). Their highest-powerplay-total against India was 68 for 0 at Auckland in 2020.
- 51 : Tim Robinson and Glenn Phillips set up the sixth highest third-wicket partnership for New Zealand against India in T20 international, The highest is 90-run stand between Brendon McCullum and Kane Williamson at Chennai in 2012.
- 79 : Glenn Phillips and Mark Chapman set up the second highest fourth-wicket partnership for New Zealand against India in T20Is, The highest is 99-run stand between Tim Seifert and Ross Taylor at Mount Maunganui in 2020.
- Glenn Phillips' 78 was his third highest score for New Zealand in T20 international and the fifth highest-score by an New Zealand batsman against India in T20Is.
- New Zealand's 190 was their joint fifth highest score against India in T20 international and It is their highest total at Nagpur in T20Is, previously they have scored 126 against India in the 2016 World T20.
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India scored mammoth total of 238-7 in 20 overs with top scorer by Abhishek Sharma hammered a 84 off 35-balls, Rinku Singh blasted a unbeaten 44 off 20-balls including 4-fours & 3-sixes with strike rate of 220.
Suryakumar Yadav hit 32 off 22-balls included four-fours & a six with strike rate of 145.45 and Hardik Pandya blasted a 25 off 16-balls contained 3-fours & a six with strike-rate of 156.25.
New Zealand best bowler by Jacob Duffy, Kyle Jamieson both took 2-wickets, Mitchell Santner and Ish Sodhi each took 1-wickets and Debutant Kristian Clarke - who took one-wicket on his debut T20I match.
New Zealand scored 190-7 in the allotted 20 overs with top scorer by Glenn Phillips hammered a 78 off 40-balls including 6-sixes & 4-sixes with strike rate of 195.
Mark Chapman blasted a 39 off 24-balls including 4-fours & 3-sixes with strike rate of 162.50, Daryl Mitchell hit 28 off 18-balls included 4-fours with strike rate of 155.55.
Tim Robinson struck 21 off 15-balls including 2-fours & a six with strike rate of 140 and Mitchell Santner hit a unbeaten 20 off 13-balls contained 2-fours with strike-rate of 153.84.
India best bowler by Shivam Dube, Varun Chakravarthy both captured 2-wickets, Hardik Pandya, Arshdeep Singh and Axar Patel each took one-wickets.
Abhishek Sharma named Player of the match for his sparkling batting performance to smashed a 84 off facing 35-balls including 8-sixes & 5-fours with strike rate of 240.
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