Watch the highlights of India vs New Zealand 5th T20I 2026 - New Zealand tour of India 5-match Twenty20 international series of the 5th T20I match played between New Zealand and India at Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram on 31st January 2026.
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| Suryakumar Yadav and Ishan Kishan added 137 in 58 balls © AFP/Getty Images |
A exhibition of clean-hitting display from Ishan Kishan's record-breaking 42-ball maiden T20I century, Suryakumar Yadav's 30-ball 63, Hardik Pandya's 17-ball 42 before Arshdeep Singh's maiden five-for and Axar Patel's three-for helped to India comfortable 46-run victory over New Zealand, despite a Finn Allen's 38-ball 80 in a high-scoring game of the fifth & final T20I.
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- India's 46-run win was their sixth largest victory by terms of runs against New Zealand in T20Is.
- India's 54 for 2 was their 12th highest powerplay total against New Zealand in T20 internationals, Their previous highest-powerplay-total against New Zealand was 94 for 2 at Guwahati earlier in this series' third T20I.
- India's 102 for 2 was their fourth most runs after ten overs against New Zealand in T20 international, Their highest most-runs-after-ten-overs against New Zealand was 132 for 3 at Raipur earlier in this series' second T20I game.
- This is fourth time Suryakumar Yadav hammered a 26-ball fifty in T20Is - This is Suryakumar's third fastest fifty against New Zealand in T20Is after his 23-ball half-century at Raipur earlier in this series' second T20I match and 25-ball fifty at Guwahati earlier in this series' third T20I game.
- Suryakumar Yadav became the third batsman to score 3000 T20I runs after Rohit Sharma's (4231) and Virat Kohli's (4188) and overall the 12th player achieved this feat in T20Is.
- 1822 Balls - Suryakumar Yadav became the fastest to reach 3000 T20I runs in terms of balls, beating Muhammad Waseem's record, He took 1947 Balls.
- The run-rate 14.42 of the 137-run stand between Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav, which came from just 9.4 overs. This is the ninth highest partnership by run-rate for India in T20Is (partnership of 100-plus), The highest is 16.04 run-rate for the second-wicket between Abhishek Sharma and Tilak Varma, who added 115 off 43-balls against England at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai in the last year.
- 137 : Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav set up the record third-wicket partnership for India in T20 international, previously held by the 134-run stand between Virat Kohli and Suresh Raina against Australia at Adelaide in 2016 and also the India's highest third-wicket stand against New Zealand in T20Is, previously held by the 122-run stand between these same pair at Raipur earlier in this series' second T20I match.
- 137 : Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav set up the second highest any-wicket stand against New Zealand in T20Is, The highest is 158-run stand for the first-wicket between Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan at Delhi in 2017.
- 25 individual hundreds for India in T20Is, the most-individual hundreds by any team in T20Is. Australia and New Zealand are joint-second with 13 individual centuries.
- Ishan Kishan became the third Indian batsman to score a century against New Zealand in T20Is after Suryakumar Yadav and Shubman Gill.
- Ishan Kishan's 103 was his 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.
- Ishan Kishan hammered a 42-ball fifth fastest century for India in T20 international and the fastest hundred by an Indian batsman against New Zealand in T20I cricket history, surpassing the previous record of 49-ball century held by Suryakumar Yadav at Mount Maunganui in 2022.
- Ishan Kishan hammered a 42-ball fastest century by any batsman against New Zealand in T20Is, surpassing the previous record of 44-ball hundred jointly held by Kusal Perera at Nelson in the last year and Hasan Nawaz at Auckland also in the last year.
- Ishan Kishan became the 13th Indian batsman to score a century in T20 internationals.
- India's 271 was their third highest score in T20 international after their 297 against Bangladesh at Hyderabad in 2024 and 283 against South Africa at Johannesburg in 2024 and It is their highest-score against New Zealand in T20Is, previous highest was 238 at Nagpur earlier in this series' first T20I game.
- India's 271 was their second highest-score at home venue in T20Is after their 297 against Bangladesh at Hyderabad in 2024 and the highest total by any team at Thiruvananthapuram in T20Is, improving their previous record of 235 against Australia in 2023.
- India's 271 was the highest total by any team against New Zealand in T20I cricket history, surpassing the previous record of 254 by Australia at Auckland in the 2018 Trans-Tasman T20 Tri-Series.
- India scored 202 in the last 12 overs against New Zealand in the Thiruvananthapuram T20I - The third most runs in the last 12 overs in T20Is after Nepal's 237 against Mongolia at Hangzhou in the 2023 Asian Games Men's Cricket Competition and Zimbabwe's 219 against Gambia at Nairobi (Ruaraka) in 2024.
- This is the fourth time India scored 250-plus totals in a T20I – most by any side in T20I cricket history, They surpassed the Zimbabwe's record, who have three 250-plus totals.
- India's 23-sixes was their joint most sixes in an innings in T20 internationals, jointly with their 23-sixes hit against South Africa at Johannesburg in 2024.
- India's 69 sixes against New Zealand in this T20I series - The most-sixes for India in a bilateral T20I series, previous record of they had hit 52-sixes in the 2024 India's tour of South Africa T20I series.
- India's 69 sixes against New Zealand in this five-match T20I series - The most sixes by any team in a bilateral T20I series and the third-most-sixes by any team in any series or tournament in T20I cricket.
- This is the first time Ishan Kishan hit 10 sixes in a T20I innings - the joint second most-sixes hit by an Indian in an innings in T20 international, jointly with Rohit Sharma's 10-sixes, Sanju Samson's 10-sixes and Tilak Varma's 10-sixes, It is the most-sixes hit by an Indian batsman against New Zealand in an innings in T20Is, surpassing the previous record of 8-sixes hit by Abhishek Sharma earlier in this series' first T20I match and the second most-sixes hit by any batsman against New Zealand in T20Is after Richard Levi's 13-sixes at Hamilton in 2012.
- New Zealand reach 50 off 19-balls in the Thiruvananthapuram T20I - The fastest team 50 by any team against India in T20Is, bettering South Africa's record of 21-balls at Ahmedabad last month.
- New Zealand's 79 for 1 was their joint third highest powerplay total in T20 international, The highest power-play-total was 92 for 0 against Pakistan at Wellington in the last year and It is the New Zealand's highest powerplay total against India in T20Is. Their previous highest-powerplay-total against New Zealand was 73 for 1 at Visakhapatnam earlier in this series' previous T20I game.
- New Zealand's 131 for 2 was their joint fifth most runs after ten overs in T20 international and It is their highest most-runs-after-ten-overs against India in T20Is, previous highest is 111 for 3 at Raipur earlier in this series' second T20I match.
- Finn Allen scored 57 runs in the powerplay, the highest-score by any batsman in the powerplay against India in T20Is, previous record of 56 by Litton Das at Adelaide in the 2022 T20 World Cup.
- Finn Allen hammered a 22-ball his third fastest fifty for New Zealand in T20 international and the fastest fifty by an New Zealand batsman against India in T20Is, surpassing the previous record of 25-ball half-century jointly held by Kane Williamson, Ross Taylor both hit same match at Auckland in 2020 and Tim Seifert earlier in this series' previous T20I match.
- Arshdeep Singh became the first Indian bowler to 50 wickets in 1 to 6-overs in T20Is.
- Arshdeep Singh became the sixth Indian bowler to claimed a five-wicket haul in T20Is.
- Arshdeep Singh became the first Indian bowler to take a five-wicket haul against New Zealand in ODI cricket history.
- Arshdeep Singh's 5 for 51 was the ninth best bowling figures for India in T20 international and the best-bowling-figures by an Indian bowler against New Zealand in T20Is, surpassing the previous record of 4 for 10 held by Deepak Hooda at Mount Maunganui in 2022.
- Arshdeep Singh's 5 for 51 was the most expensive five-wicket haul in T20I cricket history, surpassing the previous record of 5 for 40 held by Alzarri Joseph against South Africa at Johannesburg in 2023.
- The run-rate 12.50 of the 100-run stand between Finn Allen and Rachin Ravindra, which came from just 8 overs. This is the third highest partnership by run-rate for New Zealand in T20Is (partnership of 100-plus), The highest is 13.62 run-rate for the third-wicket between Devon Conway and Glenn Phillips, who added 184 off 81-balls against West Indies at Mount Maunganui in 2020.
- New Zealand's 225 was their joint sixth highest score in T20 international and It is their highest-score against India in T20Is, previous highest was 219 at Wellington in 2019.
- New Zealand's 225 was their highest score in India in T20 international, previous highest was 215 also against India at Visakhapatnam earlier in this series' previous T20I game and the third highest total by any team at Thiruvananthapuram in T20Is.
- 496 - Runs scored between India and New Zealand in the Thiruvananthapuram T20I, the second highest runs aggregate match in T20Is, The highest aggregate match was 517 runs between South Africa and West Indies at Centurion in 2023.
- 36 Sixes between India and New Zealand in the Thiruvananthapuram T20I - The second most-sixes in a T20I match after 41-sixes between Bulgaria and Gibraltar at Sofia in the last year.
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India scored mammoth total of 271-5 in 20 overs with top scorer by Ishan Kishan hammered a career-best 103 off 43-balls - which was his 1st T20I hundred.
Suryakumar Yadav blasted a 63 off 30-balls including 6-fours & 4-sixes with strike rate of 210, Hardik Pandya hammered a 42 off 17-balls included 4-sixes & a four with strike-rate of 247.05 and Abhishek Sharma hit 30 off 16-balls contained 4-fours & 2-sixes with strike rate of 187.50.
New Zealand best bowler by Lockie Ferguson captured two-wickets, Jacob Duffy, Kyle Jamieson and Mitchell Santner each took one-wickets.
New Zealand scored 225 for all-out in 19.4 overs with top scorer by Finn Allen hammered a 80 off 38-balls including 8-fours & 6-sixes with strike rate of 210.52.
Ish Sodhi blasted a 33 off 15-balls including 3-sixes & a four with strike rate of 220, Rachin Ravindra hit 30 off 17-balls included 2-sixes & 2-fours with strike rate of 176.47 and Daryl Mitchell hammered a 26 off 12-balls contained two-sixes & two-fours with strike rate of 216.66.
India best bowler by Arshdeep Singh claimed a career-best 5-wicket haul for 51-runs in 4-overs, Axar Patel picked up 3-wickets for 33-runs in 4-overs, Rinku Singh and Varun Chakravarthy both took one-wickets.
Ishan Kishan named Player of the match for his sensational power-hitting batting performance to smashed a career-best 103-runs knocked off facing 43-balls including 10-sixes & 6-fours with strike rate of 239.53.
Suryakumar Yadav earned player of the series for contributing 242-runs with average of 80.66 in the five-match series.
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