Welcome to Sportstar’s live coverage of the New Zealand vs India 4th T20I being played at Eden Park, Auckland.
What the captains said
Shreyas Iyer: We’re going to bowl. Just following the same pattern every now and then. [On doing well in the previous match] Yes, absolutely. The intent, the positivity right from ball one, it was amazing. And the most important aspect I felt was adapting to the conditions.
Mitchell Santner: We’re gonna have to (turn things around). We’re going to try to play some good cricket. It’s another fresh day. It’s nice on a new ground. Just seeing some grass on the surface. So it might just help the bowlers a little more than some of the other games.
PLAYING XI
India: Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (w), Ishan Kishan, Shreyas Iyer (c), Tilak Varma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Naman Dhir, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Mayank Yadav, Prince Yadav
New Zealand: Finn Allen, Tim Seifert (w), Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Bevon Jacobs, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner (c), Nathan Smith, Adam Milne, Jacob Duffy, Matthew Fisher
TOSS UPDATE
India has won the toss and elected to field first.
MATCH PREVIEW
With the series already sealed, India will have the opportunity to give much-needed game time to the likes of Kuldeep Yadav and Varun Chakaravarthy when it takes on New Zealand in the fourth and penultimate T20 International on Friday.
Both the spinners have played sporadically over the past couple of months with the team management packing the side with batters till number eight. Given the high-scoring contests so far, the strategy has worked out well for the visitor, which has a winning 3-0 lead.
But as stakes are significantly lower in the last two games, the Indians might just be tempted to experiment with their combination.
(Read the full preview here)
SQUADS
New Zealand: Tim Seifert (w), Finn Allen, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Bevon Jacobs, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner (c), Kyle Jamieson, Adam Milne, Jacob Duffy, Matthew Fisher, Nathan Smith, Blair Tickner, Josh Clarkson, Devon Conway
India: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (w), Shreyas Iyer (c), Tilak Varma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Naman Dhir, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Prince Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Kuldeep Yadav, Shivam Dube, Varun Chakaravarthy, Kumar Kushagra, Mayank Yadav
Published on Oct 30, 2026
