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New Zealand v India, 1st T20I: India won by 4 wickets

New Zealand 225-4; our pre-match call 27%. India 230-6; our pre-match call 73%.

New Zealand v India T20I series 2026, 1st T20I

India won by 4 wickets

Thursday 22 October 2026, 8:00pm NZDT (day/night)Hagley Oval, Christchurch

Prediction locked in 22nd October, 06:22 UTCWhen we've said 70–80%, the favourite won 158 of 198

Our call and the result

Our callResultWinner
India 73%favourites
India(called right)won by 4 wickets
First innings
173projected for New Zealand batting first; par 171
225225-4 (20 overs), 54 over par

New Zealand 225-4 (20 overs). India 230-6 (19.4 overs).

Win probability

Biggest swings

  1. 10.3Ishan Kishan caught off Mitchell SantnerNew Zealand 47% to 63%
  2. 14.3Axar Patel caught off Lockie FergusonNew Zealand 31% to 48%
  3. 16.2Naman Dhir hits Mitchell Santner for sixIndia 52% to 67%

Scorecard

New Zealand batting
BatterRB4s6sSR
Tim Seifert (wk)c Samson b Yadav241731141.2
Finn Allenc Varma b Patel452452187.5
Daryl Mitchellc Kumar b Singh281921147.4
Glenn Phillipsnot out824083205.0
Bevon Jacobsrun out (Singh)311603193.8
Michael Bracewellnot out7600116.7
Extras (w 6, nb 2)8
Total (20 overs)225-4

Did not bat Mitchell Santner, Nathan Smith, Matt Henry, Adam Milne, Lockie Ferguson

Fall of wickets 1–49 (Tim Seifert, 5 overs), 2–80 (Finn Allen, 7.4 overs), 3–122 (Daryl Mitchell, 12.1 overs), 4–195 (Bevon Jacobs, 17.3 overs)

India bowling
BowlerOMRWEcon
Bhuvneshwar Kumar4049012.25
Arshdeep Singh4045111.25
Mayank Yadav4040110.00
Axar Patel4051112.75
Nitish Kumar Reddy4040010.00

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