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IND vs NZ: Kiwis trapped in Arshdeep’s claws after Ishan’s century, Team India won the series 4-1 in Thiruvananthapuram
Samira Vishwas | February 1, 2026 2:28 AM CST

India Won the Five-Match T20 Series by Margin of 4-1: The last match of the 5-match T20 series between India and New Zealand was played in Thiruvananthapuram. In this match, Team India defeated the Kiwis by a huge margin of 46 runs. With this, Surya and Company won the 5-match series 4-1. In batting, India had set a huge score of 271 runs against New Zealand. In response, New Zealand was limited to 225 runs. There were two heroes of this victory of Team India. Yes, in this match, Ishan Kishan’s stormy century and fast bowler Arshdeep Singh’s five wickets played an important role in the victory of Team India.

Ishan Kishan scored a century in 43 balls

In this match, Ishan Kishan played a stormy innings and completed 3 thousand T20 International runs in just 1,822 balls. He became the fastest three thousanders in terms of balls. Ishaan was out after scoring 103 runs in 43 balls. His innings included 10 sixes and 6 fours, while captain Surya scored 63 runs in 30 balls with 6 sixes and 4 fours. Hardik Pandya came to bat at number five, showing aggressive style in the last overs and scored 42 runs in 17 balls with 4 sixes and 1 four.

For the visiting team, Lockie Ferguson took maximum 2 wickets, while Jacob Duffy took 1 wicket for 53 runs in 4 overs. Captain Mitchell Santner gave away 60 runs in the same number of overs and took only 1 wicket. Kyle Jamieson took 1 wicket for 59 runs.

Arshdeep Singh took five wickets

Arshdeep Singh performed brilliantly in bowling. He made five Kiwi batsmen his victims. Arshdeep Singh gave 51 runs in 4 overs. He showed the way to the pavilion to Tim Seifert in the very first over. After this, he made Rachin Ravindra, captain Mitchell Santner, Kyle Jameson and then Ish Sodhi his victims. Apart from Arshdeep, Akshar Patel took three wickets. Whereas, Varun Chakraborty and Rinku Singh got 1-1 wicket.

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Finn Allen’s stormy innings did not work for New Zealand

Chasing the target of 272 runs, the Kiwi team started aggressively, but Arshdeep Singh dismissed Tim Seifert in the very first over. Seifert could score only 5 runs. Finn Allen played a stormy innings of 80 runs in 38 balls, which included 8 fours and 6 sixes. There was a 100-run partnership in 48 balls for the second wicket between Allen and Rachin Ravindra. Rachin Ravindra was out after scoring 30 runs in 17 balls. Glenn Phillips could score only 7 runs, while captain Mitchell Santner could not even open the account. Bevan Jacobs scored 7, Kyle Jamieson scored 9 and Daryl Mitchell scored 26 runs. Lockie Ferguson was out on 3 runs.


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