2026 IND vs NZ 1st T20I Highlights: Suryakumar Yadav-led India secured a 48-run victory against Mitchell Santner-led New Zealand in the 1st match of the T20I series on January 21 at Vidarbha Cricket Stadium, Nagpur.
| Tournament | New Zealand tour of India 2026 |
| Team | India vs New Zealand, 1st T20I |
| Date | Wednesday, January 21, 2026 |
| Toss | New Zealand won the toss and opted to bowl |
| Venue | Vidarbha Cricket Stadium, Nagpur |
| Result | India won by 48 Runs |
2026 IND vs NZ 1st T20I Playing 11
India
Sanju Samson(w), Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Rinku Singh, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah
New Zealand
2026 IND vs NZ 1st T20I Scoreboard
| Team | Score |
| India | 238-7 (20 ov) |
| New Zealand | 190-7 (20 ov) |
2026 IND vs NZ 1st T20I Scorecard
India Batting
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |
| Sanju Samson † | c Ravindra b Jamieson | 10 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 142.85 |
| Abhishek Sharma | c Jamieson b Sodhi | 84 | 35 | 59 | 5 | 8 | 240 |
| Ishan Kishan | c Chapman b Duffy | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 160 |
| Suryakumar Yadav (c) | c Robinson b Santner | 32 | 22 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 145.45 |
| Hardik Pandya | c Chapman b Duffy | 25 | 16 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 156.25 |
| Shivam Dube | c & b Jamieson | 9 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 225 |
| Rinku Singh | not out | 44 | 20 | 34 | 4 | 3 | 220 |
| Axar Patel | c Mitchell b Clarke | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| Arshdeep Singh | not out | 6 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 100 |
New Zealand Bowling
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
| Jacob Duffy | 4 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 6.75 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Kyle Jamieson | 4 | 0 | 54 | 2 | 13.5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Kristian Clarke | 4 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Ish Sodhi | 3 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 12.66 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Glenn Phillips | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mitchell Santner | 3 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 12.33 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Daryl Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
New Zealand Batting
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |
| Devon Conway † | c †Samson b Arshdeep Singh | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Robinson | c Dube b Varun | 21 | 15 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 140 |
| Rachin Ravindra | c Abhishek Sharma b Pandya | 1 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Glenn Phillips | c Dube b Patel | 78 | 40 | 55 | 4 | 6 | 195 |
| Mark Chapman | c Abhishek Sharma b Varun | 39 | 24 | 36 | 4 | 2 | 162.5 |
| Daryl Mitchell | c sub (Ravi Bishnoi) b Dube | 28 | 18 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 155.55 |
| Mitchell Santner (c) | not out | 20 | 13 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 153.84 |
| Kristian Clarke | c Singh b Dube | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Jamieson | not out | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
India Bowling
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
| Arshdeep Singh | 4 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 7.75 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hardik Pandya | 2 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jasprit Bumrah | 3 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 9.66 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Axar Patel | 3.3 | 0 | 42 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Varun Chakravarthy | 4 | 0 | 37 | 2 | 9.25 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Shivam Dube | 3 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 9.33 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Abhishek Sharma | 0.3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Player of the Match
Abhishek Sharma | India
I haven’t noticed, but he was talking about it. Still, it’s just the, you know, the things we’ve been following from day one that we had a plan that we want to play this kind of cricket and that’s what we are just following it.
(on his six-hitting) I think, sir, one thing I’ve figured that if you want to hit all the balls properly, if you want to play at the striking of 200 or something, that you have to be, you know, carrying that intent and you have to practice a lot for that. Because if you see all these teams, they always have a plan for me.
