New Zealand will lock horns with India in the fourth match of the five-game T20I series at Eden Park in Auckland on Friday, October 30.
In the third T20I, New Zealand posted a whopping total of 198/3 in 20 overs. Daryl Mitchell (89) and Finn Allen (40) were the top scorers in the first innings. In the chase, India finished off the proceedings in 13.2 overs with six wickets in hand. Abhishek Sharma (113) and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (45) were impressive.
NZ vs IND, T20I Series 2026, Match 4, Match Details
Match: New Zealand vs India, T20I Series 2026, Match 4
Time & Date: 12:30 PM IST, Friday, October 30
Venue: Eden Park, Auckland
NZ vs IND, T20I Series 2026, Match 4 Pitch Report
The Auckland surface is expected to assist batters comparatively. Batters will tend to do well on the square side of the short boundaries. Any score above 220 would be a tough ask for the team batting second.
NZ vs IND, T20I Series 2026, Match 4 Probable XIs
New Zealand
Tim Seifert (wk), Finn Allen, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Bevon Jacobs, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner (c), Kyle Jamieson, Adam Milne, Jacob Duffy, Matthew Fisher
India
Abhishek Sharma, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Sanju Samson (wk), Shreyas Iyer (c), Tilak Varma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Naman Dhir, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Prince Yadav
NZ vs IND, T20I Series 2026, Match 4 Top Picks
Arshdeep Singh
India’s ace bowler Arshdeep Singh has scalped four wickets in three matches and has been in good form.
Mitchell Santner
New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner has racked up seven wickets in three matches and is a decent top pick for this fixture.
NZ vs IND, T20I Series 2026, Match 4 Captain picks
Abhishek Sharma
Dashing Indian opener Abhishek Sharma has scored 169 runs in three T20Is and is expected to come out on top with blazing form on this surface.
Glenn Phillips
New Zealand’s No.4 batter Glenn Phillips has scored 169 runs in three matches and has been in red-hot form.
NZ vs IND, T20I Series 2026, Match 4 Head-to-head Dream11 team
Sanju Samson, Abhishek Sharma(c), Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Finn Allen, Tim Seifert, Glenn Phillips, Shreyas Iyer, Tilak Varma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Mitchell Santner (vc), Kyle Jamieson
NZ vs IND, T20I Series 2026, Match 4 Grand League Dream11 team
Sanju Samson, Abhishek Sharma, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Finn Allen (vc), Tim Seifert, Glenn Phillips (c), Shreyas Iyer, Tilak Varma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Mitchell Santner, Kyle Jamieson
