- New Zealand field in final T20I; Bhuvneshwar and Varun in for India India have left out Axar Patel and Mayank Yadav for the dead rubber; New Zealand have replaced Matt Fisher with Blair Tickner The three who matter: Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah all smiles after dismissing Pat Cummins The three who matter: Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah all smiles after dismissing Pat Cummins, India vs Australia, World Cup, Chennai, October 8, 2023 In the end, we’re a lot more awesome than we are horrendous and that’s the pleasing part for me” Simon Harmer struck three times in the opening session of the final day, South Africa vs Australia, 3rd Test, Ce Town, 5th Day, October 31, 2026 Temba Bavuma described the series against Australia as “15 days of just pressure” even as SA turned a 0-1 deficit into a 2-1 win Simon Harmer struck three times in the opening session of the final day, South Africa vs Australia, 3rd Test, Ce Town, 5th Day, October 31, 2026 Kagiso Rabada acknowledges the crowd after the win, South Africa vs Australia, 3rd Test, Ce Town, 5th Day, October 31, 2026 After their heavy defeat in Durban, South Africa bounced back against Australia to claim the series and the No.1 ranking Temba Bavuma came on with a rescue job at hand, South Africa vs Australia, 3rd Test, Ce Town, 3rd Day, October 29, 2026 Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins struck in the first session, South Africa vs Australia, 1st Test, Day 3, Durban, October 11, 2026 Fakhar Zaman shone in another ODI chase, Pakistan vs Sri Lanka, ODI tri-series final, Lahore, October 31, 2026 Fakhar and Baig’s 149-run stand rescued Pakistan from 14 for 2 after Kamindu Mendis’ 131 set them 326 Fakhar Zaman brought up his 12th ODI century, Pakistan vs Sri Lanka, ODI tri-series final, Lahore, October 31, 2026 Fakhar Zaman kept the chase going with a quick knock, Pakistan vs Sri Lanka, ODI tri-series final, Lahore, October 31, 2026 India won the series 3-2, which included successfully chasing 226, youngsters stepping up under pressure, and hunting down 199 in less than 14 overs Stop press.
- New Zealand have won a toss.
- More significantly, Shreyas Iyer has lost one.
New Zealand field in final T20I; Bhuvneshwar and Varun in for India India have left out Axar Patel and Mayank Yadav for the dead rubber; New Zealand have replaced Matt Fisher with Blair Tickner The three who matter: Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah all smiles after dismissing Pat Cummins The three who matter: Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah all smiles after dismissing Pat Cummins, India vs Australia, World Cup, Chennai, October 8, 2023 In the end, we’re a lot more awesome than we are horrendous and that’s the pleasing part for me” Simon Harmer struck three times in the opening session of the final day, South Africa vs Australia, 3rd Test, Ce Town, 5th Day, October 31, 2026 Temba Bavuma described the series against Australia as “15 days of just pressure” even as SA turned a 0-1 deficit into a 2-1 win Simon Harmer struck three times in the opening session of the final day, South Africa vs Australia, 3rd Test, Ce Town, 5th Day, October 31, 2026 Kagiso Rabada acknowledges the crowd after the win, South Africa vs Australia, 3rd Test, Ce Town, 5th Day, October 31, 2026 After their heavy defeat in Durban, South Africa bounced back against Australia to claim the series and the No.1 ranking Temba Bavuma came on with a rescue job at hand, South Africa vs Australia, 3rd Test, Ce Town, 3rd Day, October 29, 2026 Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins struck in the first session, South Africa vs Australia, 1st Test, Day 3, Durban, October 11, 2026 Fakhar Zaman shone in another ODI chase, Pakistan vs Sri Lanka, ODI tri-series final, Lahore, October 31, 2026 Fakhar and Baig’s 149-run stand rescued Pakistan from 14 for 2 after Kamindu Mendis’ 131 set them 326 Fakhar Zaman brought up his 12th ODI century, Pakistan vs Sri Lanka, ODI tri-series final, Lahore, October 31, 2026 Fakhar Zaman kept the chase going with a quick knock, Pakistan vs Sri Lanka, ODI tri-series final, Lahore, October 31, 2026 India won the series 3-2, which included successfully chasing 226, youngsters stepping up under pressure, and hunting down 199 in less than 14 overs Stop press.
New Zealand have won a toss. More significantly, Shreyas Iyer has lost one. And he did so by changing his call.
He has been calling tails all the while only to lose when he changed to heads. This is only the seventh toss Iyer has lost in 26 international matches as ctain. Iyer still came up smelling of roses because New Zealand offered India what they wanted anyway: first strike.
Iyer said they want to do that to put themselves under some pressure of defending a total in the night in possible dew. India made two changes, bringing in Varun Chakravarthy for the first time this series. This is his first match for India after his injury during the Afghanistan series earlier this year.
He took the place of Axar Patel, meaning India have Bhuvneshwar Kumar , who replaced Mayank Yadav, batting at No. New Zealand made just one like-for-like change, bringing in Blair Tickner for Matt Fisher. India had already won the series in the first three matches, but lost the first of the two dead rubbers in Auckland.
Hamilton presents a more conventionally shed ground, but small boundaries nonetheless. New Zealand : 1 Finn Allen, 2 Tim Seifert (wk), 3 Daryl Mitchell, 4 Glenn Phillips, 5 Bevon Jacobs, 6 Michael Bracewell, 7 Mitchell Santner (ct), 8 Nathan Smith, 9 Adam Milne, 10 Jacob Duffy, 11 Blair Tickner India 1 Abhishek Sharma, 2 Sanju Samson, 3 Ishan Kishan (wk), 4 Shreyas Iyer (ct), 5 Tilak Varma, 6 Nitish Kumar Reddy, 7 Naman Dhir, 8 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 9 Arshdeep Singh, 10 Prince Yadav, 11 Varun Chakravarthy India have left out Axar Patel and Mayank Yadav for the dead rubber; New Zealand have replaced Matt Fisher with Blair Tickner Bhuvneshwar Kumar went for 0 for 49 on his India comeback, New Zealand vs India, 1st T20I, Christchurch, October 22, 2026 story:1560931+ NZ vs Ind 5th T20I – New Zealand field; Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Varun Chakravarthy in for India | India have left out Axar Patel and Mayank Yadav for the dead rubber; New Zealand have replaced Matt Fisher with Blair Tickner India have left out Axar Patel and Mayank Yadav for the dead rubber; New Zealand have replaced Matt Fisher with Blair Tickner
