- New Zealand scored 259/7 against India in the 4th T20I in Auckland, their highest ever T20I total. Glenn Phillips scored 107 from 49 balls and Michael Bracewell added 65 from 25 as New Zealand rewrote their T20I record books at Eden Park, Auckland.
- New Zealand (Photo by Nikhil Patil/) New Zealand scored 259/7 against India in the 4th T20I at Eden Park, Auckland on October 30, 2026, setting a new record as the highest total in international T20 cricket.
- The innings surpassed their previous record of 254/5 set against Scotland in Edinburgh in 2022.
New Zealand scored 259/7 against India in the 4th T20I in Auckland, their highest ever T20I total. Glenn Phillips scored 107 from 49 balls and Michael Bracewell added 65 from 25 as New Zealand rewrote their T20I record books at Eden Park, Auckland.
New Zealand (Photo by Nikhil Patil/) New Zealand scored 259/7 against India in the 4th T20I at Eden Park, Auckland on October 30, 2026, setting a new record as the highest total in international T20 cricket. The innings surpassed their previous record of 254/5 set against Scotland in Edinburgh in 2022. Glenn Phillips was the centerpiece of New Zealand’s innings, scoring 107 runs off 49 balls and hitting 10 sixes.
Michael Bracewell then accelerated the total with 65 runs off just 25 balls, hitting six sixes as the pair took New Zealand to a record level in the final overs. India, owned by Shreyas Iyer, who won the toss, had already sealed the T20I series before this game. Ishan Kishan returned to the Indian XI for the game while Vaibhav Sooryavanshi was left out.
In the bowling attack, Mayank Yadav replaced Bhuvneshwar Kumar. How does 259/7 compare to New Zealand’s previous T20I batting records? Prior to Edinburgh’s total of 254/5 against Scotland in 2022, New Zealand’s highest T20I scores were recorded in 2018.
That year they scored 243/5 against the West Indies at Mount Maunganui and also scored 243/6 against Australia at Auckland, and both were the highest T20I scores at the time. The 259/7 at Eden Park in Auckland now stands out from all previous numbers. Auckland’s 2026 points total eclipses anything New Zealand had previously achieved at home, a record it had already broken in the first ODI of this series.
They also hit 20 sixes in the innings, which is their highest total in a T20I encounter. Phillips’ century was also his third in T20Is, and with all three coming at number 4, he was tied with Suryakumar Yadav for the second-most centuries in T20Is coming at number 4 or lower. Where does 259/7 rank among the highest T20I totals against India?
The figure of 259/7 is now the highest ever T20I total against India, surpassing a group of significant scores opponents have achieved against them in recent years. England scored 257/3 at Southampton in 2026, which had briefly held the record for highest T20I total against India. West Indies scored 252/4 in Ranchi in 2026, placing them third in this list.
Earlier in the record table, scores of 247, 246 and 245 were recorded against India, some of which were from 2016. These efforts included West Indies innings at Hyderabad and Lauderhill and England at Wankhede. New Zealand’s 259/7 in Auckland now stands at the top of all totals scored against India in T20I history.
