India vs New Zealand: The dominance of the Indian cricket team has remained unchanged on the soil of New Zealand. Even though New Zealand defeated India by 7 wickets in the fifth and last T20I match, the Indian team won the series trophy. India has created history by winning the five-match series 3-2. India vs New Zealand
With this win, India has won the bilateral T20 International series in New Zealand for the third time in a row. Earlier in men’s cricket, South Africa and England have won three consecutive T20I series in New Zealand. Now the Indian team has also got a place in this special club.
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Despite losing the fifth T20I match played on 1 November, India won the five-match series 3–2. Earlier, the Indian team defeated New Zealand 5-0 on its own soil in the year 2020. Then in 2022 too, India won the series 1-0. Now in 2026, with a 3-2 win, Team India has completed the hat-trick of winning the third series in a row.
India gave New Zealand a target of 192 runs
In the last match of the series played in Hamilton, New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner won the toss and decided to bowl first. The Indian team did not get off to a good start, but Ishan Kishan and captain Shreyas Iyer handled the innings with aggressive batting. Ishan Kishan scored 61 runs off just 32 balls, while Shreyas Iyer played a storming innings of 50 runs off just 23 balls. Despite the efforts of both the batsmen, the Indian team could not build a big score. New Zealand fast bowler Adam Milne took four wickets with brilliant bowling. He had given away 19 runs to four Indian batsmen. Due to the return of the Kiwi bowlers, India scored 191 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in the allotted 20 overs.