Key Facts

India won the five-match T20I series in New Zealand 3-2 despite losing the final match at Hamilton on 1 November 2026 by seven wickets. India made 191 for 8, with Ishan Kishan scoring 61 off 32 balls and captain Shreyas Iyer 50 off 23, but Tim Seifert's 93 off 50 balls helped New Zealand chase 192 in 18 overs. During the match Kishan reached 2,000 T20I runs, becoming the seventh Indian to do so, with 2,016 runs from 69 matches, and he also set the record for most T20I runs in a calendar year with 1,220 in 37 matches, surpassing Suryakumar Yadav's 1,164 in 2022. Glenn Phillips was named player of the series after scoring 341 runs, the most in a bilateral T20I series, passing Phil Salt's 331. The ODI series begins on 4 November at Eden Park, Auckland.

GK Context

Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) are limited-overs matches of 20 overs per side recognised by the ICC. A bilateral series is played between two teams, unlike multi-team tournaments such as the T20 World Cup. Records such as most runs in a calendar year are tracked by the ICC and cricket statisticians.