NZ vs IND

India's 10-match winning streak against New Zealand in T20Is comes to an end tonight in Auckland with the Kiwis getting a consolatroy but a much-needed win before moving to Hamilton for the final game of this series on Sunday. Quick turnaround, India would want to put this game behind them while New Zealand would want to carry this momentum forward. Will it be 4-1 or 3-2? Join us after a day's gap for the fifth and final T20I in Hamilton, for now this is Sourabh Agrawal signing off on behalf of Bidipto Datta and the team. Cheers!

Mitchell Santner (New Zealand captain): (Much better tonight?) Yeah. Another toss loss but with the wind tonight it did not dew up. 260 is a good score but still got to bowl well against these guys and we did that. We saw a couple fly initially, the guys bashed away in the powerplay and there was something in it for the bowlers as well which is what we have wanted in all games. (on their batting) The way he (Bracewell) came in from ball one to push it up to 260 it is really good to see becuase he has been striking it well in the nets. (bowling effort) Pretty happy, it is a tough ground and we made them take some tough options down the ground. A couple went up, a couple of dropped catches as well. Guys coming in and being on the money straightaway with one-over spells, the way Duff (Duffy) bowled those hard lengths straightaway, getting two wickets to start is great

Shreyas Iyer (India captain): "I think we didn't bowl well enough. We did try to peg things back, but full credit with Glenn! Exceptional knock! Just took the game away from us. We have to bounce back now in Hamilton, and so, need to go back to the drawing board. We need to discuss things and get ourselves ready for it. It does take a bit of time to adjust to grounds and conditions, but still, we did a good job in the first three games, hopefully next time they come here, they do better with the learnings from this game." 

Glenn Phillips (Player of the Match, 107 runs off only 49 runs): "It's fabulous! It was a great pitch to bat on, but good to contribute to a win. (On his partnership with Michael Bracewell) We talked about going with the wind, but we had to take our chances. That they came off, is fantastic. It comes off, and sometimes doesn't. But I'm in a good zone. It was precautionary, we've got a long season ahead, so, I decided not to field." 

11:55 PM local time (4:25 PM IST): MATCH SUMMARY

New Zealand (259/7 in 20 overs) beat India (172/9 in 20 overs) by 87 runs

Glenn Phillips 107(42) | Jacob Duffy 4/23(4)
Tilak Verma 35(35) | Mayank Yadav 3/48(4)

A comprehensive all-round perfromance from the Kiwis who have brushed aside the world champions tonight and they have given them a bit of a hammering as they make it 3-1 at the end of this fourth game in Auckland with the final game coming up in Hamilton after a day's gap

Second biggest defeat for India in T20Is, this 87-run loss ranks second after the 125-run loss against England earlier in the year. But, the more startling fact is that 3 out of the top-4 biggest defeats in T20Is for this Indian side has come in 2026 itself

The Kiwis sport a happy look as the handshakes take place between the two teams, a dull look on Indian captain Shreyas Iyer's face who will know that they were completely outplayed tonight and he can be seen having a serious looking chat with head coach Gautam Gambhir. Wonder what they're talking about

The game was well over a long way before, it was a bit of a stretch that it got all the way to 20 overs but this run chase never got going and New Zealand were bang on the money right from the start with Duffy picking up two wickets in the very first over dismissing both Samson and Kishan straightaway derailing India at 4/2 after the first over

None of the Indian batters could really get going, the highest score from Tilak who scored a-run-a-ball 35 was a struggle and there were four scores in the 20s which does not help chasing a massive total of 260. New Zealand showed the Indians how to bowl with these dimensions, they went cross seam and hard length not allowing the Indian batters to take the easy option down the ground and restriced their boundary options which is something that the Indian bowlers could not do

Santner was once again top-class, 2/24 for the Kiwi skipper who himself got a couple of wickets in his first over, just like Duffy, after coming into the attack late tonight in the 9th over. 

19.6 Nathan Smith to Prince Yadav, DOT BALL! AND THAT'S THE MATCH TO NEW ZEALAND! Hard length on off-stump. Prince wanted to take it on and hook it away, but he played and missed, as the umpires were happy to deem it a fair delivery. After getting walloped in the last game, the hosts out-bat India to get one back over them. 

19.5 Nathan Smith to Prince Yadav, SIX RUNS! Into the pitch on off-stump. Slammed on the up by backing away, over the umpire and into the advertising board! 

19.4 Nathan Smith to Mayank Yadav, good length and on the pads, following the batter. Mayank just about puts bat to ball and they run through for one to backward short-leg.

19.2 Nathan Smith to Mayank Yadav, OH! Short on middle-and-off. Patted to the short cover point area again, this time by backing away. A late decision to run, and a direct hit to the non-striker's end would have done for Mayank but Allen misses

So the deficit has gone under 100 which means India's defeat margin will be in double digits. Small wins, eh? Final rites to be read by Nathan Smith [3.0-0-38-0]

18.6 Matthew Fisher to Prince Yadav, FOUR! Back of a length and around off. Prince edges it off the back foot and gets it away to the right of the flying Seifert, for a boundary.

18.5 Matthew Fisher to Mayank Yadav, back ofa length on off-stump at 143 kph. Mayank guides it down to third man off the back foot to take one.

Mayank Yadav is the final batter for India

It was just happening for Tilak tonight, he departs for 35-ball 35 and this time it is Seifert's turn to kick the ball away after completing the catch