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India
New Zealand
India will take on New Zealand in the 4th T20I at the ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Vizag. India leads the series 3-0 and will aim for a clean sweep. The hosts will enter this match with clear momentum, and teams batting with intent will benefit in the first innings.
India will rely on their recent pattern of controlling games through totals and disciplined bowling. In the first T20I, India set a strong first-innings score and defended it comfortably. In the next two matches, India chased down totals set by New Zealand. Abhishek Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav will continue to anchor the batting with aggressive but controlled starts.
The head-to-head record also favours India. India has 17 wins from 29 T20Is against New Zealand. In the last 8 meetings, India has won 6 matches, with New Zealand managing 1 win and a tie.
Indiaโs top order has faced more deliveries and has produced consistent high scores throughout the series, making it more likely that the highest individual run-scorer will come from their lineup.
The betting tip is...
Top Batterโs Team - India
81 %
19 %
IndiaNew ZealandIndia will continue to play with clear intent and aggression. Abhishek Sharma remains the standout performer, with 1267 runs in 36 T20Is and explosive knocks of 84 off 35 in Nagpur and 68 off 20 in Guwahati. Sanju Samson has struggled, managing only 16 runs across 3 matches. Suryakumar Yadav has returned to form with 171 runs in the series after a quiet 2025.
Ishan Kishan has made an impact with 113 runs in 2 games, including 76 off 32 in Raipur. The middle order of Shivam Dube, Rinku Singh and Hardik Pandya will have contributed useful runs. Indiaโs bowlers have shared wickets well, with Hardik Pandya taking 4, Bumrah, Dube and Varun Chakravarthy taking 3 each, and Kuldeep Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi and Harshit Rana taking 2 each. Expect India to make rotations with Jaiswal coming into the side.
Abhishek, Kishan and Suryakumar are the key batters.
Predicted Lineup: Abhishek Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ishan Kishan (wk), Suryakumar Yadav (c), Shreyas Iyer, Rinku Singh, Shivam Dube, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh.
These final two games will serve as the last preparations before the T20 World Cup 2026 in February. New Zealand have shown brief phases of control but has lacked consistency across all departments.
Glenn Phillips has been the standout batter with 145 runs, including 78 in the first T20I and 48 in Guwahati. Mitchell Santner will have added 94 runs down the order while leading the side. Mark Chapman has contributed 81 runs in 3 matches.
Daryl Mitchell will have struggled in contrast to his ODI form, scoring 60 runs in three T20Is despite 352 runs in the ODI series. With the ball, Jacob Duffy and Ish Sodhi have taken 3 wickets each. Matt Henry and Kyle Jamieson will have picked up 2 wickets apiece. Finn Allen and Lockie Ferguson have joined the squad.
Allen, Seifert and Phillips are the key batters.
Predicted Lineup: Finn Allen, Tim Seifert, Rachin Ravindra, Glenn Phillips (wk), Mark Chapman, Daryl Mitchell, Mitchell Santner (c), Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry, Ish Sodhi, Jacob Duffy.
India will enter this match with more batting depth and clearer roles at the top. Their top five will continue to take most of the responsibility, and one of them will step up again, even if early wickets fall. Abhishek Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav will remain key after multiple fifty-plus scores in the series.
Ishan Kishan is also in form, while Yashasvi Jaiswalโs inclusion will add another attacking option at the top. New Zealandโs batting will depend heavily on the middle order, with their main contributors coming later in the innings.
That pattern will make it harder for them to control the game from the start. On a good batting surface in Vizag, Indiaโs stronger top order will again produce the highest-scoring batting performance.
