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3rd T20 Updates: Hardik, Bishnoi leave New Zealand in a mess

Sun, 25 January 2026

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20:17

3rd T20 Updates: Hardik, Bishnoi leave New Zealand in a mess

NZ 121-6 (16 ovs) vs India | SCORECARD

Bishnoi continues his superb showing with the ball. He leaves New Zealand in further mess with the big wicket of Phillips, who fails to get enough power on the pull shot and is caught at deep midwicket after scoring 48 from 40 balls.

Two wickets off two balls for Bishnoi after he got a wicket off the last ball of his second over.

Kyle Jamieson denies him the hat-trick as he takes a single to long-on and Santner slaps the third ball through the covers for two runs.

Santner hits the fifth ball straight down the ground as Shivam Dube makes a lazy effort to concede a four and the left-hander picks two runs off the last ball.

Bishnoi gives away nine in his final over, to finish with excellent figure of 2/18 in his four overs.

20:12

Hardik strikes again; New Zealand lose way

NZ 112-5 (15 ovs) vs India | SCORECARD

Hardik is turning out to be the star man for India today. He strikes with the key wicket of Mitchell, who goes aerial over the off-side but holes out the slower ball straight to Ishan Kishan at sweeper cover to fall for 14.

Hardik ends the over with two successive dot balls to Mitchell Santner.

Just five runs and a wicket in the 15th over, leaves New Zealand in trouble on 112/5.

Hardik has been excellent with figures of 2/23 in three overs.

20:08

Chapman out for 32; New Zealand 4 down

NZ 107-4 (14 ovs) vs India | SCORECARD

Pacer Rana back into the attack. Daryl Mitchell of the mark in smashing fashion as he pulls the slower bouncer from Rana over square leg for a six.

He guides the fourth ball past point for two runs followed by singles off the last two balls.

Kuldeep, who went for 22 in two overs, comes back. Mitchell and Phillips went after Kuldeep in the ODI series and it will be interesting to see whether he can get revenge.

Phillips sweeps the first ball powerfully through square leg for a four. He clips the next ball with soft hands in the gap on the leg side and sprints across for two runs.

Three singles and a wide as Kuldeep goes for 10 runs in his third over, with New Zealand going past the 100-run mark, in the 14th over.

19:56

3rd T20 Updates: Chapman out for 32; New Zealand 4 down

NZ 86-4 (12 ovs) vs India | SCORECARD

Bumrah, who has three overs in hand, is back into the attack. Chapman clips the first ball for a single off his pads before Phillips tries to play the ramp shot but fails to connect.

He plays a stunning short arm jab, swatting Bumrah behind square on the leg side for a four and hits the next to long-on for one and Chapman picks a single off the last ball.

Bishnoi back for a new spell. A single to Phillips off the third ball raises the 50-run stand for the fourth wicket from 38 balls as New Zealand get back on track.

However, leggie Bishnoi cripples New Zealand's hopes with the wicket of the well-set Chapman.

The left-hander, who made 32 from 23 balls, gets the edge trying to cut the spinner with wicketkeeper Samson taking a sharp catch.

19:47

3rd T20 Updates: Phillips, Chapman revive New Zealand

NZ 75-3 (10 ovs) vs India | SCORECARD

Chapman breaks the shackles as he pulls Kuldeep for a six over midwicket -- the first boundary after 25 balls.

The left-hander comes down the track as he fails to get to the pitch but the inside edge saves him, with the ball going fine on the leg side for a four.

Chapman takes one to long-on before Phillips lofts Kuldeep powerfully down the ground for the second six of the over.

Chapman hits the last ball to long-on for a single to get 19 runs from the over.

Medium pacer Shivam Dube comes into the attack. Chapman swings hard but can't get the first ball away before he swats the next behind square on the leg side for a four.

A single each to the two batters before Chapman lofts the fifth ball over the off-side for a six and picks one off the last ball.

New Zealand recover to 75/3 in 10 overs at the halfway mark, having scored 32 runs from the last two overs, including three sixes and two fours.

Phillips has made 30 from 25 balls and Chapman is on 28 from 17 balls.

19:37

Jasprit Bumrah celebrates the wicket of Tim Seifert.

NZ 43-3 (8 ovs) vs India | SCORECARD

Kuldeep Yadav comes into the attack as India keep rotating their bowlers around.

New Zealand not helping their cause by dropping the in-form Daryl Mitchell as low as No 6.

Two more singles from the rest of the over as Kuldeep makes a tidy start, giving away three runs in his first over.

Spin from both ends as Bishnoi comes back. He keeps the New Zealand batters tied up, giving away just four singles in his second over.

New Zealand's run rate is below the six mark, as they struggle on 43/3 in eight overs.

19:30

3rd T20 Updates: Bumrah strikes; New Zealand 3 down

NZ 36-3 (6 ovs) vs India | SCORECARD

A late introduction for Bumrah as he comes into the attack, to bowl the sixth over.

He strikes with his first ball, dismissing Seifert with a beauty to bowl him for 12.

Bumrah got the ball to move away slightly as right-hander Seifert played down the wrong line and was bowled.

New Zealand in trouble on 34/3 in the sixth over.

Mark Chapman gets off the mark with a single before Phillips plays three dots in a row and inside edges the last ball for one.

New Zealand have managed just three runs from the last two overs, to be struggling on 36/3 in six overs.

19:27

Hardik, Rana strike early; NZ in trouble

NZ 34-2 (5 ovs) vs India | SCORECARD

Rana continues as Phillips smashes the second ball past a diving Abhishek Sharma at point for a four. Two balls, he gets the under-edge as the ball bounces over the wicketkeeper for another boundary.

Phillips pushes away from his body and is beaten before he gets the thick leading edge trying to pull.

Hardik to bowl his second over in the Powerplay. He does well to concede just three singles from the first five balls before Phillips ends the over on a high by drilling the last ball for a four through the covers.

Leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi into the attack in the Powerplay. He makes an excellent start, conceding just a single in his first over. He started with three dots in a row to Seifert, who took a single off the fourth before Bishnoi bowled two dots to Phillips.

Bishnoi kept firing it in full and flat, not giving the two big-hitters anything to get under.

19:14

3rd T20: Hardik, Rana strike early; New Zealand in trouble

Hardik Pandya takes the catch to dismiss Devon Conway off the bowling of Harshit Rana.

NZ 17-2 (2 ovs) vs India | SCORECARD

Hardik Pandya with the new ball at the other end ahead of Bumrah. The first ball is full and on the pads as Seifert flicks it in the gap past mid-on for a four.

He clips the next ball square but Kuldeep comes up with a superb stop at deep square leg to keep it down to three runs.

Hardik also strikes in his first over as Ravindra pulls the short ball straight to Ravi Bishnoi at deep square leg to be dismissed for four.

Just one fielder in the deep on the leg side and Ravindra only manages to pull the short ball straight to him as Bishnoi holds on to a sharp low catch.

The in-form Glenn Phillips gets off the mark with a cracking boundary through the covers off the first ball he faces and defends the last ball of the over.

19:08

Rana strikes; New Zealand lose early wicket

NZ 6-1 (1 ov) vs India | SCORECARD

Tim Seifert and Devon Conway are the two openers for New Zealand, while Harshit Rana opens the bowling for India.

Conway taps the first ball on the off-side for a single to get the Kiwis off the mark. Seifert calmly drives the next ball to long-on for an easy run.

Rana strikes with the early wicket of Conway, who uses his feet and tries to loft the pacer over the top but Hardik Pandya comes up with a stunning catch at mid-off to send back the opener.

Conway (2) couldn't get enough power on the shot, miscuing the ball towards mid-off as an alert Hardik rushes back and flung himself full length to his left to complete the catch.

Rachin Ravindra gets off the mark with a nicely-timed boundary through the covers off the first ball he faces before Rana produces a beauty to beat him off the outside edge next ball.

18:44

India elect to bowl vs NZ; Bumrah back

Suryakumar Yadav and Mitchell Santner at the toss.

New Zealand face a must-win game after losing the first two games of the five-match series.

India will look towards their spinners Kuldeep Yadav and Bishnoi delivering the goods in the middle overs, with Bumrah back to bolster the pace attack.

With Suryakumar Yadav back in form and the likes of Ishan Kishan and Abhishek Sharma looking ominous with the bat, no target is beyond them.

Check out the playing XIs:

India: Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (w/k), Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav (Captain), Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Harshit Rana, Ravi Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah.

New Zealand: Devon Conway, Tim Seifert (w/k), Rachin Ravindra, Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Daryl Mitchell, Mitchell Santner (Captain), Kyle Jamieson, Matt Henry, Ish Sodhi, Jacob Duffy.

18:34

3rd T20: India elect to bowl vs NZ; Bumrah back

India captain Suryakumar Yadav has won the toss and elected to bowl against New Zealand in the third T20 International in Guwahati.

India, who lead the five-match series 2-0, have made two changes. Jasprit Bumrah is back in the playing XI as he replaces Arshdeep Singh with India manage the players' workload ahead of the T20 World Cup.

Varun Chakravarthy also gets a well deserved rest as Ravi Bishnoi finally gets a game.

18:06

India vs NZ 3rd T20: Pressure on Samson as India aim to seal series

Sanju Samson

Welcome to the coverage of the third T20 International between India and New Zealand at Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati, on Sunday.

Ishan Kishan's sensational comeback will reignite debate over who should be Abhishek Sharma's preferred opening partner with Sanju Samson's increasing struggles as India look to seal the five-match T20 series in the third game.

With just two weeks and three matches against New Zealand in the ongoing series left before the start of their T20 World Cup title defence, India's combination looks largely settled.

The batting and bowling units appear sorted and only a few spots remain under scrutiny and one such slot currently belongs to Samson.

Kishan's superb 76 off 32 balls, however, intensified the spotlight on Samson.

Reinstated as opener alongside Abhishek Sharma at the expense of Test and ODI skipper Shubman Gill, Samson has been failing to make the most of his chances, having scored a total of 55 runs in the last four T20Is.

Back in his preferred slot as opener, the Kerala man has not delivered, and time is running out with hardly any turnaround time before the T20 World Cup as the series would be a make-or-break for him.

His vulnerability against express pace has once again resurfaced.

During the England series last year, he fell cheaply five times to fast bowlers, including three dismissals in a row to Jofra Archer.

Against New Zealand, he managed only 10 and 6, dismissed by Kyle Jamieson and Matt Henry respectively.

Samson also looked untidy behind the stumps, failing to collect a wide yorker from Arshdeep Singh that ran away for four byes as New Zealand crossed the 200-run mark.

There were concerns over skipper Suryakumar Yadav's prolonged lean patch, but he silenced his critics in style, ending a run of 23 T20I innings without a fifty with a blazing 82 off 37 balls.

The seven-wicket win in the second T20, which gave India a 2-0 lead, was even more impressive as it came without much contribution from in-form Abhishek Sharma, the explosive inform world No. 1 T20I batter, who fell for a golden duck.

3rd T20 Updates: Hardik, Bishnoi leave New Zealand in a mess

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