NZ vs IND 5th T20I Highlights - Hamilton (01 November 2026)

FOUR! Boundaries are leaking here and the Indians are out of answers at the moment. Dropped short by Varun, on leg, Phillips pick the length early and pulls it off the back foot to the left of deep square leg for a boundary.

FOUR! Action replay of the previous ball. Glenn Phillips goes past Mark Chapman to score the most runs for New Zealand in a T20I series, informs Simon Doull on air. Short again on the stumps, Phillips uses the depth of the crease and nails the pull shot, this time in front of square for a boundary at deep mid-wicket.

A full delivery outside off, and it's the googly. Phillips stays leg side of the ball, pushes forward, and looks to drive through the off side, but gets an inside edge that runs away to backward square for a single.

 FOUR! This is really sloppy from India now. Kishan should have stopped that. A schoolboy error. Pitched up and wide outside off, and Seifert stands tall to thump it through the off side, just right of deep point. Kishan gives chase, but the ball curls away from him late. He overruns and slips, and can only watch it squirt past him to the rope. Chakaravarthy is not pleased one bit. That also brings up the 50-run partnership between Seifert and Phillips.

Spins in sharply on middle, Seifert drags it to the left of deep mid-wicket for a single.

FOUR! Edged but safe! 18 runs off this over. New Zealand are in the driver's seat now. Full and wide outside off at 109 kph. Phillips spots the width and throws everything at it, getting a thick outside edge that flies over short third and races away to the boundary.

Slips in the yorker, on off. Seifert digs it out to mid off and crosses over.

That will hurt! Prince delivers another full ball, at the sticks. Phillips swings through the line and picks the bones out of it, smacking it back towards the bowler. Prince gets both hands to his right on his follow-through. The ball hits him on the right thumb and goes away, allowing a single. That will sting on a chilly night.

Slightly back of a length, outside off, Seifert clears the front leg away, perhaps looking to loft it over covers, but gets it sliced behind point for a single.

Spears it full on middle and leg, Phillips whips it to deep mid-wicket for a run. 50 runs needed off 38 balls.

 FOUR! Powered away! Seifert gallops to 85 and he is making India pay dearly for his dropped catch. Very full and outside off, Seifert loses his balance while reaching for it, and smashes it powerfully to the off side. The cover fielder dives to his left and gets a bit of a hand on it, but it seeps through and races to the fence.

FOUR! Inside edge and it cruises to the fence! 150 is up for the Kiwis! On a fuller length and on the stumps. Seifert swings hard to dump it over the leg side, but gets an inside edge that deflects behind and bumps over the keeper's head for a four.

SIX! BANG! Varun goes a little too full on the stumps, Phillips gets under it and effortlessly thumps it over the long on fence for half a dozen runs.

DROPPED BY SAMSON! Another big chance goes begging. The conventional leg break on a length, outside off, Phillips stands still to cut it away but gets a thick outside edge and the ball just pops in and out of Samson's gloves. A tough chance, but a chance nonetheless.

SIX! As easy as you like! Pitches it up, full and wide outside the off stump. Phillips strides across, gets to the pitch of the ball and gloriously lofts it over cover, clearing the fence with ease for a cracking six. 30 needed off 33 now.

Spins in from off, a lot quicker at 109 kph. Phillips hangs back and knocks it to mid on.

Comes from around the stumps now. Slides it across the right-hander, fractionally full. Left alone by Glenn.

Overpitched on the leg stump, Phillips gets across, goes low on a knee and sweeps it to the long leg region for a single.

Banged in short, over off. Phillips hops and gets his hands high to drag the pull behind square leg for a single.

FOUR! Seifert moves into the 90s. Nearly a yorker by Reddy, on off. Seifert gets the front leg out of the way and gets his hands through the line of the ball. He crunches the drive past extra cover, and the fielder in the deep is beaten to his right.

OUT! CHOPPED ON! Tim Seifert will have to wait for a maiden T20I ton but an outstanding innings from the opener and he has put New Zealand on course for a win. On a good length, around off. Seifert hangs back and clears the front leg, looking to go downtown but he loses his shape slightly and gets an inside edge. The ball goes on to clip the leg stump and dislodge the bail. New Zealand are 168/3, needing 24 runs in 27 balls.

On a back of a length, on off. Jacobs punches it to long off and gets off the mark with a single.

Nice and tight, skidding through, on a nagging length, on middle. Phillips stabs it down on the off side.

Low full toss, on the pads. Phillips picks it up off the pads, playing it towards deep backward square leg for a single.

Singh lands it on top of off, Phillips hangs back to deal with it and defends it off the inner half beside the strip on the leg side.

SIX! Picked up beautifully. Singh errs in his line as this is at the hips, on the shorter side. Fast hands from Phillips as he pivots and shovels it over long leg for half a dozen.

FOUR! That has rocketed to the fence, and Glenn Phillips brings up yet another FIFTY, his fourth score of fifty or more in this series. Pitched up by Arshdeep from around the wicket, on off. Phillips extends his hands into the shot and slams it towards wide long off. The boundary rider does not have much distance to cover, but he is still beaten despite the slide.

Pulls the length back, on off. Phillips angles it to backward point.

FOUR! Cracked away. Phillips needs two more runs to break Phil Salt's record for most runs in a T20I bilateral series. Short and wide on off, going away from over the wicket. Glenn needs no second invitation as he slaps it well wide of backward point for a four.

Fuller and on off. Phillips drives it to deep cover for a single.

That will do it for Glenn Phillips. Phillips is now the new record holder for the most runs in a T20I bilateral series (333 runs). Banged in short, on off. Glenn hops and drags the pull wide of deep square leg. Abhishek Sharma sprints to his left but overruns the ball. He gets a bit of hand on it, and that results in the ball slowing down and it does not have the legs to reach the fence. Two runs taken.

Low full toss, outside off. Phillips reaches out and glides it down to short third on the bounce.

Dug into the surface, on off. Phillips hops for the upper cut but fails to connect.

Spears in the yorker, on middle. Phillips jams it out to the right of the bowler.

FOUR! Easy pickings, and with that, the scores are level. Too full, too straight by Bhuvneshwar, sliding down leg. Phillips does not miss out as he glances it away to the left of short fine leg for a four.

FOUR! Glenn Phillips hits the winning runs. New Zealand win the final T20I by 7 wickets, but India take the series 3-2. Bhuvi goes into the wicket, skidding through, on off. Phillips hops and rides the bounce. He uses the pace by opening the face of the bat and steers it to the right of the short third fielder for a boundary.