New Zealand vs India 2026, 5th T20I: Toss result and playing 11s for today’s match, umpires list and pitch report

India are taking on New Zealand at the Seddon Park in Hamilton in the fifth and final T20I of the series. The Men in Blue clinched the series by winning the first three games. New Zealand ensured they would not be whitewashed by clinching the fourth T20I.

Sent into bat in the previous match at the Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand posted 259-7 on the board. Glenn Phillips slammed a brilliant 107 off 49 balls, while Michael Bracewell struck 65 in 25 deliveries.

In the chase, India were held to 172-9. The Men in Blue lost Sanju Samson and Ishan Kishan in the first over and could not recover from the disastrous start. For New Zealand, Jacob Duffy claimed 4-23, while Matthew Fisher and Mitchell Santner picked up two wickets apiece.

Today’s NZ vs IND toss result

New Zealand have won the toss and have opted to bowl first. Blair Tickner is back for the hosts. For India, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Varun Chakravarthy are in.

NZ vs IND – Today’s match playing XIs

New Zealand: Tim Seifert (w), Finn Allen, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Bevon Jacobs, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner (c), Nathan Smith, Adam Milne, Jacob Duffy, Blair Tickner

India: Sanju Samson, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan (w), Shreyas Iyer (c), Tilak Varma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Naman Dhir, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Prince Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy

Today’s NZ vs IND pitch report

“Pitch looks a belter. Don’t think we’ll see a lot of sideways movement. New ball might just get tennis ball bounce to start with and then get better and better. The bowlers haven’t been in the thoughts of the pitch curators at most of these venues – New Zealand’s 259 in Auckland was their highest ever in T20I cricket.” – Katey Martin and Scott Styris

Today’s NZ vs IND match complete players list

New Zealand squad: Tim Seifert (wk), Finn Allen, Devon Conway, Glenn Phillips, Daryl Mitchell, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner (c), Nathan Smith, Jacob Duffy, Bevon Jacobs, Adam Milne, Blair Tickner, Kyle Jamieson, Matthew Fisher, Josh Clarkson

India squad: Sanju Samson (wk), Abhishek Sharma, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Shreyas Iyer (c), Ishan Kishan, Tilak Varma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Naman Dhir, Axar Patel, Prince Yadav, Mayank Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Shivam Dube, Varun Chakravarthy, Arshdeep Singh, Kumar Kushagra

NZ vs IND – Today’s match umpires

Umpires: Phillip Gillespie, Shaun Haig

Third umpire: Chris Brown

Match Referee: Ranjan Madugalle

Edited by Renin Wilben Albert