Arshdeep reaches 150 wickets as New Zealand hit 259 for 7 at Eden Park
New Zealand scored 259 for 7 against India at Eden Park in Auckland in the fourth T20I on Friday, October 30, 2026. Glenn Phillips brought up a 45-ball century while Arshdeep Singh reached 150 T20I wickets amid a dominant home batting display.
The Black Caps exploited Eden Park’s short boundaries to post what was their highest T20I total against India, with 20 sixes and 15 fours in the innings. India’s 259 conceded is the most they have ever allowed in a T20I and is the third time under Shreyas Iyer’s captaincy that India have given up 250 or more, after England’s 257 for 3 in Southampton and the West Indies’ 252 for 4 in Ranchi earlier this month; India had not conceded 250 or more in T20Is before 2026.
Left-arm paceman Arshdeep Singh was the one Indian bowler who avoided heavy punishment, conceding fewer than 10 runs per over and taking the wicket of captain Mitchell Santner. The dismissal took Arshdeep to 150 T20I wickets, making him the first Indian bowler and the ninth overall to reach that mark. He also set a new record for the most wickets taken by a bowler from a Full Member nation in a calendar year in T20Is, surpassing Josh Little’s 39 in 2022.
Mayank Yadav provided early breakthroughs, striking in the first over to remove Tim Seifert and then dismissing Daryl Mitchell in his second over. The youngster, who replaced Bhuvneshwar Kumar in the XI for Auckland, consistently clocked speeds in excess of 140 kph and later removed Bevon Jacobs for 7 in the 11th over. However, Mayank conceded 20 runs in his final over.
New Zealand reached 67 for 2 at the end of the powerplay, with Finn Allen accelerating in the eighth over by taking Axar Patel for two sixes and a boundary before Axar returned to dismiss him. At 113 for 4 at the end of the 11th over, the home side’s innings still had a pivotal phase to come.
Glenn Phillips and Michael Bracewell turned the contest with a 115-run stand for the fifth wicket in just 40 deliveries. Phillips completed his third T20I hundred in 45 balls while Bracewell raced to a fifty off 19 deliveries and finished 65 off 25 before Prince Yadav yorked him. Part-time off-spinner Naman Dhir conceded 16 in the 12th over and Nitish Kumar Reddy was taken for 32 in the 16th over, during which Phillips struck four consecutive sixes.
New Zealand amassed 146 runs in the final nine overs of their innings and were held to 33 in the last three, leaving India with a target of 260. The late onslaught proved decisive in converting a competitive middle phase into a towering total.
India had already secured an unassailable 3-0 lead in the series before the fourth T20I; they won the toss for the fourth successive match and elected to bowl.
