Iyer wins toss, India invite New Zealand to bat in fourth T20I in Auckland

India captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss and invited New Zealand to bat in the fourth Twenty20 international in Auckland on Friday, October 30, 2026. India have already sealed the five-match series 3-0.

India made two changes to their playing XI for the match. Ishan Kishan returned to the side after recovering from a right adductor strain, with Vaibhav Sooryavanshi making way for him. Mayank Yadav was brought into the attack in place of Bhuvneshwar Kumar.

India's playing XI for the fixture was named as Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wk), Ishan Kishan, Shreyas Iyer (c), Tilak Varma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Naman Dhir, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Mayank Yadav, Prince Yadav. A photograph credited to "Special Arrangement" showed Abhishek Sharma during a practice session ahead of the fourth T20I.

New Zealand's XI read Finn Allen, Tim Seifert (wk), Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Bevon Jacobs, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner (c), Nathan Smith, Adam Milne, Jacob Duffy, Matthew Fisher. Kyle Jamieson made way for Nathan Smith in New Zealand's line-up.

The article carrying these team announcements and the toss update was published on October 30, 2026 at 12:26 pm IST and updated at 12:32 pm IST; the canonical timestamp for the report is 06:56:46Z.

The match is the fourth T20I of the scheduled five-match series between India and New Zealand.