Santner wins toss, New Zealand choose to field in fifth T20I against India in Hamilton

Mitchell Santner won the toss and elected to field for New Zealand against India in the fifth and final Twenty20 International at Hamilton on Sunday, November 1, 2026.

India made two changes to their XI for the match: Bhuvneshwar Kumar returns to the playing eleven and Varun Chakaravarthy will make his first appearance on the tour; Mayank Yadav and Axar Patel were omitted from the side.

New Zealand made one alteration to their side, bringing in Blair Tickner for Matthew Fisher. New Zealand's playing XI is: Tim Seifert(wk), Finn Allen, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Bevon Jacobs, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner(c), Nathan Smith, Adam Milne, Jacob Duffy, Blair Tickner.

India's chosen eleven for the fifth T20I is: Sanju Samson, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan(wk), Shreyas Iyer(c), Tilak Varma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Naman Dhir, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Prince Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy.

The encounter in Hamilton serves as the concluding fixture of the five-match T20I series between India and New Zealand, completing the scheduled set of matches for the tour.