Arshdeep Singh picked up five wickets while conceding 51 runs, which is the most expensive fifer in T20I history. Earlier, Alzarri Joseph of the West Indies had the unwanted record, which he achieved during a Johannesburg T20I match against South Africa in 2023.
Following India's win over New Zealand in the fifth T20I, Yadav, who became the third Indian to complete 3,000 T20I runs, spoke on dealing with his lean patch of 23 innings before his half-century in the second match, saying that while the "sky was not blue for a year, he knew his time would
Notably, the 137-run stand between Kishan and Suryakumar stands as the highest third-wicket stand for India in T20Is. The previous highest third-wicket stand for India in T20Is was 134 between Virat Kohli and Suresh Raina in Adelaide in 2016.
Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav has provided a crucial update on injured all-rounder Washington Sundar, who missed the five-match T20I series due to an injury.
Team India now heads to the T20 World Cup with a 4-1 series win over New Zealand. However, one puzzle left for them to figure out is whether to back Sanju after he could manage just 46 runs in five innings this series and has been on a lean patch since last year or to play a red-hot Ishan
In the biggest development before the T20 World Cup starting in February, Indian skipper Surya shook off a 23-inning slump, registering three fifties in the series and becoming the 'Player of the Series' in this final assignment before the marquee tournament with 242 runs at an average of
Ishan has completed a redemption for the ages. From being left out of the central contract in 2024 to winning the maiden Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy for Jharkhand and coming back into Indian side for the T20 World Cup and NZ series, it has been quite a journey for Ishan. With Sanju now strugg
After losing the fifth and final T20I and also the series against India, New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner admitted to the formidable challenge of beating the Men in Blue at their den.
With this victory, the 'Men in Blue' clinched the five-match T20I series against New Zealand 4-1, having earlier won the first, second and third T20I. NZ had won the fourth match of the series.
After Sanju Samson failed to make his mark in his home state, Ishan (103 in 43 balls, with six fours and 10 sixes), skipper Surya (63 in 30 balls, with four boundaries and six sixes) and Hardik Pandya (42 in 17 balls, with a four and four sixes) played entertaining knocks to take India to a
Surya, who has made a triumphant return to form and displayed the ruthless, 360-degree and innovative side of his game, which made him one of the finest T20I batters not so long ago, achieved this milestone during his side's fifth T20I against New Zealand at Thiruvananthapuram, scoring a 30-
Team India won the toss and decided to bat first against the New Zealand in the fifth and final T20I against the New Zealand at the Greenfield International Stadium on Saturday.