India Vs New Zealand Live Cricket Score, 4th T20I: Kiwis Keep Losing Wickets

New Zealand batters keep losing their wickets under pressure. First, Mark Chapman holes out in the square leg area trying to take on Ravi Bishnoi. Bishnoi's ball kept sliding on and Chapman moved across to launch it over square. Didn't find enough timing.

Mitchell Santner joins him in the pavilion soon. Hardik Pandya shows excellent awareness to nail a direct hit to the non-striker's end from the short third man area. Despite the dive, Santner falls short. New Zealand has collapsed here.

New Zealand scalp another decent over out of Harshit Rana. Mark Chapman smashes one straight down the ground and then in the last ball of the over, Daryl Mitchell drills one over long-on in his signature style. Harshit used his variations well but still two deliveries end up as boundaries.

Dangerous Glenn Phillips departs and it is Kuldeep Yadav who strikes. Turns into the batter who tries to access the down the ground area for a boundary. For a long time, it looked like he did get a boundary, but Rinku Singh covered quick ground to grab the catch. Phillips departs for 24 off 16 deliveries.

Arshdeep Singh strikes as the bowling change pays off! Seifert, looking to attack a short, wide, slightly slower delivery outside off, goes after it hard, only to slice it straight to long-off where Rinku Singh takes it cleanly, his second catch of the evening after Conway’s earlier.

A brilliant knock from the Kiwi opener ends at 62 off 36, with seven fours and three sixes, and India finally breaks through.

Ravi Bishnoi bowls short, and Phillips is ready, he picks it early and punches it crisply towards wide long-off. Perfect timing, and that races away for four.

Seifert matches the blistering pace of Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor, who both reached 50 in 25 balls against India in Auckland back in 2020.

Bumrah strikes back in his second over. Ravindra steps up, tries to work a slower back-of-a-length delivery with a wristy shot, and ends up chipping it straight back to Bumrah, who takes it cleanly in his follow-through.

Caught and bowled. New Zealandes lose their second wicket in quick succession, ending the rollicking partnership that had them flying early. Ravindra gone for 2 off 4.

Conway steps up to Ravi Bishnoi and doesn’t hold back, a length ball right in the slot and he absolutely clubs it over deep mid-wicket. That’s a massive six! New Zealandes race to 71 from the powerplay, and Conway is sending a message early.

Conway and Seifert are in the middle with Arshdeep Singh opening the bowling attack, and Seifert wastes no time making an impact, a sharp outswinger induces a top edge that Bumrah can’t quite control at third man and it runs away for four, then Seifert makes room to a back-of-a-length ball and smashes it cleanly for another boundary, before a similar whip brings yet another top edge that flies down to the fence, three fours in a row, and Seifert is suddenly on fire early.

New Zealand (Playing XI): Tim Seifert(w), Devon Conway, Rachin Ravindra, Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Daryl Mitchell, Mitchell Santner(c), Zakary Foulkes, Matt Henry, Ish Sodhi, Jacob Duffy

India (Playing XI): Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson(w), Suryakumar Yadav(c), Rinku Singh, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Harshit Rana, Ravi Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah

India have won the toss and have opted to field first against New Zealand.

India head into the 4th T20I as clear favourites after dominating the series and enjoying home conditions in Visakhapatnam. Prediction models heavily back India, giving them roughly a 78% win chance, compared to 22% for New Zealand. India’s batting depth and spin options suit the surface, while New Zealand will need early wickets and a sharper all-round effort to pull off an upset.

Total matches - 28

India Wins - 18

New Zealand Wins - 10

No Results - 0

The IND vs NZ fixture will be televised live in India on the Star Sports Network and Fans can also livestream the match on the Jio Hotstar app and website. 

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