New Zealand Vs Canada Highlights, T20 World Cup 2026: Ravindra, Phillips' Fifties Guide Kiwis To Super Eight

An important Group D clash awaits us at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, where New Zealand and Canada lock horns in an all-important game for both sides. Follow along for the real-time updates, live scores and more.

New Zealand vs Canada ICC T20 World Cup 2026 Group D match 31 live streaming will be available on Jio Hotstar mobile app and website. It will also be live telecasted on Star Sports Network channels. The match has a scheduled start time of 11:00 AM Indian Standard Time (IST).

New Zealand and Canada have not faced each other even in T20Is. This will be the first time will be clashing with each other in this format.

South Africa have already qualified following their victory against New Zealand. They are the table toppers with three wins from three matches. New Zealand are second with two wins from three games. Afghanistan is placed third with one win from three games. They are ahead of UAE in net run rate. UAE also have one win from three games. Canada, meanwhile, are yet to win a match after playing two games.

Canada have won the toss and have opted to bat first

Canada: Yuvraj Samra, Dilpreet Bajwa(c), Navneet Dhaliwal, Harsh Thaker, Nicholas Kirton, Shreyas Movva(w), Saad Bin Zafar, Shivam Sharma, Dilon Heyliger, Jaskaran Singh, Ansh Patel

New Zealand: Tim Seifert(w), Finn Allen, Rachin Ravindra, Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Daryl Mitchell(c), Cole McConchie, James Neesham, Kyle Jamieson, Matt Henry, Jacob Duffy

Mitch (Santner) not feeling too great today, so hopefully he’ll be good to go in 24 hours. Firstly, we’re really excited for Lockie with the birth of his first baby — that’s special news — and he’ll be back soon. In terms of the team, Kyle Jamieson comes in for him, so it’s a like-for-like replacement, which is good for us. Cole (McConchie) comes in for Santner as well, so again it’s a very similar role.

Yuvraj Samra show a big heart as he charges down the track against the veteran Matt Henry and hits him for consecutive boundaries. Canada need resilience with the bat in hand if they want to compete.

Canada openers Yuvraj Samra and Dilpreet Bajwa start cautiously. They don't want to lose too many wicket upfront and get knocked out of the game. For them, the ideal case would be taking the game deep with some resilient batting and competing hard.

Canada openers Yuvraj Samra and Dilpreet Bajwa have given their side an explosive start in the powerplay. None of Matt Henry and Jacob Duffy could trouble them and after James Neesham came on to close out the powerplay, they cracked him open and plundered hm for runs. No wickets lost in the powerplay and 50 runs scored. Canada have a good foundation to build from here.

Both Canada openers keep going strong. Although they have scored only 25 runs off 24 balls since the powerplay, they have not lost a wicket and have prepared the base to launch later in the innings to set up a competitive score. New Zealand has not looked threatening with the ball so far.

Yuvraj Samra has been going strong and has picked up pace. He has taken on Cole McConchie and smashes him for two sixes and a four to start Canada's acceleration. With no wickets lost and seven overs to go, Canada have an excellent platform to go hard through and through to the very end.

Dilpreet Bajwa finally departs after playing a brilliant knock. He has supported Yuvraj Samra really well and was now looking to accelerate and help his team get to a strong total. Tried to go over the covers and target the gap between sweeper cover and long off, but miscued it slightly and the sweeper cover fielder accepted the catch. Kyle Jamieson is the one to strike.

Yuvraj Samra reaches his century with a streaky four down the third man area. What a knock from the youngster. Against a formidable New Zealand attack, he smashes a brilliant hundred and dominated the likes of Jacob Duffy, Matt Henry and Kyle Jamieson. Gets to the century in just 58 balls and now looking to give Canada a strong finish.

Not the best finish for Canada as New Zealand show some great death bowling skills. Only 23 runs in the last three overs and even Yuvraj Samra barely could do anything despite for his century. Even then, Canada has posted a competitive total, thanks to Yuvraj Samra's 58-ball century. The 19-year-old created history by becoming the youngest to score a century in the T20 World Cup. New Zealand, although, will back themselves to chase this total.

Tim Seifert departs early and Canada are elated. New Zealand threatens opposition with their explosive openers at top and Tim Seifert fails to give a solid start to his side. Saad Bin Zafar's arm-ball fired full, Seifert backs away but can't get under the length, hence no elevation behind the lofted drive and hits it straight to mid-off. Big wicket for Canada.

After Tim Seifert, it is his opening partner Finn Allen who departs. Dilon Heyliger is the one to strike this time. Length ball inside the body of Allen, stops on the surface and Allen who turned his bat early, got a leading edge. The ball just traveled to the short cover fielder who ran in to take a good catch. Canada are leaking runs but they also scalped two crucial wickets.

New Zealand are off to a great start. After losing their openers Tim Seifert and Finn Allen, it seemed like they will be in trouble, but Rachin Ravindra steadied the ship and then Glenn Phillips took down the opposition spinners and powered the scoring rate of the New Zealand innings. The Kiwis are dominating here and are on course to a solid victory.

New Zealand are now racing towards their target. They are dominating the Canada bowlers now and the target looks within touching distance. Glenn Phillips has been absolutely dominant as he smashed the Canada bowlers apart, scoring his half-century. Meanwhile, Rachin Ravindra has been steady from the other end, holding the innings together.

Rachin Ravindra pulls towards mid-wicket and gets a boundary. With it, New Zealand secure a dominant eight-wicket victory and become the sixth team to qualify for Super Eight. Afghanistan, UAE and Canada get eliminated as the qualifiers from the group are now confirmed. New Zealand were in trouble after Tim Seifert and Finn Allen were dismissed early, but Rachin Ravindra and Glenn Phillips played brilliant knocks to guide them over the finishing line.