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India won the toss and chose to bowl first at Hagley Oval, and New Zealand are 163/4 after 18.1 overs. India lead the five-match series 1–0 after the record chase in the opener.
India won the toss and chose to bowl first — India lead the five-match series 1–0.
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India won the toss and chose to bowl first at Hagley Oval, and New Zealand are 163/4 after 18.1 overs. India lead the five-match series 1–0 after the record chase in the opener.
India won by 4 wickets (2 balls remaining)
India's highest-ever successful T20I chase: Samson and Abhishek's 93-run opening stand in 35 balls set it up, and Dhir's unbeaten 15-ball 42 finished it. Phillips' 82* went in vain — India lead the five-match series 1–0.
India Women won by 9 wickets (137 balls remaining)
Biza's fighting 62 off 92 balls held Zimbabwe together, but Charani (4/23) and Gaud (3/42) struck all through the innings and Deepti's 2/44 finished them off in the last over — all out for 197 in Vadodara. Rawal's unbeaten 100 off 96 balls and Shafali Verma's 64* off 33 then sealed the chase in just 27.1 overs after Mandhana (32) fell to Chare following a 94-run opening stand — India lead the three-match ODI series 1–0 in Mandhana's first series as full-time ODI captain after the 3–0 T20I sweep in Raipur.
Afghanistan won by 7 wickets (93 balls remaining) — tri-series champions
Zimbabwe's 169 never looked enough once Ibrahim Zadran settled in: his unbeaten 70 off 96 balls, with Rahmat Shah's 43, carried Afghanistan to 170/3 in 34.3 overs and the tri-series title in Sharjah. Captain Raza's 68 had earlier held Zimbabwe together after Rashid Khan (3/41) ripped through the middle order, but the total was well short in the end.
Day 1 — Stumps · New Zealand A lead by 22 runs
A horror morning for India A's star-studded batting on a green Lincoln pitch: Rahul, Sudharsan and Sundar all fell for ducks as Keene (5/24) and Gibson (3/29) bowled them out for 113 in 39.3 overs, Yash Rathod's unbeaten 44 the lone resistance. New Zealand A closed the day on 135/3, leading by 22 runs.
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Afghanistan won by 7 wickets
Ibrahim Zadran's unbeaten 70 off 96 balls steered Afghanistan to the tri-series title in Sharjah, chasing 170 with 93 balls to spare. Raza's 68 was the backbone of Zimbabwe's 169, but Rashid Khan's 3 for 41 kept them well short of a defendable total.
India Women won by 9 wickets
Rawal's unbeaten 100 off 96 balls and Shafali's 64* off 33 chased down 198 in just 27.1 overs in Vadodara. Charani's 4 for 23 had earlier bowled Zimbabwe out for 197 despite Biza's 62 — India lead the ODI series 1–0.
India won by 4 wickets
A record chase of 226, sealed with two balls to spare at Hagley Oval. Samson took Player of the Match honours.
Sri Lanka won by 2 wickets
Brook's 202 — the fastest double hundred in ODI history — went in vain as Rathnayake (130) and Liyanage (61*) sealed the second-highest successful chase in ODI history with one ball to spare in Rawalpindi.
South Africa won by an innings and 31 runs
Bavuma's career-best 179 rescued South Africa from 110/6 in Gqeberha, Jansen's 5 for 33 skittled Australia for 99, and the follow-on ended in an innings win that levels the series 1–1. Head's 121 came in vain.
Ireland won by 55 runs
Stirling's 56 set up 229/9 in Windhoek, and Player of the Match Hoey's 3 for 29 bowled Namibia out in the first men's ODI between the two sides — Trumpelmann's fighting fifty came too late.
KZN Inland Tuskers won by 5 wickets
The Tuskers chased down 150 in South Africa's domestic T20 competition to keep their Pool B campaign on track.
Mpumalanga Rhinos won by 5 wickets
Nhlebela's 4 for 23 held the Emerging Players to 153 in White River, and du Toit's 80 off 55 led the Rhinos home with two balls to spare.
Match abandoned — rain
Only 2.4 overs were possible at North Sydney Oval before the rain returned. Australia take the series 2–0 and keep the Rose Bowl; Ashleigh Gardner was Player of the Series.
Afghanistan won by 7 wickets
Rashid Khan's 4 for 31 bowled Bangladesh out for 160 in Sharjah and Rahmat Shah's unbeaten 67 finished the chase with 87 balls to spare — Afghanistan into today's final, Bangladesh eliminated.
India Women won by 92 runs
Harmanpreet's unbeaten 91 off 41 and Shafali's 69 off 37 powered 216/7 in Raipur, and Zimbabwe were held to 124/7 — a 92-run win that completes India's 3–0 series sweep.
Pakistan won by 87 runs
Arafat Minhas starred with 59 and then 6 for 40 as England collapsed from 91 without loss to 215 all out in Rawalpindi — Pakistan's second straight win of the tri-series.
Australia Women won by 40 runs
New Zealand's chase never got going — Georgia Wareham's 3 for 18 squeezed the middle overs and sealed the series for Australia with a game to spare.
Australia Women won by 2 wickets
Ellyse Perry's 52 off 30 headlined a tense chase at North Sydney Oval as Australia hunted down 163 with seven balls left.
Match abandoned — rain · Series drawn 2–2
Bengaluru's decider was cut to nine overs a side, then washed out with India flying at 118/5 — Kishan 30 off 10, Dhir 24* off 6. The draw ends India's run of 11 straight home bilateral T20I series wins.
West Indies won by 24 runs
A mountain of 248 proved too steep in Hyderabad despite India's late charge — the win squared the series 2–2 and set up the Bengaluru decider.
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ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings — the current world standings.
| # | Team | Matches | Points | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | England | 41 | 11,021 | 269 |
| 2 | India | 72 | 19,284 | 268 |
| 3 | Australia | 38 | 9,868 | 260 |
| 4 | New Zealand | 51 | 12,565 | 246 |
| 5 | South Africa | 53 | 12,881 | 243 |
| 6 | Pakistan | 62 | 14,883 | 240 |
| 7 | West Indies | 60 | 14,155 | 236 |
| 8 | Bangladesh | 55 | 12,220 | 222 |
| 9 | Sri Lanka | 52 | 11,489 | 221 |
| 10 | Afghanistan | 41 | 8,925 | 218 |
ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings, latest update 23 Oct 2026. India sit second, one rating point behind England; series opponents New Zealand are fourth.
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Off just 33 balls, with 8 fours and 4 sixes. His opening stand of 93 in 35 balls with Abhishek Sharma broke the back of the 226 chase.
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England captain Harry Brook broke Shubman Gill's record with a double hundred off just 114 balls, finishing on 202 off 116 balls. But the night belonged to Sri Lanka, who stunned everyone by chasing down 430 with one ball to spare — winning by two wickets in one of the greatest ODI chases of all time.
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India chased down 226 in Christchurch — their highest successful chase against New Zealand in T20I cricket. Sanju Samson's blazing 67 off 33 balls set it up, captain Shreyas Iyer held the middle overs together, and Naman Dhir finished the job with an unbeaten 42 off just 15 balls.
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The 2nd T20I is on Saturday, 24 October 2026 at 12:30 PM IST at Hagley Oval, Christchurch. India lead the five-match T20I series 1–0.
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India won by 4 wickets, chasing down 226 in 19.4 overs — their highest successful chase in T20I cricket. Sanju Samson (67 off 33) was Player of the Match.