India vs New Zealand, 5th T20I, New Zealand tour of India, 2026 - Player Highlights

Axar to Ferguson, out Bowled!! Axar finishes off with three wickets. Ferguson shimmies down the wicket to play this, gets beaten by the straighter delivery and the furniture has been disturbed. Arshdeep finished with five wickets, Axar with three - has been a fine effort by the two bowlers today. Ferguson b Axar 3(4)

Axar to Ish Sodhi, 1 run, advances down the wicket, swings across the line, gets an inside edge towards the leg-side

Axar to Ish Sodhi, SIX, smoked over deep mid-wicket by Ish Sodhi as he manages to clear the fielder near the boundary

Axar to Ferguson, 1 run, nudged towards square leg by Ferguson for one

Axar to Ish Sodhi, 1 run, dropped and stumping missed! Ish Sodhi advances down the wicket, swings and gets an inside edge. Kishan puts it down and also misses out on a stumping opportunity. He was explosive with the bat, but his keeping hasn't been upto the mark

Axar to Ferguson, 1 run, worked through the leg-side by Ferguson for a single

Axar to Mitchell, FOUR, that's the way! This was full and straight at the stumps, Mitchell stays put and bludgeons it right over the bowler's head to end the over with a boundary. Lovely over by Axar despite conceding that boundary

Axar to Ravindra, 1 run, tad short as Ravindra flat-bats this towards long-on for one

Axar to Mitchell, 1 run, knocked to long-on by Mitchell as he's off the mark

Axar to Mitchell, no run, reverse sweep finds the fielder at slip

Axar to Phillips, out Caught by Rinku Singh!! Axar has been impressive tonight. Full and straight in the slot, Phillips looks to go big. Lofts this high up in the night sky, but miscues it towards long-on. Rinku Singh settles under it and takes a safe catch. Phillips stuggled against Kuldeep earlier in the series, it's another left-arm spinner who gets his wicket today. India pulling things back by taking wickets at regular intervals. Phillips c Rinku Singh b Axar 7(6) [4s-1]

Axar to Phillips, no run, flatter delivery around off, Phillips punches it towards the off-side

Axar to Finn Allen, out Caught by Rinku Singh!! Axar breaks the stand. Much needed wicket for India. Allen was hitting them cleanly and keeping New Zealand on course, but he departs after a fine knock. Axar is delighted. Ishan is relieved. This is not all that short, but Allen rocks back to play the pull, mistimes it to long-on and Rinku makes no mistake in front of the rope. Finn Allen c Rinku Singh b Axar 80(38) [4s-8 6s-6]

Axar to Finn Allen, 2 runs, 94.6ks short of length around off, Allen opens the bat face and slices it square on the off-side, easy couple

Axar to Ravindra, 1 run, 99.9ks fired full on leg, Ravindra clears his front leg and flicks to deep mid-wicket

Axar to Finn Allen, 1 run, flatter delivery around off, Allen slaps it to long-off

Axar to Finn Allen, FOUR, quicker and fraction short, Allen is quick to latch on, rocks back and pulls it in front of square, beats deep mid-wicket to the right

Axar to Finn Allen, byes, FOUR, stumping chance missed. Allen comes down the track and is met by a shortened length, he still goes through with the big shot and misses, Ishan Kishan too does not get his gloves behind and the ball races away. How costly will that prove?

Axar to Finn Allen, 1 run, 92.2ks back of a length and sliding in, Allen flicks wide of long-on and retains strike

Axar to Ravindra, 1 run, 85.5ks slower and drifted across, Ravindra sweeps and gets an under-edge to short fine

Axar to Finn Allen, 1 run, flatter and slanting in, Allen stays back and clips it through mid-wicket

Axar to Finn Allen, no run, drifting in with the angle, Allen is rooted to the crease and chops it onto the pad, the ball rolls close to the stumps

Axar to Finn Allen, no run, 95ks quicker and sliding in, Allen knocks it to the right of Axar and he moves across to make the stop

Axar to Finn Allen, SIX, Axar is welcomed with a maximum. Short and outside off, plenty of width and Allen takes advantage, flat-bats it towards long-off and clears the rope comfortably. He struck that flat and hard..