India vs New Zealand T20 Head to Head

India vs New Zealand T20 head to head looks at the historical record of these 2 international teams in T20 matches including number of wins, highest and lowest scores and player records in IND vs NZ T20 head to head games.

The India vs New Zealand T20 head to head fixture is always a competitive one with the 2 sides having played a good number of bilateral series in recent years including a 5 match series in New Zealand during 2020. While India ran out 5-0 winners, it was certainly closer than the final score line suggests with 2 of the matches going to a super over while a couple of others were tight finishes.

Those 5 wins for India vs New Zealand off-set the Black Caps having won the first 5 meetings between these teams in T20 cricket stretching back to the inaugural 2007 T20 World Cup where the Kiwi’s inflicted the only defeat of the tournament on eventual winners India.

New Zealand’s head to head T20 record in India is also pretty good particularly compared to many other sides who have struggle in sub-continent conditions with the number of New Zealanders who have plied their trade in the IPL over the years undoubtedly helping in that respect.

India vs New Zealand T20 head to head player records

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India vs New Zealand T20 head to head record
IND WinsNZ WinsN/R or tie
880
India vs New Zealand T20 head to head record by match location
Location of matchIND WinsNZ WinsN/R or tie
in India230
in New Zealand640
in South Africa010
India vs New Zealand T20 head to head record by competition
Competition typeIND winsNZ winsN/R or tie
Bilateral Series860
T20 World Cup020
India vs New Zealand recent T20 matches
VenueYearToss1st innings2nd inningsResult
Mt. Maunganui2020IND
bat
IND
163/3
NZ
156/9
IND 7 runs
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Wellington2020NZ
field
IND
165/8
NZ
165/7
IND via super over
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Hamilton2020NZ
field
IND
179/5
NZ
179/6
IND via super over
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Auckland2020NZ
bat
NZ
132/5
IND
135/3
IND 7 wickets
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Auckland2020IND
field
NZ
203/5
IND
204/4
IND 6 wickets
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Leading run scorers in India vs New Zealand T20 matches
BatsmanTeamTotal Runs
Colin MunroNew Zealand426
Ross TaylorNew Zealand349
Rohit SharmaIndia338
Kane WilliamsonNew Zealand325
Virat KohliIndia302
Leading wicket takers in India vs New Zealand T20 matches
BowlerTeamTotal Wickets
Ish SodhiNew Zealand17
Mitch SantnerNew Zealand12
Jaspreet BumrahIndia10
Tim SoutheeNew Zealand10
Shardul ThakurIndia8
Highest score in an India vs New Zealand T20 match

The highest score in an India vs New Zealand T20 head to head match was made by New Zealand when they scored 219 at Wellington in the openig match of the 2019 series vs India.

Chief destroyer for the Black Caps was Tim Seifert who top scored with 84 from 43 balls at the top of the innings. He and fellow opener Colin Munro put on a stand of 86 in just over 8 overs with India’s seamers being treated with particular distain.

The slower bowlers manage to wrestle back some control for India in the middle overs and when New Zealand lost Darryl Mitchell and Kane Williamson to successive deliveries it looked like they might yet struggle at the back end of the innings. However, cameos from Ross Taylor 23 (14) and Scott Kuggeleijn 20 (7) got them to their imposing total of 219.

In response, India were bowled out for 139 on their way to suffering what was at the time India’s biggest defeat in T20 cricket.

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India’s highest score vs New Zealand in T20 cricket is 208 scored in the same series of 2019. Despite the big score from India it was not enough to beat New Zealand who had earlier made 212.

Lowest score in an India vs New Zealand T20 match

The lowest score in India vs New Zealand T20 head to head matches was recorded by India when they were bowled out for just 79 during the 2016 World Cup.

India’s score of 79 vs New Zealand which occurred during the opening match of the 2016 T20 World Cup which India were hosting was a major shock and while taking nothing away from the performance of NZ it must to some extent be explained by the pressure that the home side were feeling to perform.

A slow Nagpur pitch didn’t help matters either with New Zealand coming into the match with only 1 recognised pace option in Adam Milne who didn’t bowl at all in the powerplay. Instead, New Zealand opted to deploy Mitch Santner and Nathan McCullum early on and they had the Indian top-order in all sorts of trouble at 26 for 4 at the end of the 5th over.

MS Dhoni attempted to play a rear guard and take his team as close as possible to New Zealand’s total of 126 but he was given no support by the lower order and when he was dismissed with India needing 47 off 14 the game was as good a done.

Santner meanwhile went onto to take 4 for 11 while Ish Sodhi and Nathan McCullum chipped in with 3 and 2 wickets respectively.

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Top scores by batsmen in India vs New Zealand T20 fixtures
BatsmanTeamYearScore (balls)
Colin MunroNew Zealand2017109* (58)
Kane WilliamsonNew Zealand202095 (48)
Bredon McCullumNew Zealand202191 (55)
Tim SeifertNew Zealand201984 (43)
Shikhar DhawanIndia201780 (52)
Best bowling figures in India vs New Zealand T20 fixtures
BowlerTeamYearFigures
Mitch SantnerNew Zealand20164 for 11
Daniel VettoriNew Zealand20074 for 20
Trent BoultNew Zealand20174 for 34
All 4 wicket hauls in India vs New Zealand T20 head to head matches. India’s best bowling figures vs New Zealand are Bumrah’s 3 for 12 in 2020