NZ Vs IND Match Prediction: India’s long tour to New Zealand kicked off with a blockbuster match, with the away team winning the first T20I of five, while registering their highest successful run chase in the format. Now, we head into the second match of this series, the result of which will have a massive bearing on the flow of this series.
The New Zealand Cricket Team has been one of the most consistent all-format teams in world cricket, which they showed with an excellent 2026 T20 World Cup campaign, in which they reached the final, only to lose to the hosts India.
However, since then, this team has lost T20I series in South Africa and Bangladesh, but followed it up with a Test series win in England against the Three Lions.
The Kiwis most recently played international cricket in July, defeating the West Indies in a close ODI series.
As for the Indian Cricket Team, they became the first to win back-to-back T20 World Cup titles earlier this year, and the first to win the tournament three times.
Then came the IPL, where much of this Indian squad played. The Indians then hosted Afghanistan for one Test match and three T20Is, winning them all comfortably. Then came the disastrous two T20Is against Ireland, both of which the Men in Blue lost, resulting in their first-ever series loss to the Irish.
A tour to England was next, where the Indians were thrashed 4-0 in a T20I series, then lost 2-1 in an ODI series. This was followed by a 1-0 win in a two-Test series against Sri Lanka, before whitewashing Afghanistan 3-0 in T20Is. India then defeated India 2-0 in a three-ODI series, while simultaneously winning the gold medal in the 2026 Asian Games
Most recently, the defending T20 world champions drew a high-scoring T20I series against the Windies 2-2.
NZ Vs IND Match Prediction Date and Time:
- Date: Saturday, October 24, 2026
- Time: 12:30 PM (IST); 8:00 PM (local time)
- Venue: Hagley Oval, Christchurch
NZ Vs IND Live Streaming: How To Watch
The New Zealand Vs India 2nd T20I of the 2026 series will be broadcast live on the Sony Sports Network on TV in India. It will be live-streamed on the SonyLiv app and website on mobiles, laptops, and other streaming devices.
NZ Vs IND Team; Full Squads:
New Zealand Full Squad:
Mitchell Santner (C), Finn Allen, Tim Seifert (wk), Devon Conway, Glenn Phillips, Daryl Mitchell, Michael Bracewell, Nathan Smith, Kyle Jamieson, Matt Henry, Lockie Ferguson, Josh Clarkson, Jacob Duffy, Bevon Jacobs, Adam Milne, Blair Tickner
India Full Squads:
Shreyas Iyer (C), Samju Samson (wk), Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Tilak Varma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Shivam Dube, Naman Dhir, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Prince Yadav, Mayank Yadav, Arshdeep Singh
New Zealand Vs India Prediction Tests: Head-to-Head
- Matches Played: 32
- New Zealand Won: 11
- India Won: 20
- No Result/Ties: 01
- First Played: September 16, 2007 (NZ win)
- Last Played: October 22, 2026 (IND win)
NZ Vs IND Toss Update
*To be updated after the toss*
NZ Vs IND Team; Predicted XIs:
New Zealand Predicted XI:
Finn Allen, Tim Seifert (wk), Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Bevon Jacobs, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner (C), Nathan Smith, Adam Milne, Matt Henry, Lockie Ferguson
India Predicted XI:
Sanju Samson (wk), Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Shreyas Iyer (C), Tilak Varma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Naman Dhir, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Yadav, Arshdeep Singh
NZ Vs IND 2nd T20I 2026 Hagley Oval Pitch Report
The pitches at the Hagley Oval are not what one might expect from a typical New Zealand track. While there isn’t a lot of spin here, the ball does tend to stick to the pitch a bit, allowing spinners and pacers with variation to do well here. Otherwise, the surfaces here, especially in T20 cricket, are quite flat. While there is not a lot of horizontal movement of the ball here, the decent bounce makes it difficult to score runs while batting first. But as the pitch settles down, chasing becomes much easier here. The boundaries at Hagley are about average. The square boundary is the shorter one, about 64m in length, while the straight boundaries are about 72-75m away from the batter.
NZ Vs IND 2nd T20I Weather Forecast
While rain is not an uncommon phenomenon in Christchurch at this time of the year, the skies at the time of this match will remain mostly clear, with no chance of rain. The temp tires will be just under 20 degrees Celsius. The winds will be moderate, and so will the humidity.
NZ Vs IND 2nd T20I 2026 Match India Prediction: 3 Players To Watch Out For
The 3 players to watch out for in the NZ Vs IND Tri-Series 2026 2nd T20I are:
- New Zealand all-rounder Glenn Phillips
- India bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar
- New Zealand all-rounder Michael Bracewell
New Zealand Vs India Prediction: Who will win NZ vs IND in today’s 2nd T20I?
For the NZ Vs IND 2026 2nd T20I Prediction, New Zealand will defeat India in the 2nd T20I of this five-match series.
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