India are taking on New Zealand in the second T20I in the five-match series on Saturday, October 24. India captain Shreyas Iyer has chosen to field in the match that is currently taking place at Hagley Oval in Christchurch, and the visitors have made a few alterations to their starting lineup. Since this is the Indian men’s cricket team’s 300th T20I, the second match versus New Zealand is very meaningful. After Pakistan, India is the only other team in the world to have participated in 300 men’s T20Is.
Teams To Play Most T20Is
Pakistan: 304
India: 300
New Zealand: 269
West Indies: 260
Sri Lanka: 243
The side with the most T20I matches is Pakistan. So far, the Men in Green have participated in 304 T20Is.
Shreyas Iyer’s team defeated the Kiwis on Saturday and India has become the first team to achieve 200 outright victories (excluding Super Overs) in the 20-over version of the game. India has won 200 of the 300 T20Is.
India has already played 36 T20Is (T20Is) in the current 2026 calendar year; the current match vs New Zealand is their 37th encounter. In the seven games played between the two teams in 2026, India has defeated the Kiwis six times, earning 24 outright victories in T20Is this year.
India Take 2-0 Lead
A 69-run stand between Tilak Varma and Nitish Kumar Reddy helped India out of a massive middle-overs wobble, winning the second T20I for India by four wickets in a last ball thriller at Christchurch on Saturday. While chasing 181 set by New Zealand, the world champions collapsed from 40/0 to 112/6, with Mitchell Santner’s four-fer causing havoc in the middle overs. The hope was reinstated by a quickfire 31 in 17 balls (with a four and three sixes) by Naman Dhir, and it was Tilak (51* in 26 balls, with six fours and a six) and Nitish (26* in 13 balls, with a four and a six) who took India to victory with a ball left. India is 2-0 up in the five-match series.
With ANI Inputs
