New Zealand vs India 2026, 3rd T20I: Toss result and playing 11s for today’s match, umpires list and pitch report

India are taking on New Zealand at the Hnry Stadium in Wellington in the third T20I of the five-match series. The Men in Blue are 2-0 up, having won the first two matches of the series by identical margins of four wickets each.

Sent into bat in the second T20I, New Zealand put up 180-5 on the board in their 20 overs as Glenn Phillips top scored with 70 off 43, while Bevon Jacobs contributed 58 off 46.

In the chase, India lost half their side for 70 inside 11 overs. However, Tilak Varma (51* off 26) played a stunning counter-attacking knock, while Naman Dhir (31 off 17) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (26* off 13) chipped in with crucial contributions.

Today's NZ vs IND toss result

India have won the toss and have opted to bowl first. The Men in Blue are going in with an unchanged side. Matt Henry, Lockie Ferguson and Nathan Smith are out; Matthew Fisher, Kyle Jamieson and Adam Milne are in.

NZ vs IND - Today's match playing XIs

New Zealand: Tim Seifert (w), Finn Allen, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Bevon Jacobs, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner (c), Kyle Jamieson, Adam Milne, Jacob Duffy, Matthew Fisher

India: Sanju Samson (w), Abhishek Sharma, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Shreyas Iyer (c), Tilak Varma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Naman Dhir, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Prince Yadav

Today's NZ vs IND pitch report

"The boundaries are short square, 56 metres and 62 metres square. The longer boundaries are where, as bowlers you want the batsmen to try and hit. We saw at Hagley Oval, the boundaries slightly bigger square of the wicket. Be brave and get the ball full." - Scott Styris and Tim Southee

Today's NZ vs IND match complete players list

New Zealand squad: Tim Seifert (wk), Finn Allen, Devon Conway, Glenn Phillips, Daryl Mitchell, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner (c), Nathan Smith, Jacob Duffy, Bevon Jacobs, Adam Milne, Blair Tickner, Kyle Jamieson, Matthew Fisher

India squad: Sanju Samson (wk), Abhishek Sharma, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Shreyas Iyer (c), Tilak Varma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Naman Dhir, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Prince Yadav, Mayank Yadav, Kuldeep Yadav, Shivam Dube, Varun Chakravarthy, Arshdeep Singh, Kumar Kushagra

NZ vs IND - Today's match umpires

Umpires: Chris Brown, Cory Black

Third umpire: Shaun Haig

Match Referee: Ranjan Madugalle

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