Top 3 run-getters of NZ vs IND T20I Series 2026
Glenn Phillips, Abhishek Sharma and Daryl Mitchell were the standout batters across the five-match contest between New Zealand and India.
1. Glenn Phillips
Glenn Phillips was the standout performer of the entire series, finishing as the leading run-scorer with 341 runs in 5 matches at an average of 113.67 and a strike rate of 185.33. He registered one century and four scores of 50 or more across the five games and was named Player of the Series.
Phillips's most destructive knock came in the 4th T20I at Eden Park, Auckland, where he struck 107 off 46 deliveries, hitting 10 sixes and six fours, as New Zealand hammered India by 87 runs. In the series finale at Hamilton, he remained unbeaten on 65 off 38 balls, including eight fours and three sixes, guiding New Zealand to 195/3 in 18 overs while chasing India's total of 192. Phillips broke Phil Salt's previous record of 331 runs to become the highest run-scorer in a bilateral T20I series, and he is only the third player to have crossed the 300-run mark in such a series. He also set the record for the most runs in a T20I series by a New Zealand batter.
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