IND vs NZ Dream11 Prediction, 5th T20, Fantasy Cricket Tips, Playing XI, Injury Updates, Pitch Report for New Zealand tour of India 2026
India is set to face New Zealand in the 5th T20 match of the New Zealand tour of India 2026 at the Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram, on Saturday, January 31.
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In the 5th T20 match of the New Zealand tour of India 2026, India (IND) is set to face New Zealand (NZ). India performed outstandingly well in this series. However, they lost the previous game by 50 runs. In the last game, Shivam Dube performed outstandingly well and scored 65 runs off just 23 balls, while Rinku Singh also played well. Arshdeep Singh and Kuldeep Yadav took two wickets each in the bowling department.
On the other hand, something good finally came for New Zealand as they won the 4th game of the series by 50 runs. Devon Conway and Tim Seifert played well and gave a good start to the Kiwis from the top order as they scored 44 and 62 runs, respectively. While Daryl Mitchell also played well, scoring 39 runs. Mitchell Santner performed well in bowling as he took three wickets in the previous game.
Match Information
India vs New Zealand, 5th T20I
New Zealand tour of India, 31 Jan 2026, Sat, 7:00 PM IST, Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram
Match Starts In
00:16:46:07
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Broadcast
Fancode
Live Stream
Fancode
Weather Report
Greenfield International Stadium, ThiruvananthapuramMist
25.8°C
78% (Humidity)
Team Form (Last 5 matches)
Probable Playing XI
India
Abhishek Sharma, SV Samson (wk), Ishan Kishan, SA Yadav (C), HH Pandya, RK Singh, S Dubey, H Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakravarthy, JJ Bumrah
Bench : KL Yadav, S Iyer, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi
New Zealand
Devon Conway (wk), Tim Seifert, Rachin Ravindra, Glenn Phillips, DJ Mitchell, MS Chapman, Mitchell Santner (C), James Neesham, Ish Sodhi, JA Duffy, MJ Henry
Bench : Michael Bracewell, Zak Foulkes, KA Jamieson, Kristian Clarke, Tim Robinson, B Jacobs
Injury and availability news
Pitch Report
60%
Pace Bowling
40%
Spin Bowling
55%
Batting Pitch
159
Average Score
45%
Bowling Pitch
Player Picks
Abhishek Sharma IND | ALL
Abhishek Sharma has performed well in the recent past. He has scored 306 runs in the last 10 games. Fans will be expecting a brilliant innings from him in this match.
Tim Seifert NZ | WICKETKEEPER
Tim Seifert is a top-order batsman. He scored 62 runs off just 36 balls in the last game with a strike rate of over 172.
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Rinku Singh
IND | BAT
Zak Foulkes
NZ | ALL-ROUNDER
Teams will be updated after Toss
Last Updated On - Jan 30 2026 11:00 PM
Players
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