India drop Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Bhuvneshwar Kumar as Ishan Kishan returns for fourth T20I vs New Zealand
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newspoint|30-10-2026
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi was left out of the India's playing XI for the fourth T20I on Friday, despite scoring 45 off just 19 balls in the previous match, as the fit-again Ishan Kishan returned to the side.
Sooryavanshi had featured in the second and third T20Is in place of Kishan, who was out with an injury. India also made a change to their bowling attack, with Mayank Yadav coming in for experienced pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar.
India, who have sealed the five-match series 3-0, made two changes to their playing XI.
"Kishan replaces Sooryavanshi and Mayank Yadav in for Bhuvneshwar Kumar," India captain Shreyas Iyer announced at the toss.
Iyer won the toss and elected to bowl first in the fourth T20I at Eden Park in Auckland. India have already taken an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series after winning the first three matches.
"We have won the series but the job is still not done. There's decent amount of grass, so expecting bounce and seam movement," Shreyas Iyer added at the toss.
For New Zealand, Kyle Jamieson made way for Nathan Smith in the line-up.
Teams:
New Zealand (Playing XI): Finn Allen, Tim Seifert(w), Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Bevon Jacobs, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner(c), Nathan Smith, Adam Milne, Jacob Duffy, Matthew Fisher
India (Playing XI): Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson(w), Ishan Kishan, Shreyas Iyer(c), Tilak Varma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Naman Dhir, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Mayank Yadav, Prince Yadav
Sooryavanshi had featured in the second and third T20Is in place of Kishan, who was out with an injury. India also made a change to their bowling attack, with Mayank Yadav coming in for experienced pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar.
India, who have sealed the five-match series 3-0, made two changes to their playing XI.
"Kishan replaces Sooryavanshi and Mayank Yadav in for Bhuvneshwar Kumar," India captain Shreyas Iyer announced at the toss.
Iyer won the toss and elected to bowl first in the fourth T20I at Eden Park in Auckland. India have already taken an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series after winning the first three matches.
"We have won the series but the job is still not done. There's decent amount of grass, so expecting bounce and seam movement," Shreyas Iyer added at the toss.
For New Zealand, Kyle Jamieson made way for Nathan Smith in the line-up.
Teams:
New Zealand (Playing XI): Finn Allen, Tim Seifert(w), Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Bevon Jacobs, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner(c), Nathan Smith, Adam Milne, Jacob Duffy, Matthew Fisher
India (Playing XI): Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson(w), Ishan Kishan, Shreyas Iyer(c), Tilak Varma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Naman Dhir, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Mayank Yadav, Prince Yadav
