Ishan Kishan Century, IND vs NZ 5th T20I: Ishan Kishan produced an incredible effort with the bat as he smashed his maiden T20I century to help India post a mammoth total of in their 20 overs in the fifth and final T20I match against New Zealand at the Greenfield International Cricket Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram on Saturday.
Kishan took just 42 balls to achieve the milestone, and this is the fifth fastest century by an Indian in the T20I format. This is also the fastest century by a batter in this format against New Zealand. Making his return to the side, Kishan played a memorable knock of 103 runs in just 43 balls on the back of six fours and 10 sixes. With this knock, Kishan has cashed in on the opportunity he got ahead of the T20 World Cup 2026.
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Fastest T20I centuries for India
Rohit Sharma: 35 balls vs Sri Lanka in 2017 (Indore)
Abhishek Sharma: 37 balls vs England in 2025 (Mumbai)
Sanju Samson: 40 balls vs Bangladesh in 2024 (Hyderabad)
Tilak Varma: 41 balls vs South Africa in 2024 (Johannesburg)
Ishan Kishan: 42 balls vs New Zealand in 2026 (Thiruvananthapuram)
Shivam Dube ended India's innings with a six on the final delivery off Kyle Jamieson. A total of 169 runs came in the last 10 overs as India posted their third-highest total in T20I history. Skipper Suryakumar Yadav continued his outstanding form and played a fiery knock of 63 runs in 30 balls, also stitching a 137-run partnership with Kishan for the third wicket.
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Highest totals by India in T20Is
297/6 vs Bangladesh in Hyderabad (2024)
283/1 vs South Africa in Johannesburg (2024)
271/5 vs New Zealand in Thiruvananthapuram (2026)
260/5 vs Sri Lanka in Indore (2017)
260/5 vs England in Wankhede (2025)
For New Zealand, Lockie Ferguson picked up two wickets, whereas Jacob Duffy, Kyle Jamieson, and skipper Mitchell Santner found a scalp each.
IND vs NZ 5th T20I Predicted XIs
India: Sanju Samson (wk), Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Shivam Dube, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Varun Chakaravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh
New Zealand: Tim Seifert (wk), Finn Allen, Rachin Ravindra, Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Daryl Mitchell, Mitchell Santner (c), Zakary Foulkes, Matt Henry, Ish Sodhi, Jacob Duffy