IND vs NZ 4th T20I: Time, Where to Watch, Playing XI

India play New Zealand in the 4th T20I at Eden Park, Auckland, on Friday, 30 October, at 12:30 PM IST. The match is live on Sony Sports Network (Ten 1 in English, Ten 3 in Hindi) and streams on SonyLIV. India have already won the five-match series and lead 3-0, so Friday is about a fourth win in a row and a look at the players who have not played yet.

New Zealand Cricket says the match is a sell-out, with a crowd of about 40,000 expected. That would be the biggest crowd for a bilateral international in New Zealand.

IND vs NZ 4th T20I: date, time and venue

• Date: Friday, 30 October 2026
• Venue: Eden Park, Auckland
• Start time: 12:30 PM IST (8 PM in Auckland). The toss is at 12 noon IST.
• Series: 4th of 5 T20Is. India lead 3-0 and have won the series.

Where to watch IND vs NZ 4th T20I live in India

The match is on the Sony Sports Network and streams on the SonyLIV app and website.

• English: Sony Sports Ten 1 and Sony Sports Ten 1 HD (Tata Play 470 HD, Airtel 285 and 286 HD)
• Hindi: Sony Sports Ten 3 and Sony Sports Ten 3 HD (Tata Play 475 HD, Airtel 289 and 290 HD)
• Also on Sony Sports Ten 5 and Ten 5 HD (Tata Play 483 HD, Airtel 291 and 292 HD)
• Streaming: SonyLIV (subscription)

TryBall's match page has the toss, both playing XIs, the live score and ball-by-ball commentary.

The series so far

India have won all three tosses, bowled first all three times and chased every target:

• 1st T20I, Christchurch: New Zealand 225/4, India 230/6 in 19.4 overs. India won by 4 wickets.
• 2nd T20I, Christchurch: New Zealand 180/5, India 181/6 in 19.5 overs. India won by 4 wickets from 70 for 5.
• 3rd T20I, Wellington: New Zealand 198/3, India 199/4 in 13.2 overs. India won by 6 wickets, with Abhishek Sharma making 113 off 38.

New Zealand have made 180 or more in every game and lost every game. That tells you both stories of the series: India's batting depth has been too much for New Zealand, and India's bowling has not been good enough to stop New Zealand scoring.

Team news: Ferguson out, India may rotate

New Zealand. Lockie Ferguson has been ruled out of the rest of the series with a right calf injury, which a scan confirmed after he felt pain in the 2nd T20I. Matt Fisher, who played in Wellington and took the wicket of Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, stays in the squad. Matt Henry is also out of the series. Devon Conway and Josh Clarkson are the batting options if New Zealand want to change a top order in which Tim Seifert has 33 runs in three innings.

India. With the series won, reports suggest India will give game time to the players who have not had any. Kuldeep Yadav and Varun Chakaravarthy have not played a game on the tour, and Mayank Yadav has played only the first. Ishan Kishan has missed two games with an adductor strain, and there is no update yet on whether he is fit.

The case for changing the bowling is clear in our scorecards. Every India bowler who has bowled more than one over has gone at more than nine an over in the series:

• Arshdeep Singh: 4 wickets, 111 runs in 12 overs (9.3 an over)
• Nitish Kumar Reddy: 2 wickets, 109 runs in 11 overs (9.9)
• Axar Patel: 2 wickets, 115 runs in 12 overs (9.6)
• Prince Yadav: 1 wicket, 74 runs in 8 overs (9.3)
• Bhuvneshwar Kumar: 1 wicket, 139 runs in 12 overs (11.6)

Bhuvneshwar, in his first international series in four years, is the most likely to make way. Kuldeep for Axar or a batter would give India a wrist-spinner for the first time on the tour.

Three numbers to watch

1. Abhishek Sharma: 169 runs off 71 balls. That is a strike rate of 238 across the series, with a 35-ball hundred in Wellington. With Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (45 off 19 on Tuesday) at the other end, India hit 118 without loss in the powerplay. Eden Park's straight boundaries are shorter than Wellington's.

2. Mitchell Santner: 7 wickets at 7.0 an over. The rest of New Zealand's bowlers have gone at 12.6 an over. Santner has been the one bowler India have not dominated, and he took four wickets in Christchurch when India collapsed to 70 for 5.

3. Shreyas Iyer: 54 runs off 49 balls. The captain has a strike rate of 110 in a series where Abhishek, Vaibhav and Samson are all scoring at more than 155. He was caught in the deep off Santner on Tuesday trying to finish the game. A score at Eden Park would settle questions before the ODIs.

IND vs NZ 4th T20I predicted playing XIs

India (probable): Abhishek Sharma, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Sanju Samson (wk), Shreyas Iyer (c), Tilak Varma, Naman Dhir, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel or Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Prince Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar or Varun Chakaravarthy

New Zealand (probable): Finn Allen, Tim Seifert (wk), Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Bevon Jacobs, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner (c), Kyle Jamieson, Adam Milne, Jacob Duffy or Blair Tickner, Matt Fisher

Eden Park pitch report and India's record there

Eden Park is a rugby ground, so the cricket field is an unusual shape. The square boundaries are a normal size, but the straight boundaries are very short, and that is why high scores are common. The highest T20I total and the highest chase here are both Australia's 245 for 5 against New Zealand in 2018, after New Zealand made 243 for 6.

The average first-innings score is lower than that suggests: news sites put it between 156 and 159 across more than 30 men's T20Is. That is because Eden Park punishes bad bowling, while good bowlers can still keep things tight by bowling into the pitch and towards the longer square boundaries.

India have played three T20Is at Eden Park and won all three, all of them chasing:

• February 2019: India won by 7 wickets.
• January 2020 (1st T20I): India chased 204 and won by 6 wickets.
• January 2020 (2nd T20I): India won by 7 wickets.

With India winning every toss of the series and choosing to bowl, expect the same again if Shreyas Iyer calls right.

Head-to-head

India have won 22 of their 34 T20Is against New Zealand, lost 11 and tied one. They have won their last five T20Is against New Zealand.

Our prediction

India are favourites again, even with changes. New Zealand have not found a way to bowl to India's top order, and Eden Park is the worst ground in the country to try. If India bring in Kuldeep and Varun, the match will tell us more about India's bowling than any game so far. New Zealand's best chance is to bat first, make 220 and hope Santner finds support.

IND vs NZ 4th T20I: FAQs

What time does IND vs NZ 4th T20I start? The first ball is at 12:30 PM IST on Friday, 30 October. The toss is at 12 noon IST.

Which channel will show IND vs NZ 4th T20I? Sony Sports Ten 1 (English) and Sony Sports Ten 3 (Hindi), with live streaming on SonyLIV.

Has India won the series? Yes. India lead 3-0 with two games left, so they have won the five-match series.

Is Lockie Ferguson playing the 4th T20I? No. He has been ruled out of the rest of the series with a calf injury.

All series numbers in this preview are from TryBall's own scorecards of the first three T20Is.