Glenn Phillips scored 107 off 49 balls as New Zealand beat India by 87 runs in the fourth T20I at Eden Park in Auckland on Friday, 30 October 2026. New Zealand made 259 for 7 in 20 overs after India won the toss and chose to bowl first. India finished on 172 for 9 in reply. The result gave New Zealand their first win of the five match series and cut India’s lead to 3-1, with one match left to play.
Glenn Phillips hit six fours and 10 sixes in an innings that took New Zealand past their previous highest T20I total. Michael Bracewell gave him strong support with 65 off 25 balls. Together, they turned a good start into a total that India never looked likely to chase. The 259 for 7 passed the 257 for 3 that England had scored against India in Southampton earlier in 2026, and it was the highest total any team had made against India in T20 internationals.
India had already won the series by taking the first three matches. The defeat still mattered for the record books. It was India’s second biggest defeat by runs in T20 internationals, and it was New Zealand’s first win over India at Eden Park since 2019.
How Glenn Phillips built his hundred
Glenn Phillips reached his fifty off 31 balls and then moved to three figures off 46 balls. That made it the joint fastest T20I hundred by a New Zealand batter, a mark he already held. It was also his third hundred in T20 internationals, which put him level with Colin Munro as New Zealand’s most prolific centurion in the format. Glenn Phillips was eventually caught by Abhishek Sharma off Nitish Kumar Reddy in the final over, after an innings built on clean hitting through the leg side and straight down the ground.
New Zealand had lost early wickets, but Glenn Phillips kept the scoring rate high from the time he arrived at number four. He did not wait for loose balls. Mayank Yadav finished with 3 for 48 for India, while Arshdeep Singh took 1 for 38, but neither bowler could slow Glenn Phillips once he had settled.
Bracewell played the other telling innings of the evening. His 65 off 25 balls included four fours and six sixes, and it gave New Zealand late momentum when a total near 230 might have seemed likely. The pair added runs at a rate that left India needing 13 runs an over from the start of the chase.
Glenn Phillips and Bracewell set up 259 for 7
The size of the total was clear from the scoreboard, but the way New Zealand got there mattered as much as the number. Glenn Phillips and Bracewell scored 84 of their combined runs in boundaries, and the home side kept finding the fence even when India brought back their main bowlers. New Zealand passed 250 for the first time in a T20 international at home, and the 259 for 7 was also their highest total in the format anywhere.
India’s bowlers had few answers on a surface that rewarded the bat. India tried changes of pace and wider lines, but the ball kept travelling. By the innings break, India needed 260 to win, a target no side had chased against New Zealand in this series.
India’s chase falls short at 172 for 9
Glenn Phillips had set the tone with the bat, and India’s reply never gathered the partnerships a chase of that size required. Tilak Varma top scored with 35, and Naman Dhir made 28, but no other batter passed 30. Jacob Duffy was the pick of New Zealand’s bowlers with 4 for 23. Mitchell Santner took 2 for 24 and Matthew Fisher took 2 for 40. India were 89 for 6 at one stage after Santner struck twice in an over, and the remaining batters could only reduce the margin.
Prince Yadav finished unbeaten on 18, with Mayank Yadav on 3 not out at the end. The pair saw out the final overs, but the result had been settled long before. India had chased well in earlier matches in the series, yet on this night the required rate climbed too fast and wickets fell at regular intervals. The middle order could not rebuild after the top order failed to give the chase a fast start.
New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner led a disciplined bowling effort after the batting display. For India, the loss was a reminder that a series already won can still produce a harsh result when one innings goes badly wrong. The fifth and final T20I will be played at Seddon Park in Hamilton on Sunday, 1 November 2026.