India vs New Zealand 3rd T20I, Live Cricket Score: Suryakumar Yadav’s IND will take on Mitchell Santner’s NZ in Guwahati

IND vs NZ 3rd T20 Live Cricket Score, India vs New Zealand T20 Match Live Score and Scorecard Updates: Catch the latest updates as India aim to secure a series win at the Barsapara Stadium in Guwahati tonight.

India vs New Zealand 3rd T20 Live Cricket Score Updates: India will aim to continue their resounding march towards the T20 World Cup by wrapping another series win in Guwahati tonight. But it is pretty evident by now that other emerging storylines will be followed keenly besides the series scoreline.

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India are still iffy about their opening combinations. They have had two openers pairing up with Abhishek Sharma in their last three outings. Shubman Gill has been forced out, and Sanju Samson regained his spot after nearly a year. However, the Kerala batter’s shortcomings in the first two games have put him under the scanner yet again.

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More than the two dismissals for meagre returns, it is the nature of his failures that will concern India as they commit to slam-bang cricket at the World Cup. Samson’s iffy striking against the hard lengths and extra pace has burned him in Nagpur and Raipur. And with an in-form Ishan Kishan surging with a stellar half-century in the previous game at No. 3, Samson’s response will be a major talking point tonight up in the northeast.

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Jan 25, 2026 04:15 PM IST
IND vs NZ 3rd T20 LIVE Score: IND predicted XI

Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel/Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah/Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Varun CV

Jan 25, 2026 04:08 PM IST
IND vs NZ 3rd T20 LIVE Score: NZ predicted XI

Tim Seifert, Devon Conway, Rachin Ravindra, Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Daryl Mitchell, Mitchell Santner, Kyle Jamieson, Matt Henry, Ish Sodhi, Jacob Duffy

Jan 25, 2026 03:55 PM IST
IND vs NZ 3rd T20 LIVE Score: SKY's return to form

It was a night Suryakumar Yadav had been dreaming of for months now, surely. After months of rustiness and cracks in his shotmaking, Raipur witnessed the best of India's T20I marauder back in his element. It has been a major talking point for months and Suryakumar has been dodging the bullets in press conferences with a forced smile. He can ease a bit now and it will be interesting to see what's left for the remainder of the series.

Jan 25, 2026 03:47 PM IST
IND vs NZ 3rd T20 LIVE Score: Ashwin says don't drop Samson for Kishan, not yet

Sanju Samson's former IPL teammate, R Ashwin, has called for some more patience regarding the Kerala wicket-keeper's spot in the India XI. Samson has returned for only three T20Is back to the top of the order after being snubbed for the spot since September for Shubman Gill.

Ashwin has urged the team management to offer him some more time before fiddling yet again and entrusting Kishan at the top. He has a point, but will the Indian team management remain patient if another rash failure arises tonight from Samson? READ MORE

Jan 25, 2026 03:42 PM IST
IND vs NZ 3rd T20 LIVE Score: All eyes on Sanju Samson

Sanju Samson's eyes said it all in Raipur two nights ago. As soon as he had hoicked the ball across the line, he had known his fate was sealed. With an exaggerated high backlift and his backfoot trigger, Samson has enabled the skiddy pacers to draw closer to him. The apparent perception of length alters too as Samson moves backward a touch too late. The bat twisted in his hand as he lobbed the ball straight to the mid-on fielder, only a few moments after hitting a streaky six over the square-leg fielder. Questions are hanging over his temperament and technique and Samson will need to answer them soon, before it's too late.

Jan 25, 2026 03:36 PM IST
IND vs NZ 3rd T20 LIVE Score: Welcome

Hello and welcome to the coverage of the third T20I in Guwahati. India are closing in on another series win at home while the Kiwis continued to brace with a horde of changes and a few injuries within their ranks. There are a few areas that require improvement and the well-oiled Indian unit will be up to test more of that tonight.

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The collectivism of India’s bowlers stood out more than individual verve. None of the seven men Suryakumar Yadav summoned could brag about numbers, none took more than two wickets; none conceded less than Hardik Pandya’s 8.33. Yet, they walked back to the dressing room with a content smile, knowing they restricted the visitors to a total below par on a benign surface with ample dew. Later, the batsman proved the inadequacy of the target, surpassing 209 in merely 15.2 overs. Sandip G explains why India have a superstar T20I bowling unit 

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