India vs New Zealand, 4th T20I Highlights: IND outclassed in heavy defeat as Glenn Phillips, Jacob Duffy star for NZ

India go down as New Zealand bounce back in comprehensive fashion after already having lost the series after facing defeat in the first three matches. The Kiwis won by a massive 87 runs, as India could only manage to score 172/9. This is now the second-heaviest loss for India in T20I history, and the heaviest inflicted by the Kiwis.

And the 9th wicket falls for India, as the Men in Blue stare at a record defeat at the hands of New Zealand. Tilak Varma, the last recognized batter departs after struggling at the crease for 35 runs.

The New Zealand bowlers have been on point, and India have already lost the match. However, Tilak Varma is still at the crease and has struggled, but is managing to hit some lusty blows in the middle. However, the Men in Blue are just waiting for the misery to end.

Lovely relay catch at long-on. Daryl Mitchell and Nathan Smith combine to see the back of Naman Dhir. Seventh wicket down for the visitors. India 121/7 in 11.2 overs. Dhir goes for 28. Surely, it's going to be a big defeat. A foregone conclusion.

Arshdeep Singh goes off the next ball too. Fourth wicket for Jacob Duffy, what a day he is having! India 121/8 in 11.3 overs.

Caught and bowled. Mitchell Santner parries it out and takes the resultant lob with one hand. Sure, it's now over for India. Naman Dhir joins Tilak Varma. Can they emulate their performance in the second game? But that time they were chasing 180 odd, not 260. India 90/6 after 9 overs.

Nitish Kumar Reddy goes back for 21 off 10 balls. Mitchell Santner takes the wicket off his first ball of the match. Reddy hits powerfully but straight into the hands of the cover fielder. Tilak Varma, hero of the second game, joins Axar Patel at the crease

On 4. Bevon Jacobs drops him. The ball from Nathan Smith is a bit short, Nitish goes for a pull, it goes high in the air. Jacobs runs in from the legside boundary and dives forward but fails to pouch it. Afterwards, Nitish picks up a six and a four. India 83/4 after 8 overs.

Adam Milne cleans up Shreyas Iyer. The Indian captain goes for 22 off 11 balls. India losing the plot in this big chase. Iyer exposes his stumps and goes for a big shot on the offside but doesn't connect at all. Nitish Kumar Reddy joins Axar Patel in the last over of the Powerplay. India 61/4 after six overs.

Picks up a six and a four off the first two balls from Matt Fisher. Goes for another big shot, over mid-off but fails, and finds the fielder. Huge, huge setback to India's chances. India 50/3 in 4.3 overs. Now India need some miracle to pull off this chase.

Mitchell Santner drops the Indian batsman on 8. The New Zealand captain ran back a little but failed to pull it off in the long-off area. New Zealand would hope this doesn't prove too costly for them. India 27/2 after three overs. Nathan Smith to bowl the fourth over. Remember, New Zealand made 259/7 after being put into bat.

Picks up a four off the first ball from Jacob Duffy but then perishes off the next. The ball is a bit shot and Sanju Samson goes aerial but there is no control and Tim Seifert takes a skier behind the wicket. Big blow to India early on. Off the fifth ball, Ishan Kishan goes for a duck. Chasing 260 to win, this was the last thing the visitors needed. India 8/2 after the first over.

Six over backward point. OUT. Goes for another big hit over covers but finds Abhishek Sharma. Goes for 107 off 49 balls. What an innings. India really looked hopeless when he was batting. Anyway, Reddy has done well in this last over. Concedes just 13 runs. New Zealand 259/7 in 20 overs

Disastrous! Then a single, off the first legit delivery of his over. Century for Phillips. Hits straight back for a six. Off just 46 balls. What a player. Arshdeep had bowled well until now! But that's how T20s are. One over can change things for you. Wicket for him off the last ball. Santner goes. 14 runs in the over. New Zealand 246/6 after 19 overs.

For 65 off 25 balls. Goes for a scoop shot. The ball is full and hits him on the pad. There is no bat involved. New Zealand go for a referral but it's turned down after all the procedure. The batsman goes. Big wicket for India. Bracewell was going hammer and tongs. First wicket of the day for Prince. Good over from him overall. Didn't concede any big shots. New Zealand 232/5 after 18 overs.

Off 19 balls. With a six off Mayank Yadav. A dot and then one more six, this time via a scoop shot. Carnage here at Eden Park. Of course, small boundaries have helped. Double and then the third six of the over, over fine leg. Last ball a dot. New Zealand 226/4 after 17 overs.

Second ball, waist-high no-ball. Four off it. Let's see what happens off the free-hit. Luckily for Reddy, it's just a double. Six, over the covers off the next delivery. Phillips running amok. One more six. Over long-off. He is unstoppable today. One more six, over third man. One more over long-off. 32 runs off the over. New Zealand 206/4 after 16 overs. Four successive sixes from Phillips.

India needed a good over and Arshdeep provides that. In the 15th over of the innings, the tall fast bowler concedes just seven runs. In fact, today he has bowled very well, just 23 runs in three overs. However, he is yet to take a wicket. New Zealand 174/4 in 15 overs. 12 runs per over from here could take NZ past 234. India looking at yet another tall chase here.

Off 31 balls. He celebrates with a six off the next ball. Prince Yadav is struggling today. Over long-off. What a shot. Holding his pose. By the way, Phillips is the third batter to record three scores of fifty plus in a T20I series against India. The first one to do it was Nicholas Pooran in 2022. Second was West Indian Shai Hope earlier this month. Michael Bracewell joins the party with a six of his own over long-on. New Zealand 147/4 after 13 overs.

A nice short ball does the job. Bevon Jacobs goes for a pull but fails to connect well. Shot goes high in the air and Arshdeep Singh does the rest inside the circle, on the legside. Jacobs scored seven off seven balls. Michael Bracewell is the new batsman. Mayank has had a good match so far. Second time a short ball has paid dividends for him today. New Zealand 112/4 in 10.4 overs.

Concedes just five runs in his second over. New Zealand 109/3 after 10 overs. Glenn Phillips and Bevon Jacobs are at the crease at present. Phillips is key to New Zealand's aspirations of a big score here. Mayank Yadav returns fo his second spell. He was quite impressive in his first with two wickets.

Off 17 balls. Goes for a big shot over deep midwicket but finds Abhishek Sharma there. The ball was a bit short and could have been hit anywhere. Finn Allen would be very disappointed with himself. New Zealand 93/3 after 8 overs. Allen and Phillips added 59 for the third wicket.

New Zealand 67/2 in six overs. They would be happy with that, in light of the fact that they lost two important batsmen, Tim Seifert and Daryl Mitchell, without contributing much. Glenn Phillips particularly looks dangerous at present. Finn Allen is a bit subdued at the other end.

India have done well so far. Since the second wicket, the Kiwis have scored 19 runs off 13 balls and that includes a six off Arshdeep Singh. That's what losing early wickets can do to a team. New Zealand 53/2 in five overs. By the way, the outfield here at Eden Park is quite heavy and that has also played a role.

Back-to-back sixes, in the direction of long-on. It's j 47m there. Mayank Yadav is under pressure. Back-to-back fours follow. What a comeback. He traps Mitchell in front. His second wicket of the night. Wait, a review has been taken. It's been turned down. He is out. Mitchell goes for 24. New Zealand 34/2 in 2.5 overs.

Hit for 6,6,4,4 and Mayank Yadav still has the bearings to pin Daryl Mitchell plumb before the wickets. Superb bowling!

He replaced Bhuvneshwar Kumar for this game. Bowled with some nice pace in the first over and got the wicket of Tim Seifert. Just the start he needed. Daryl Mitchell is the number three. He did well in the previous game.