India vs New Zealand, 5th T20I, New Zealand tour of India, 2026 - Player Highlights

Varun Chakaravarthy to Mitchell, 2 runs, swiped through backward square leg for a couple of runs to end the over

Varun Chakaravarthy to Jamieson, 1 run, flatter through the air around off, Jamieson swings across the line and the inside edge deflects off the pads towards short fine leg

Varun Chakaravarthy to Mitchell, 1 run, tad fuller around middle and leg, Mitchell gets an inside edge towards short fine leg for one

Varun Chakaravarthy to Mitchell, no run, Mitchell shuffles across to lap this googly, but gets beaten down the leg-side

Varun Chakaravarthy to Jamieson, leg byes, 1 run, clips Jamieson's pads and rolls towards the on-side

Varun Chakaravarthy to Bevon Jacobs, out Bowled!! You miss, I hit. Here's a googly by Varun Chakaravarthy and Bevon Jacobs completely fails to read it. Had no idea about it as the ball spun back and smashed into the stumps. NZ are 6 down, not much batting left. Mitchell will have to farm the strike well, otherwise this will get over pretty soon. Bevon Jacobs b Varun Chakaravarthy 7(11) [4s-1]

Varun Chakaravarthy to Mitchell, 1 run, drags the short ball to long-on for one

Varun Chakaravarthy to Bevon Jacobs, 1 run, on the fuller side outside off, driven to wide long-off for one

Varun Chakaravarthy to Bevon Jacobs, no run, that was short on leg, Bevon Jacobs tries to drag it through the leg-side, gets hit on the thigh pad

Varun Chakaravarthy to Bevon Jacobs, byes, FOUR, outside off, tad short and Bevon Jacobs gets surprised as the ball spins away. The keeper fails to gather it as well, and those are four byes. Varun Chakaravarthy not impressed with that effort by the keeper

Varun Chakaravarthy to Bevon Jacobs, no run, dropped at mid-wicket by Abhishek! Was flicked uppishly by Bevon Jacobs and Abhishek put down a regulation chance

Varun Chakaravarthy to Bevon Jacobs, no run, googly around leg, Bevon Jacobs swings and misses. Almost brushed the leg-stump

Varun Chakaravarthy to Ravindra, SIX, 17 from the over. New Zealand bring up the 100. Flighted delivery, the line is outside off and right in the arc for Ravindra to play the slog sweep, he sits down and launches it over wide long-on

Varun Chakaravarthy to Finn Allen, 1 run, leg-break but dragged short, Allen slaps it past Varun and Rinku quickly gets across from long-off, just a single

Varun Chakaravarthy to Finn Allen, SIX, ufff! That's a clean strike. Full delivery on middle, Allen clears his front leg and whips it with a strong bottom hand, the ball sails over the deep mid-wicket fence. He packs a punch when he strikes them..

Varun Chakaravarthy to Ravindra, 1 run, flatter and drifting away, Ravindra flat-bats it to long-off

Varun Chakaravarthy to Ravindra, 2 runs, in the air and safe. Varun keeps it outside off, makes Ravindra reach for it and he toe-ends the loft over extra cover. SKY runs back and dives but the ball lands out of his reach

Varun Chakaravarthy to Finn Allen, 1 run, 99.4ks quicker and short of length, Allen cracks it to sweeper cover

Varun Chakaravarthy to Ravindra, 2 runs, 92.3ks short of length delivery, Ravindra pulls wide of long-on and Rinku tidies up, just a couple

Varun Chakaravarthy to Finn Allen, 1 run, wrong 'un on middle and leg, Allen knocks it down to long-on

Varun Chakaravarthy to Finn Allen, SIX, massive! Once again Varun drags the googly short and Allen is quick to pounce, transfers his weight back and gets plenty on the pull, the ball sails into the deep mid-wicket stand

Varun Chakaravarthy to Finn Allen, no run, flatter and drifting in, Allen is cramped in the crease and ekes out an inside edge onto the thigh

Varun Chakaravarthy to Finn Allen, FOUR, fifty for Allen. First game in the series and he's made a mark. Just a raise of the bat and he carries on. Another drag down by Varun, this time Allen does not miss out, rocks back and pulls it in front of square. No chance for deep mid-wicket

Varun Chakaravarthy to Finn Allen, no run, starts with a googly, fraction short and turning in, Allen looks to pull and misses, struck on the back thigh