India vs New Zealand head-to-head record, most runs, most wickets, all you need to know

3 min readMar 7, 2026 06:48 PM IND vs NZ Head-to-Head, Highest Run-Scorers, Leading Wicket-Takers in T20 World Cup: In a bid for a horic T20 World Cup title defence, a roaring India will take on an inspiring New Zealand in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 final at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday.
Hory will be at stake as India are eyeing to become the first country to win a T20 World Cup at home and successfully defend their world title, whereas the Kiwis are gunning to break a billion hearts and win their maiden T20 World Cup trophy.
For the Men in Blue to lift the World Cup on Sunday, they need to break the jinx against the Blackcaps, as the latter have been unbeaten against India in T20 World Cups. In a total of three head-to-head games in the T20 WC, India have lost all three matches in 2007, 2016 and 2021.
Here’s the leading run getter, highest wicket-taker and all the head-to-head stats you need to know before the action-packed World Cup final:
IND vs NZ: Head-to-Head record

Matches played: 30
India won: 18 (2 in Super Over)
New Zealand won: 11
Tied: 3 (Out of which India won two, 1 game remained tied via DLS)

IND vs NZ: Head-to-Head record in T20 World Cup

Matches played: 3
India won: 0
New Zealand won: 3

Highest run-getter in IND vs NZ T20Is

Player
Mat
Inns
Runs

SA Yadav (IND)
13
13
526

Rohit Sharma (IND)
17
17
511

Colin Munro (NZ)
12
12
426

Tim Seifert (NZ)
15
15
425

Kane Williamson (NZ)
13
13
419

Martin Guptill (NZ)
16
16
380

Daryl Mitchell (NZ)
19
19
366

Ross Taylor (NZ)
13
13
349

KL Rahul (IND)
8
8
322

Ishan Kishan (IND)
11
11
318

Virat Kohli (IND)
10
10
311

Glenn Phillips (NZ)
16
14
311

Brandon McCullum (NZ)
4
4
261

Hardik Pandya (IND)
18
15
242

Mitchell Santner (NZ)
26
23
242

Shreyas Iyer (IND)
13
11
225

Leading wicket-takers in IND vs NZ T20Is

Player
Mat
Inns
BBI
Wickets

Ish Sodhi (NZ)
25
25
3/18
30

Mitchell Santner (NZ)
26
26
4/11
23

Tim Southee (NZ)
17
17
3/16
20

Arshdeep Singh (IND)
9
9
5/51
17

Jasprit Bumrah (IND)
14
14
3/12
16

Hardik Pandya (IND)
18
15
4/16
13

Trent Boult (NZ)
7
7
4/34
12

Yuzvendra Chahal (IND)
14
14
2/26
11

Lockie Ferguson (NZ)
10
10
2/22
10

Axar Patel (IND)
7
7
3/9
10

Kuldeep Yadav (IND)
8
8
2/26
9

Bhuvneshwar Kumar (IND)
11
11
2/24
9

Mohammed Siraj (IND)
4
4
4/17
8

Shardul Thakur (IND)
6
6
2/21
8

Highest run-scorers in IND vs NZ T20 World Cups

MS Dhoni (IND) – 54 runs in 2 matches
Gautam Gambhir (IND) – 51 runs in 1 match
Daryl Mitchell (NZ) – 49 runs in 1 match
Brendon McCullum (NZ) – 45 runs in 1 match
Craig McMillan (NZ) – 44 runs in 1 match

Highest wicket-takers in IND vs NZ T20 World Cups

Ish Sodhi (NZ) – 5 wickets in 2 matches
Mitchell Santner (NZ) – 4 wickets in 2 matches
Daniel Vettori (NZ) – 4 wickets in 1 match
Trent Boult (NZ) – 3 wickets in 1 match
Jasprit Bumrah (IND) – 3 wickets in 2 matches