IND vs NZ Prediction, T20I Series 2026, Match 3, Match Winner, Team, Playing XI and Pitch Report

India will cross swords with New Zealand in the third T20I of the five-match series at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati on Sunday, January 25.

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Delving into the details of the second T20I, New Zealand batted first and posted a dominating total of 208/6 in 20 overs. In response, India finished off the chase in 15.2 overs with seven wickets in hand. Suryakumar Yadav was the wrecker-in-chief with an 82-run unbeaten knock off 37 balls with nine fours and four sixes.

IND vs NZ, T20I Series 2026, Match 3, Match Details

Match: India vs New Zealand, T20I Series 2026, Match 3

Time & Date: 7:00 PM IST, Sunday, January 25

Venue: Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati 

IND vs NZ, T20I Series 2026, Match 3 Pitch Report

The average first innings score at this venue was 192 in the three games played here. We can expect the captain, who won the toss, to bowl first and put a lot of pressure on the opposition. We can anticipate scores of above 200 to be posted.

IND vs NZ, T20I Series 2026, Match 3 Probable XIs

India

Sanju Samson (wk), Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Rinku Singh, Harshit Rana/Jasprit Bumrah, Axar Patel/Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy.

New Zealand

Devon Conway, Tim Seifert (wk), Rachin Ravindra, Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Daryl Mitchell, Mitchell Santner (c), Zakary Foulkes, Matt Henry, Ish Sodhi, Jacob Duffy.

IND vs NZ, T20I Series 2026, Match 3 Winner Prediction

Match Winner: India.

These two sides have played a total of 27 T20Is against each other. While India secured 16 victories, New Zealand could bag only 10 wins, with one encounter ending in a tie. With the Men In Blue securing two dominating wins in the first two encounters, we can expect them to seal the series 3-0 with two more games left in the series.

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