New Zealand beat India by 244 runs in the IND vs NZ 4th ODI at Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui, on Friday, 13 November 2026, after bowling India out for 89 in 26.4 overs. Chasing 334, India lost Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and stand in captain Shreyas Iyer for ducks in the first over, all to fast bowler Matt Henry, who finished with 6 for 27, according to the Sky Sports scorecard.
Will Young made 125 off 108 balls as New Zealand reached 333 all out in 50 overs. The result keeps the five match series alive. India have two wins, New Zealand one, and the third match was abandoned because of rain, Dawn reported. India can still win the series, while New Zealand can only draw it by winning the last game.
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What happened in the IND vs NZ 4th ODI?
India won the toss and chose to bowl. New Zealand opener Young was dropped twice in two balls in the second over while on 5, first by Rohit at slip and then by wicketkeeper Ishan Kishan, AFP reported. He made them pay with his fifth ODI century, which included 14 fours and four sixes. Dawn said it was his highest ODI score.
Tim Seifert scored 58 off 48 balls in an opening stand of 85. Young and Finn Allen, who made 41 off 30 balls, then added 90 in 65 balls. India pulled things back late. Axar Patel took 2 for 39 in his 10 overs, while Auqib Nabi and Gurnoor Brar took two wickets each. New Zealand were all out off the final ball of the innings.
How did India collapse for 89?
Henry’s first over decided the match. Rohit edged his first ball to slip, Kohli was bowled facing his fourth ball and Iyer was out leg before wicket, AFP reported. India were 0 for 3. Ruturaj Gaikwad, playing his first ODI of the series, was then caught off Kyle Jamieson for 5, and India slipped to 9 for 4.
Kishan top scored with 27 and shared a 44 run stand with Axar, who made 21. Naman Dhir hit a quick 21. After that the lower order fell quickly to Henry and Matt Fisher, who took 3 for 31. Henry bowled 9.4 overs with two maidens for his career best figures, AFP said. He was named player of the match, as shown on Cricbuzz.
“So just trying to be as simple as possible, obviously, and when it moves sharply like that in the first over, when people are facing first balls, pretty tough,” Henry said after the game, as quoted by Dawn. He had missed the first three games after a head clash with Devon Conway in training, which left the batter concussed, according to AFP.
Is this India’s lowest ODI total?
No. India’s lowest ODI total remains 54 against Sri Lanka in Sharjah, according to a records table published by Outlook India. The 89 is still one of India’s worst scores, and only just above their lowest total against New Zealand, 88 at Dambulla in 2010. Outlook ranked it as India’s seventh lowest ODI total, while Dawn called it the sixth lowest.
The 244 run margin is India’s second heaviest ODI defeat by runs. The only bigger one was a 245 run loss to Sri Lanka in Sharjah on 29 October 2000. For New Zealand, it is their second biggest winning margin in ODIs, behind a 290 run win over Ireland in Aberdeen in 2008, Outlook India said.
What did Gautam Gambhir and Shreyas Iyer say?
Head coach Gautam Gambhir said the speed of the collapse worried him more than the total, because conditions were close to what India may face at the 2027 World Cup in South Africa. “The bigger concern is not the runs. It’s how quickly we got bundled out, around 26 or 27 overs. That is something which is always a concern,” he said at the post match press conference, Sportstar reported.
“There are no unplayable deliveries in international cricket. We needed to see off the first 10 overs,” Gambhir added. He also pointed to the dropped catches. “He got those two chances and made the most of it. We dropped catches, no one else did. So we had to pay for it,” he said of Young, as quoted by The Hindu. India had also struggled in the previous game, slipping to 111 for 7 while chasing 135 in a rain shortened match.
Iyer said the pitch changed between the innings. “It’s important to forget about this one, obviously, analyse what went wrong in terms of bowling and batting. But at the back of the mind it’s important that we have also won two games,” he said, according to Dawn.
Who was missing for India?
Regular captain Shubman Gill and K L Rahul did not play and will also miss the final ODI as they prepare for the two Test series against New Zealand, which starts on Wednesday, Dawn reported. Gill had opted out to get ready for the Tests, Outlook India said. Our earlier report on the India squads for the New Zealand tour has the full list of players picked for the trip.
Gambhir told The Hindu that India picked a wrist spinner instead of Mohammed Siraj because they felt a spinner would be more useful on a bigger ground. He said Gaikwad was preferred at the top because he had more experience as an opener than Kishan.
When is the IND vs NZ 5th ODI?
The fifth and final ODI is on Sunday, 15 November, at the same venue in Mount Maunganui, Cricbuzz said. Henry will not play in that game, as he joins the New Zealand players getting ready for the Tests. Gambhir backed his team to respond. “I’m sure the guys will turn up. It’s important that they’re hurting,” he said.
The ODI loss comes after a strong start to the tour, when India took the T20I series behind Abhishek Sharma’s 113 and a Tilak Varma led win in the second T20I.
Featured image photo: NZDF, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. It is an aerial view of Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui taken in January 2024 and is used only as an illustration of the venue. It was not taken during this match.
Sources
- Sky Sports, 13 November 2026: full scorecard, totals, toss and bowling figures.
- Dawn, 14 November 2026: match report, series position, Henry and Iyer quotes, Gill and Rahul absence, scorecard.
- AFP, 13 November 2026: Henry’s first over, dropped catches, partnerships, career best figures and the Conway head clash.
- Outlook India, 13 November 2026: records tables for India’s heaviest defeats, lowest totals and New Zealand’s biggest wins.
- Sportstar, 13 November 2026: Gautam Gambhir’s press conference on the collapse and the 2027 World Cup.
- The Hindu, 13 November 2026: further Gambhir quotes on dropped catches, team selection and the series decider.
- Cricbuzz, 13 November 2026: result, player of the match, final ODI date and Henry’s absence from it.