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India lose ODI series to New Zealand 1-2 but win T20Is 4-1.

18 Jan 2026

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  1. Sports

    India lose ODI series to New Zealand 1-2 but win T20Is 4-1123

    New Zealand won the three-match ODI series 2-1, clinching at Indore on 18 January for their first bilateral ODI series win in India. India then won the five-match T20I series 4-1.

    • NZ won the three-match ODI series 2-1: India won at Vadodara, NZ won at Rajkot and Indore
    • Decider at Indore on 18 January 2026: NZ 337/8, India 296 all out, NZ won by 41 runs (Mitchell 137, Phillips 106, Kohli 124)
    • First bilateral ODI series win by NZ in India; Daryl Mitchell Player of the Series
    • India won the five-match T20I series 4-1, clinching on 31 January at Thiruvananthapuram; Suryakumar Yadav Player of the Series
  2. Sports

    India win T20I series against South Africa, eighth straight series win456

    India clinched the five-match T20I series against South Africa by winning the fifth match at Ahmedabad by 30 runs on 19 December. It was reported as their eighth consecutive T20I series win.

    • Series sealed at Ahmedabad on 19 December 2025, 3-1
    • Fifth T20I: India 231/5, South Africa 201/8, India won by 30 runs
    • First T20I at Cuttack on 9 December: India won by 101 runs (South Africa all out 74, their lowest T20I total)
    • Eighth consecutive T20I series win for India
  3. Sports

    India beat South Africa 2-1 in ODI series; Kohli player of series789

    India won the third and deciding ODI at Visakhapatnam by nine wickets on 6 December to take the series 2-1. Virat Kohli finished as Player of the Series with 302 runs.

    • Decider at Visakhapatnam on 6 December 2025
    • India won by 9 wickets, series 2-1
    • Yashasvi Jaiswal unbeaten 116 off 121, Player of the Match
    • Virat Kohli 302 runs in the series (135, 102, 65 not out), Player of the Series

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Sources

  1. The Week
  2. Khaleej Times
  3. All India Radio
  4. Gulf News
  5. WION
  6. All India Radio
  7. All India Radio
  8. Al Jazeera
  9. ETV Bharat