New Zealand's Mitchell Santner celebrates the wicket of India's captain Shreyas Iyer during the second T20 cricket international between New Zealand and India in Christchurch, New Zealand, Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026. (Chris Symes/Photosport via AP)
\n\nNew Zealand captain Mitchell Santner scripted history during the fourth T20I against India at Eden Park in Auckland. New Zealand have already lost the series after suffering defeats in the first three games, but Santner has been magnificent. He is the leading wicket-taker of this series, with nine wickets in four games at an average of 10.44 and an economy of 7.33. His numbers look even more remarkable given how high-scoring this series has turned out to be.
\n\nIn the 4th T20I, Santner got the wickets of Nitish Reddy and Axar Patel in his first over and thus went on to script history. He became the leading wickettaker against India in T20Is, surpassing Ish Sodhi, who took 30 wickets. Chris Jordan with 24 wickets is third on the list, followed by Jofra Archer and Adil Rashid, who took 22 wickets each.
\n\nIndia had chased 226 in the first game and 199 in just 13.2 overs in the last match so the game was not over…
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