Matt Henry has gone to the Test camp, and India get one more go at Bay Oval to win the New Zealand series
India lead 2-1 going into Sunday’s last ODI at Mount Maunganui, and New Zealand will be without Henry, Kyle Jamieson and Lockie Ferguson.
Nov 14, 2026
Matt Henry took 6 for 27 at Bay Oval on Friday, 13 November, and India were bowled out for 89. When India go back to the same ground for the fifth and final ODI on Sunday, 15 November, he will not be there. Henry and Kyle Jamieson have left the one-day squad to get ready for the Test series.
India lead 2-1. A win gives them their first ODI series win in New Zealand since 2019, when they won 4-1. A defeat leaves the series drawn 2-2, and even a washout would be enough for India. Play starts at 3pm local time, 7:30am IST.
Friday’s 89 all out
The fourth ODI went wrong for India in the first over. Henry had Rohit Sharma caught off the first ball, bowled Virat Kohli with the fifth and had Shreyas Iyer lbw with the sixth, all three for nought. They were 9 for 4 in the sixth over and all out in 26.4 overs, chasing 334.
The 244-run margin is India’s second-heaviest ODI defeat. Only the 245-run loss to Sri Lanka in Sharjah in 2000 was bigger.
“No one threw the wicket away”
Iyer, captaining India in an ODI for the first time, defended his batters. “No one threw the wicket away. It was good deliveries,” he said, and pointed to “a huge difference” in the pitch between the two innings. “It’s important to forget about this one,” he added, and to remember “that we have also won two games”.
A thinner New Zealand attack
Without Henry and Jamieson, Mitchell Santner has to rebuild his bowling, and his options are thin. Lockie Ferguson was already out of the last two games with a calf tear. Blair Tickner is available again now that his seven-day stand-down after being hit on the helmet in Wellington is over. Josh Clarkson, the allrounder, has been recalled for this game, and Brett Randell, the 31-year-old seamer who took five wickets in five balls in a Plunket Shield game in March, is in the squad after his first call-up.
Matt Fisher, who took 3 for 31 on Friday, is still in the squad, along with Jacob Duffy. New Zealand’s batting is again without Tom Latham, Daryl Mitchell and Glenn Phillips, who are already with the Test squad in Wellington. Will Young, who made 125 off 108 balls on Friday, is still here.
India’s last chance before the Tests
India’s own Test players have gone as well. Shubman Gill, who captained the first three games, left for Wellington with KL Rahul and Anshul Kamboj. Ishan Kishan, who made India’s top score of 27 on Friday, keeps wicket and is Iyer’s vice-captain.
The first Test starts at the Basin Reserve on 19 November. Before that, India’s batters get one more look at Bay Oval, this time without the bowler who did most of the damage.