New Zealand National Cricket Team star Glenn Phillips has delivered sensational performance against India in the five-match T20I series against India National Cricket Team.
Phillips has created history by becoming the highest run-scorer in a bilateral T20I series, taking his tally to an incredible 341 runs during the fifth and final T20I against India at Seddon Park in Hamilton on Sunday, November 1. Earlier, Glenn Phillips credits IPL for shaping his game.
Glenn Phillips creates world record with 440 runs against India
Glenn Phillips continued his incredible run with the bat by registering his fourth half-century of the five-match T20I series. The right-hander has been a big headache for the Indian bowling attack throughout the series, consistently scoring runs and putting the visitors under pressure.
Phillips has now rewritten the record books with his outstanding consistency against India in the five-match T20I series between India and New Zealand. With his stunning knock of 65* in Hamilton, Phillips has taken his total to 341 runs in the home T20I series against India.
Phillips created a world record with 341 runs, becoming the highest run-scorer in a bilateral T20I series. His incredible efforts have not only helped him script the history but also helped New Zealand to beat India by seven wickets in the final T20I in Hamilton.
Highest run-scorers in a bilateral T20I series:
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Glenn Phillips (New Zealand):341*runsagainstIndiain2026
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Phil Salt (England):331runsagainstWestIndiesin2023
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Mohammad Rizwan (Pakistan):316runsagainstEnglandin2022
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Sahil Chouhan (Estonia):297runsagainstCyprusin2024
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Mark Chapman (New Zealand):290runsagainstPakistanin2023
Glenn Phillips achieves rare T20I feat with four 50+ scores against India
Another major achievement for Phillips is that he has registered four 50-plus scores in the same bilateral T20I series. He has now joined an exclusive group of batters who have managed to score four half-centuries in a bilateral T20I series.
- Mohammad Rizwan – Against England in 2022.
- S Ravichandran – Against Mongolia in 2024.
- Glenn Phillips – Against India in 2026.
Another world record for Glenn Phillips
Glenn Phillips has achieved another remarkable milestone by scoring the most runs against a single opposition in a calendar year in T20I cricket during the final T20I in Hamilton.
He has amassed 522 runs against India in 2026, surpassing Abhishek Sharma and Sahibzada Farhan to become the player with most runs against a single opposition in a calendar year.
Most runs against an opposition in a calendar year:
- Glenn Phillips: 522 runs vs India (2026)
- Abhishek Sharma: 431 runs vs New Zealand (2026)
- Sahibzada Farhan: 398 runs vs Sri Lanka (2026)
New Zealand manage to save the pride, India lift the trophy
Meanwhile, New Zealand ended the five-match T20I series on a winning note by defeating India by seven wickets in the final match in Hamilton. Tim Seifert missed his century by just seven runs, while Phillips continued his brilliant form with another unbeaten stunner.
Chasing 192 runs, New Zealand reached the target in just 18 overs, with Phillips scoring an unbeaten 65 off 38 balls. Seifert smashed 93 off 50 deliveries before getting bowled by Nitish Kumar Reddy. Earlier, Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan added 93 runs off just 43 balls to help India post 191/8. Despite losing the final two matches, India won the T20I series 3-2.
Source: cricketaddictor.com
