New Zealand A vs India A live: New Zealand A 187/9; India A 516/0

New Zealand A vs India A is live now at Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln. Result This is 1 of India A tour of New Zealand 2026/27, a Test, and the note below follows this session rather than a generic preview.

Score: New Zealand A 187/9; India A 516/0.

New Zealand A and India A are the players this session keeps returning to. A wicket now changes India A's bowling plan. A stand that lasts another half hour changes what New Zealand A can ask of the rest of this Test.

Match snapshot

• Fixture: 1
• Series: India A tour of New Zealand 2026/27
• Format: Test
• Venue: Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln
• Start (IST): Saturday, 24 October 2026 at 03:30 IST
• Start (venue local): Friday, 23 October 2026 at 23:00 GMT+1
• Status: Live now
• New Zealand A: New Zealand A
• India A: India A

Times are converted from the fixture timestamp. IST is Asia/Kolkata. The venue clock is shown only when the ground is on the timezone list. The 1 score stays on the live scoreboard.

Where the match stands

Result Set that next to Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln. The Oval can look like a batting day until the ball starts moving late or the pitch slows on day four. Series finales here are often decided by one spell, not one over.

New Zealand A and India A will be separated by sessions at Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln, not by one over. The new ball and the first-innings total still set the match. For New Zealand A vs India A, the live scoreboard carries the balls and this page carries what that score is saying.

Still in the game

New Zealand A: no squad list was available for this match when the article was prepared.

India A: no squad list was available for this match when the article was prepared.

When 1 between New Zealand A and India A is official, this same page becomes the report and the scoreline stays locked to Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln.

Sources and limits

• For New Zealand A against India A, the fixture, status and any scoreline come from the live match feed this site already uses.
• The New Zealand A and India A names are the squad record, not a confirmed playing XI unless an official announcement is quoted.
• Roles beside New Zealand A and India A are the roles on that record. A stale record can list the wrong role.
• Notes on Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln describe how it has usually played, not a pitch report for this New Zealand A vs India A match.
• No weather forecast for New Zealand A vs India A is included unless a source and the time it was retrieved are written here.
• A photograph in this New Zealand A vs India A piece is used only when the file is about these teams or Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln. The caption describes the file.

Written by the Sports Infoline Desk for New Zealand A vs India A at Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln. Analysis is not a team announcement.