| tt3095 itt261 | |
| Venue | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai on 11th September 2012 (20-over match) (day/night) | 
| Balls per over | 6 | 
| Toss | India won the toss and decided to field | 
| Result | New Zealand won by 1 run | 
| Umpires | VA Kulkarni, S Ravi | 
| TV umpire | S Asnani | 
| Referee | BC Broad (England) | 
| Reserve Umpire | C Shamshuddin | 
| Player of the Match | BB McCullum | 
| New Zealand innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | Dots | S-Rate | |
| RJ Nicol | b Khan | 0 | 4 | 4 | - | - | 4 | 0.00 | 
| MJ Guptill | b Pathan | 1 | 5 | 7 | - | - | 4 | 20.00 | 
| +BB McCullum | b Pathan | 91 | 55 | 67 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 165.45 | 
| KS Williamson | c Ashwin b Pathan | 28 | 26 | 47 | 3 | - | 9 | 107.69 | 
| *LRPL Taylor | not out | 25 | 19 | 35 | - | 1 | 1 | 131.58 | 
| JEC Franklin | c Yuvraj Singh b Balaji | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | - | 1 | 50.00 | 
| JDP Oram | not out | 18 | 9 | 11 | 3 | - | 1 | 200.00 | 
| DL Vettori | did not bat | |||||||
| RM Hira | did not bat | |||||||
| AF Milne | did not bat | |||||||
| KD Mills | did not bat | |||||||
| Extras | (1 lb, 2 w) | 3 | ||||||
| Total | (5 wickets, innings closed, 20 overs) | 167 | ||||||
| Fall of wickets: | ||||||||
| 1-2 (Nicol, 0.6 ov), 2-2 (Guptill, 1.3 ov), 3-92 (Williamson, 12.3 ov), 4-139 (McCullum, 16.4 ov), 5-142 (Franklin, 17.2 ov) | ||||||||
| India bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | Econ | 
| Khan | 4 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 1 | - | 11 | 4 | - | 24.00 | 6.75 | 
| Pathan | 4 | 0 | 31 | 3 | - | - | 10 | 4 | 1 | 8.00 | 7.75 | 
| Balaji | 4 | 0 | 33 | 1 | - | - | 6 | 4 | - | 24.00 | 8.25 | 
| Yuvraj Singh | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | - | - | 3 | - | 1 | - | 7.00 | 
| Ashwin | 3 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | 11.33 | 
| Kohli | 3 | 0 | 27 | 0 | - | - | 2 | 3 | - | - | 9.00 | 
| India innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | Dots | S-Rate | |
| G Gambhir | c and b Mills | 3 | 6 | 12 | - | - | 3 | 50.00 | 
| V Kohli | c sub (TG Southee) b Franklin | 70 | 41 | 67 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 170.73 | 
| SK Raina | c Taylor b Mills | 27 | 22 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 122.73 | 
| Yuvraj Singh | b Franklin | 34 | 26 | 49 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 130.77 | 
| *+MS Dhoni | not out | 22 | 23 | 31 | 2 | - | 9 | 95.65 | 
| RG Sharma | not out | 4 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 0 | 200.00 | 
| MK Tiwary | did not bat | |||||||
| IK Pathan | did not bat | |||||||
| R Ashwin | did not bat | |||||||
| Z Khan | did not bat | |||||||
| L Balaji | did not bat | |||||||
| Extras | (3 lb, 3 w) | 6 | ||||||
| Total | (4 wickets, innings closed, 20 overs) | 166 | ||||||
| Fall of wickets: | ||||||||
| 1-26 (Gambhir, 2.6 ov), 2-86 (Raina, 10.2 ov), 3-120 (Kohli, 13.2 ov), 4-162 (Yuvraj Singh, 19.4 ov) | ||||||||
| New Zealand bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | Econ | 
| Mills | 3 | 0 | 17 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 2 | - | 9.00 | 5.67 | 
| Milne | 3 | 0 | 36 | 0 | - | - | 3 | 6 | - | - | 12.00 | 
| Oram | 4 | 0 | 27 | 0 | - | - | 12 | 3 | 1 | - | 6.75 | 
| Vettori | 4 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 1 | - | 6 | 2 | 2 | - | 9.25 | 
| Hira | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 10.00 | 
| Franklin | 4 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 1 | - | 9 | 2 | - | 12.00 | 6.50 |