Overview
- Openers Devon Conway and Tim Seifert took the field wearing the tribute as India won the toss and chose to bowl in the second T20I in Raipur.
- New Zealand posted 208/6, with captain Mitchell Santner scoring 47 and Rachin Ravindra adding 44.
- A Mount Maunganui campsite landslide on January 22 left at least two people dead, with several others still missing.
- States of emergency were declared across five regions in Northland and the East Cape, and helicopter crews conducted rooftop rescues.
- Tauranga recorded 295 mm of rain in 30 hours, and Emergency Minister Mark Mitchell said parts of the East Coast resembled a war zone.