New Delhi, Nov. 1 -- Glenn Phillips produced a series-defining performance that rewrote the bilateral T20I record books as New Zealand closed out the final match against India in Hamilton. The right-hander finished the five-match series with 341 runs, surpassing Phil Salt's previous mark of 331 runs set for England against West Indies in 2023. India claimed the series 3-2, but Phillips remained the standout individual across all five games.

Glenn Phillips struck at a rate of 185.33 and averaged 113.67 while compiling one century and three fifties. His total left him 144 runs clear of the next-highest scorer, India's Abhishek Sharma, who made 197. The scale of his returns highlighted how consistently he dictated the middle overs against I...