{"id":645031,"date":"2026-10-29T17:32:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T17:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/645031\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T17:32:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T17:32:12","slug":"black-caps-v-india-the-huge-sums-of-money-at-stake-for-new-zealand-to-finish-t20-series-on-a-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/645031\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Caps v India: The huge sums of money at stake for New Zealand to finish T20 series on a high"},"content":{"rendered":"

One player in particular who could find himself in demand is Bevon Jacobs. After being given an opportunity in the side by Rachin Ravindra\u2019s injury<\/a>, the 24-year-old has more than taken it by scoring 128 runs at an average of 64, with a strike rate of more than 150.<\/p>\n

Among those, he\u2019s hit five sixes \u2013 the first of which travelled more than 90m from the first ball he faced in Christchurch.<\/p>\n

\"BevonBevon Jacobs has been a rare shining light for the Black Caps in their T20 series loss to India. Photo \/ Photosport<\/p>\n

But despite the temptation of what an IPL contract might bring, Jacobs said the team aren\u2019t thinking of any possible riches that could come their way.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone\u2019s aware that those things can happen,\u201d he explained. \u201cBut I think the environment we\u2019ve created in this group is really positive towards focusing on what we can control in the now, and being where our feet are.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose things come with cricket, and with performances in general \u2013 especially on the international stage. But we just try to control what we can, and focus on the game at hand.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jacobs is no stranger to the IPL. At the end of 2024, he was a shock signing by Mumbai, who signed him for $61,000 before he\u2019d even made his international debut<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And even if he didn\u2019t play a game, that saw Jacobs share a dressing room with the likes of Indian superstars Jasprit Bumrah<\/a>, Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya, as well as Kiwi compatriots Mitchell Santner and Trent Boult.<\/p>\n

Since then, opportunities in the Pakistan Super League and Caribbean Premier League have followed, along with an upcoming chance with the Brisbane Heat in Australia\u2019s Big Bash League.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing able to explore those opportunities is really cool and definitely adds different strengths to your game,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut for me, it\u2019s just about contributing to the team and contributing to the task at hand.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a bit unfortunate that we\u2019ve not got across the line with a win, but my confidence is building. I like spending time with this group. It\u2019s a great bunch of lads and they all get around you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Regardless of the chance at catching a franchise\u2019s attention, though, the Black Caps are still playing for pride over the next two games.<\/p>\n

\"BevonBevon Jacobs hits his first ball for six for the Black Caps against India in Christchurch. Photo \/ Photosport<\/p>\n

While the two games in Christchurch were last-over defeats, the loss in Wellington was one of the most emphatic in Black Caps history, as India chased down 199 with 40 balls to spare.<\/p>\n

And with a full house for Friday\u2019s fourth match at Eden Park \u2013 the first cricket sellout since the Black Caps\u2019 semi-final victory over South Africa at the 2015 World Cup \u2013 the team aren\u2019t going to go down without a fight.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously, not ideal being 3-nil down and we\u2019re obviously aware of that, but I think the vibe is pretty positive. The first two games were really competitive and there\u2019s been a lot of good cricket played … We\u2019re going to take every game for what it is. We obviously know what the state of the series is like, but that doesn\u2019t mean stepping off the gas or anything like that.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to reflect on everything we\u2019ve done in the first three fixtures and go out there and give it our all for the last two.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alex Powell<\/a> is a sports journalist for the NZ Herald. He has been a sports journalist since 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One player in particular who could find himself in demand is Bevon Jacobs. After being given an opportunity…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":645032,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[9092,1975,51,7022,42574,6097,2550,18984,144689,2082,6288,2959,8482,2344,1019,300,117,111,139,69,1118,90,10538,1562,1963,213,1130,6100,66407,67648,223,165,4504,61,49118,80],"class_list":["post-645031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-against","tag-at","tag-auckland","tag-black","tag-caps","tag-down","tag-even","tag-finish","tag-fivematch","tag-for","tag-hamilton","tag-high","tag-huge","tag-india","tag-international","tag-money","tag-new","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-of","tag-on","tag-play","tag-plenty","tag-series","tag-sports","tag-stake","tag-still","tag-sums","tag-t20","tag-the","tag-their","tag-theres","tag-to","tag-twenty20","tag-zealand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=645031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645031\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/645032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=645031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=645031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=645031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}