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India vs New Zealand Scorecard, Final, ICC T20 World Cup
Result · Mar 08 2026, Sun - 07:00 PM (IST)
INDIA255/5
NEW ZEALAND159
India won by 96 runs
CRR:8.37
Player Of The Match
Match Info
| Series: | 20/20 World Cup |
| Date: | Mar 08 2026, Sun - 07:00 PM (IST) |
| Country: | India |
| City: | Ahmedabad |
| Venue: | Narendra Modi Stadium |
| Toss: | New Zealand won the toss and elected to bowl. |
| India Playing XI: | Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wk), Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Hardik Pandya, Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Varun Chakaravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh |
| New Zealand Playing XI: | Finn Allen, Tim Seifert (wk), Rachin Ravindra, Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Daryl Mitchell, Mitchell Santner (c), James Neesham, Matt Henry, Lockie Ferguson, Jacob Duffy |
- India have won six of their last seven men’s T20Is against New Zealand (L1), with this run including the only previous game between the two sides in the format at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, which the Men in Blue won by 168 runs on 1 February 2023, with it being their largest margin of victory and the Black Caps’ largest margin of loss in the format.
- India have lost each of their three games against New Zealand in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, with the two sides last meeting each other in 2021; indeed, the Black Caps are one of two sides whom the Men in Blue have faced in the competition and never beaten (P2 L2 vs Sri Lanka).
- New Zealand will be playing their second ICC Men’s T20 World Cup final (lost in 2021 final); of the six other sides to play multiple finals in the competition (England, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Australia and West Indies), only Sri Lanka have lost each of their first two finals (2009 and 2012).
- This will be India’s fourth ICC Men’s T20 World Cup final (also in 2007, 2014 and 2024), the outright most of any team; a win here will see them become the first team to win the competition in consecutive editions and the first host nation to win the tournament.
- India have lost just two of their last 36 men’s T20I matches in which they batted first (W31 T3); the Men in Blue have batted first in six of their eight games in ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026, including the semifinal against England.
- New Zealand have won five games in ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026, a win in the final will give them their outright highest tally of wins in a single edition of the competition (also 5 wins in 2021 when they last reached the final).
- New Zealand and India have scored runs at a rate of 9.97 and 9.84 runs per over respectively in ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026, the best and second best such rate of any team in a single edition of the competition; indeed, both teams have hit a boundary every 4.4 balls in this tournament, the joint-best rate of any team in a single edition in competition history.
- India have scored 200+ runs in three games in ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026, the outright most times by any side in a single edition of the competition; the Men in Blue have logged six 200+ scores in the competition overall, the joint-most times by any side alongside South Africa.
- Only Zimbabwe bowlers have induced a higher batting false shot rate from opposition batters during the powerplay overs (44.4%) than India bowlers (44.1%) during ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026; indeed, the Men in Blue have bowled at an economy rate of 7.5 in this phase, the best of any side in this tournament.
- Sanju Samson hit seven sixes in his knock of 89 against England in the semifinal of ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026, with only Rohit Sharma hitting more sixes in an innings for India in the competition (8 vs Australia on 24 June 2024); Samson has now hit 16 sixes in total in the 2026 edition, the outright most by an India batter in a single campaign, overtaking Rohit’s 15 sixes in 2024.
- Sanju Samson hit seven sixes in his knock of 89 against England in the semifinal of ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026, with only Rohit Sharma hitting more sixes in an innings for India in the competition (8 vs Australia on 24 June 2024); Samson has now hit 16 sixes in total in the 2026 edition, the outright most by an India batter in a single campaign, overtaking Rohit’s 15 sixes in 2024.
- Ishan Kishan is India’s leading run-scorer in ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 with 263 runs; Kishan has logged four scores of 30+ runs in this edition, including an 18-ball 39 against England in the semifinal; only Virat Kohli has logged more such scores for India in a single edition (5 30+ scores in 2014).
- With 128 runs and 11 wickets in ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026, Rachin Ravindra is the first New Zealand player with 100+ runs and 10+ wickets in an edition of the competition and one of two players to do so in the 2026 edition (Jason Holder – 141 runs and 10 wickets); indeed, Ravindra has taken at least two wickets in each of his last three games in the competition.
- No bowler has taken more wickets during the slog overs (overs 16-20) in ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 than Matt Henry – 6, including his two such wickets against South Africa in the semifinal; Henry has bowled with a strike rate of 6.5 during these overs, the second best of any bowler with min. 5 overs bowled in this phase (Dilshan Madushanka – 6).
- Jasprit Bumrah has bowled at an economy rate of 6.6 during ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026, the second best such rate of any seam bowler with minimum 50 balls bowled (Matthew Forde – 6.3); Bumrah has a collective economy rate of 5.8 in competition history, the second highest of any seam bowler with min. 200 balls bowled in the competition (Anrich Nortje – 5.7).