ICC  Men’s T20 World Cup- Final at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad

India vs New Zealand

India 255-5 off 20 ov  Samson 89 off 46, 5 fours, 8 sixes, Sharma 52 off 21, 6 fours, 3 sixes, Kishan 54 off 25, 4 fours, 4 sixes, Neesham 3-46, Ravindra 1-32, Henry 1-49.

New Zealand 159 ao off 19 ov  Selfert 52 off 26, 2 fours, 5 sixes, Santner 43 off 35, 3 fours, 2 sixes, Bumrah 4-15, Patel 3-27, Pandya 1-36, Sharma 1-5.

          India win by 96 runs

India win their third T20 world title and becomes the first team to win on home soil. They choose the 19^th over to introduce a sixth bowler, with part-time spinner Abhishek Sharma coming to bowl. 

India win T20 World Cup final beating New Zealand by 96 runs

 India dismissed Finn Allen for 9 in the third over. Tim Seifert hit 52 off 26 balls but Rachin Ravindra, Glenn Phillips and Mark Chapman made single figure scores in the middle order as India dominated. Player of the Tournament, India’s Sanju Samson made 89  off 46 balls, Abhishek Sharma’s 21-ball 52 and Ishan Khan’s 54 from, 25. Jimmy Neesham took three wickets in the 16^th over. Shivan Dube hit 24 from the last to ensure New Zealand’s reply was only brief.

New Zealand was also beaten by India in Dubai last year, and this defeat follows their near misses in the World Cup finals of 2015, 2019 and 2021.

Samson and Abhishek took  92 runs from the best powerplay ever seen at a World Cup in comparison, the Black Caps were 52-3 after their first six overs. 

India were beaten by South Africa in the Super 8s stage but have responded brilliantly with three scores in excess of 250.