IND vs NZ Final: The Indian team has created history by winning the final match of T20 World Cup 2026. With this spectacular victory, India has become the first team to lift two consecutive T20 World Cups and the T20 trophy for the third time. Apart from this, India has also become the first team to win the T20 World Cup as the host team.
India defeated New Zealand by 96 runs in the final. After losing the toss, India batted first and managed to score 255 runs losing 5 wickets in 20 overs. Dubey played a brilliant inning of 26 unbeaten runs in the last 8 balls. Which included 3 fours and 2 sixes. Apart from this, Abhishek played a brilliant inning of 52 runs in 21 balls, Sanju 89 runs in 46 balls and Kishan played 54 runs in 25 balls. Jamie Neesham was the most successful bowler for New Zealand. He took 3 wickets for 46 runs in 4 overs. Whereas captain Santner was the most economical bowler by spending 33 runs in 4 overs.
Chasing the target of 256 runs, the New Zealand team was all out for 159 runs. With which his dream of winning his first title was shattered and he had to face defeat by 96 runs. For New Zealand, Tim Seifert scored the highest score of 52 runs in 26 balls and Mitchell Santner scored 43 runs in 35 balls. Bumrah and Akshar were the most successful bowlers from India. Bumrah took 4 wickets for 15 runs in 4 overs while Akshar managed to take 3 wickets for 27 runs in 3 overs.
