Player of the Match
Player of the Match
  • BATSMEN
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    15.1 high full toss, Samson goes down town but the timing is off and a straight's long-on takes an excellent catch. McConchie made it look easy. Samson walks off to a standing ovation. Make no mistake, pretty sure in his mind that he's not missed out on a century, because this may just be worth a lot more. What a tournament he's had. What a turnaround. He was looking to hit that a lot straighter but may have been just a little caught off guard with the height of that delivery, and didn't generate the kind of power he would've liked. 203/2
    7.1 Has he nicked that? He has! Crowd goes silent as Ravindra strikes first ball! Tossed up slow and quite wide. If Abhishek leaves that alone, it would likely get called a wide. But he looks to take it on and slashes at it. Ends up with a thin nick that Seifert gobbles up. Abhishek departs, but you'd think he has done his job 98/1
    15.5 a low full toss, this is a hack but there's no timing as Kishan's bottom hand comes off the bat handle as he makes contact. Long-on comes around to take that. How big are these two strikes? Neesham is pumped. Played, Kishan. India now have a challenge or what? 204/3
    18.2 straight up, straight in. Hardik doesn't even wait for the catch to be taken to storm off. He's looking to slap this over long-off but is cramped for room with this slower bouncer, Santner settles underneath that at mid-off to take a simple catch. 226/5
    15.6 what a catch! This is magnificent from Rachin running around at deep backward square leg. SKY fetches this from outside off and plays his favourite pick-up flick from outside off, but is just so very unfortunate that it has been intercepted by a superhuman of a catch by Rachin. Three wickets in that over. SKY didn't do much wrong to be totally honest - he picked his spot, hit it well, but sometimes got to doff your hat off to the opponent and say 'well caught' 204/4
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    Extras
    8 (w 8)
    TOTAL
    255/5 (20 Overs, RR: 12.75)
    Fall of wickets: 1-98 (Abhishek Sharma, 7.1 ov), 2-203 (Sanju Samson, 15.1 ov), 3-204 (Ishan Kishan, 15.5 ov), 4-204 (Suryakumar Yadav, 15.6 ov), 5-226 (Hardik Pandya, 18.2 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    MJ Henry4049112.2560540
    GD Phillips1050520000
    JA Duffy304201426110
    LH Ferguson204802413530
    MJ Santner403308.2572200
    R Ravindra203211632300
    JDS Neesham4046311.586200
  • BATSMEN
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    8.1 That's the big wicket! And Varun gets that with a long hop! Seifert miscues the pull, and Kishan runs to his right at deep midwicket and grabs it. He thinks he may lose balance so he tosses the ball up in the air, but stays inside the field of play the entire time and completes the catch. That's 22 consecutive gams where Varun has picked up at least one wicket! And he is the leading wicket-taker of this World Cup 72/5
    2.4 And the crowd finds it voice as Allen finds long-on! That's the big wicket, and the Axar gamble pays off and how. Axar digs this into the pitch outside off, Allen rocks back to try and pull it but he doesn't get under it enough and hits it flat to Tilak, who makes no mistake. Allen throws his head back in despair and walks off. That's a massive wicket for India 31/1
    3.1 Bumrah strikes first ball! Kishan takes a screamer. It's all happening! Offcutter on a length around leg, Rachin has no answer as he tries to work it leg side and was early into the shot. Skies it towards deep square leg and Kishan takes a brilliant catch diving in front while in full flow. It almost bobbles out of his hands, but he manages to hold on. Bumrah is pumped, Kishan is pumped and he jumps into Bumrah's arms. Cheat code indeed, Jasprit Bumrah 32/2
    4.5 Castled! Axar with a nonchalant celebration and a little jig as he foxes Phillips with an arm ball. Phillips backs away and looks to hit this through the line but plays down the wrong line as the ball goes past his inside edge and pegs back leg stump. Hometown hero has the Ahmedabad crowd roaring 47/3
    7.4 Chops on! Another player from Gujarat picks up a wicket. Seam up length ball angled away from him, chapman goes chasing it and ends up dragging it onto his stumps 70/4
    12.5 heaves this full toss straight down Kishan's throat at deep midwicket. Mitchell ended up picking the lone man at the ground's deepest pocket. Easiest of catches for Kishan who is having a wonderful night. 124/6
    17.3 that's the end of that! The amazing thing is Santner is fully aware of what's coming and yet can't do much about it. Bumrah rolls his fingers across the seam to bowl an off-cutter. It's full, almost yorker-length and angling towards the base of middle. Santner too early into a hack, beaten and hears the stumps rattled. Bumrah has his arms aloft, salutes the stumps. What a bowler! 152/9
    15.3 proper clean-up job! It's a slower dipping yorker to the base of middle stump, Neesham has swung through way before the ball even arrived. 'You miss, I hit' stuff. Start the tuk-tuk, Ahmedabad seems like a giant party waiting to take off! 141/7
    15.4 another slower ball, another dipping delivery, and another one that smashes the stumps! Henry through with an ugly hoick long before the ball begins to dip on him, the bottom hand comes off the bat handle and it quickly turns into a resigned look on his face. Henry doesn't bother to even turn back and look at what has happened, because he knows. Bumrah on a hat-trick 141/8
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    18.6 Tilak takes this at long-on, and India become the first to win the T20 World Cup back-to-back! The ghosts of Ahmedabad 2023 have been exorcised. Everyone on the bench huddle together around the ropes, the India flags come out and everyone's on their feet. 86,000 happy fans sing Vande Mataram. Coming back to the ball, it was an innocuous delivery, short and right in the swingingg arc, Duffy backed away and flat-batted that to long-on where Tilak took it well, fully aware of where the ropes were behind him. He popped the ball back up just as he felt like he may tip over, and then regained his composure to complete the catch! India become the first team to win the T20 World Cup at home, and the first to do it back-to-back. 159/10
    Extras
    12 (b 4, lb 1, w 7)
    TOTAL
    159 all out (19 Overs, RR: 8.36)
    Fall of wickets: 1-31 (Finn Allen, 2.4 ov), 2-32 (Rachin Ravindra, 3.1 ov), 3-47 (Glenn Phillips, 4.5 ov), 4-70 (Mark Chapman, 7.4 ov), 5-72 (Tim Seifert, 8.1 ov), 6-124 (Daryl Mitchell, 12.5 ov), 7-141 (James Neesham, 15.3 ov), 8-141 (Matt Henry, 15.4 ov), 9-152 (Mitchell Santner, 17.3 ov), 10-159 (Jacob Duffy, 18.6 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    Arshdeep Singh403208121250
    HH Pandya40361962210
    AR Patel30273984100
    JJ Bumrah401543.75120010
    CV Varun303911351400
    Abhishek Sharma1051510000

Match Details

Toss

New Zealand , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Player Of The Series

Series result

India won the 2025/26 ICC Men's T20 World Cup

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

19.00 start, First Session 19.00-20.30, Interval 20.30-20.50, Second Session 20.50-22.20

Match days

8 March 2026 - night match (20-over match)

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Match Notes

New Zealand 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st31TL SeifertFH Allen
2nd1TL SeifertR Ravindra
3rd15TL SeifertGD Phillips
4th23MS ChapmanTL Seifert
5th2DJ MitchellTL Seifert
6th52DJ MitchellMJ Santner
7th17JDS NeeshamMJ Santner
8th0MJ SantnerMJ Henry
9th11LH FergusonMJ Santner
10th7LH FergusonJA Duffy

ICC Men's T20 World Cup

Super Eights, Group 1
TeamMWLPTNRR
SA33062.259
IND32140.106
WI31220.993
ZIM3030-3.415
Super Eights, Group 2
TeamMWLPTNRR
ENG33061.096
NZ31131.39
PAK3113-0.123
SL3030-1.95
Group A
TeamMWLPTNRR
IND44082.5
PAK43160.976
USA42240.788
NED4132-1.217
NAM4040-3.108
Group B
TeamMWLPTNRR
ZIM43071.506
SL43161.741
AUS42241.523
IRE41230.15
OMA4040-4.845
Group C
TeamMWLPTNRR
WI44081.874
ENG43160.201
SCOT41320.184
ITA4132-1.02
NEP4132-1.349
Group D
TeamMWLPTNRR
SA44081.943
NZ43161.227
AFG42240.889
UAE4132-1.364
CAN4040-2.426