As New Zealand won the toss and decided to bowl first, India won the T20 World Cup by 96 runs at Narendra Modi Stadium. Indian Batter sanju Samson scored 89 runs in 47 balls and smashed 5 fours and 8 sixes with a strike rate of 193.48. Along with Abhishek sharma scored 52 runs in 21 balls and smashed 6 fours and 3 sixes with a strike rate of 247.62.
While New Zealand’s Tum Saifert scored 52 runs in 26 balls and smashed 2 fours and 5 sixes. anSeifert miscues the pull, and Kishan runs to his right at deep midwicket and grabs it. strike rate of 200. But it was a thriller by Varun.
Arshdeep Singh took 5 wickets with an economy of 8.20 and gave 32 runs. Axer Patel took 3 wickets with an economy of 9.00 and gave 27 runs. On the other hand, Jasprit Bumrah took 4 wickets and gave 15 runs with m economy of 3.75. For New Zealand, Matt Henry took 4 wickets with an economy of 12.25. At the same time, Lockie Ferguson took 3 wickets with an economy of 24.00.
During the power play, 1 to 6 overs, India scored 92 runs. While New Zealand scored 1 to 6, scoring 52 runs, losing 3 wickets. It was an absolute thriller match for India in the T20 World Cup 2026.
India scored 100 runs in 7.2 overs in 44 balls. For India, Ishan Kishan scored 54 runs in 25 balls and smashed 4 fours and 4 sixes with a strike rate of 216.0. In 15.5 over ball, Ishan got a low full toss ball, and it was a bad time for Ishan bottom hand came off the bat handle, and Jimmy Neesham pumped up and took the wicket.
While Sanju Samson became the player of the tournament, and he said it feels like a dream, he was very happy and grateful. He said that it had started two years ago, when he was in the 2024 World Cup team. He just kept visualising and working on what he wanted. After the New Zealand series, I broke my dream and was completely shattered.
While Sanju Samson played pull shot and scored 89 runs, took 2 – 2s, smashed 5 fours, and hit 8 sixes. Hence, India has won the 30th ICC and dominated New Zealand, winning the match.T20 World Cup.
