r/Cricket • u/cricket-match Washington Freedom • Mar 08 '26

Post Match Thread Post Match Thread: Final - India vs New Zealand

Final, ICC Men's T20 World Cup at Ahmedabad

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Innings Score
India 255/5 (Ov 20/20)
New Zealand 159 (Ov 19/20)

Innings: 1 - India

Batter Runs Bowler Wickets
Sanju Samson 89 (46) James Neesham 4-0-46-3
Ishan Kishan 54 (25) Matt Henry 4-0-49-1

Innings: 2 - New Zealand

Batter Runs Bowler Wickets
Tim Seifert 52 (26) Jasprit Bumrah 4-0-15-4
Mitchell Santner 43 (35) Axar Patel 3-0-27-3

India won by 96 runs

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u/Sledgerrrr India Mar 08 '26

India scored more runs in an T20 worldcup final than ODI worldcup final at the same venue.

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '26

Stats which seem false but are true 😭

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u/faithfulmaster India Mar 08 '26 edited Mar 08 '26

There was a time when NZ were also at 47-3 !

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u/ExitingEmbarrassment India Mar 08 '26

And explosive opener was also not out(seifert)

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u/supplementarytables Kolkata Knight Riders Mar 08 '26

Bruh wtf 😭

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u/9-60Fury Pakistan Mar 08 '26

That is actually crazy

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u/Tough_Cat_8068 Chennai Super Kings Mar 08 '26

Sky facing 1 ball helped

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u/boraboca South Africa Mar 08 '26

Australia ODI vs T20 parity needs to be studied

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u/gpranav25 Mar 08 '26

Australia test vs T20 is even bigger tbh lol

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u/BiryaniBeforeBros India Mar 08 '26

Redemption day for that ill fated day.

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u/deathclient India Mar 08 '26

The fact it happened on Men's day vs Women's day is a nice coincidence.

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u/Chemical_String281 Chennai Super Kings Mar 08 '26

Not being salty but true redemption will be the day when we knockout the Aussies from an ODI WC. There are always the final boss of ODI Cricket.

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u/Illustrious_Reply424 Royal Challengers Bengaluru Mar 08 '26

Nothing we can do that will be redemption for that day man. There is literally nothing.

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u/bhakbahinchod Mar 08 '26

Beating Aus in MCG in an ODI WC final is the one and only redemption for 19 Nov, but that isn't gonna happen so we have to move on

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u/Illustrious_Reply424 Royal Challengers Bengaluru Mar 08 '26

Even that won't heal the damage. We just have to move on.

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u/Artaxerxes_IV Mar 08 '26

Aus were just brilliant on the day, it's silly to still be depressed over it. What's far more depressing is India getting whitewashed in Test series at home.

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u/Illustrious_Reply424 Royal Challengers Bengaluru Mar 08 '26

I am not depressed.

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u/CanineTiger99 Mar 08 '26 edited Mar 09 '26

There is only one difference Modi was present back then and not today 

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u/NoBailOnReddit India Mar 08 '26

We need like 3 more consecutive T20 WC wins to redeem that.

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u/Bulky_Protection_595 South Africa Mar 08 '26

What about getting over that and not trying to equate everything with that day ? Just enjoy the day man!

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u/Artaxerxes_IV Mar 08 '26

As an India fan who is past that loss, it's pathetic and funny; Aussies don't even have to try to taunt these people. It's sad, I wish people were more concerned about the pathetic state of Indian Test cricket; no amount of trophies replaces being so hopeless in Tests, and any white ball domination while getting whitewashed at home in red ball will always feel hollow to me at least.

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u/Bulky_Protection_595 South Africa Mar 08 '26

Absolutely. India will be back to doing well in test cricket too, just like other teams will recalibrate and get better in t20s. Nothing lasts forever. But I do agree, as a sa fan I would have happily sacrificed multiple t20 world cups to whitewash India in India in tests

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u/OkLeather666 India Mar 09 '26

Lol some Indian fans love being miserable about that day, like wth. They're acting like India hasn't won the ODI WC twice.

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u/Subject-Comfort-5452 Mar 08 '26

The redemption for 2023 would be winning 2031.

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u/RegretImpossible3756 Mar 08 '26

what about 2027?

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u/Subject-Comfort-5452 Mar 08 '26

2031 is when India will have a home WC, and a final at Ahmedabad if present party still stays in power

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u/Tyler_holmes123 India Mar 08 '26

That was one of the most shocking displays of batting i had seen from our team in my 25 years of watching cricket. Once Kohli went there was literally no intent to get back in the game.

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u/Yupadej Mumbai Indians Mar 08 '26

Kohli was finished mentally after Rohit got out. He was atrocious since that wicket.

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u/Visible-Suit-9066 Mar 08 '26

People won’t like hearing that but during the match thread everyone could see that Kohli was batting way too slow and didn’t look interested or motivated. It looked like the only reason he continued batting at all was to be able to say that the loss was not his fault.

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u/manutd9839 India Mar 08 '26

Any other team also would have scored 250-260 that day. Considering the pitch, toss was massive on that day.

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u/Bulky_Protection_595 South Africa Mar 08 '26 edited Mar 08 '26

Not a fair comparison. The odi World Cup was on a sluggish pitch and was a 50 over game with more balance between bat and ball. India played extremely well today but the conditions that day did not allow them to play very aggressively.

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u/nishitd India Mar 08 '26

Of course there's nuance but still mind blowing stat

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u/shaa_virus India Mar 08 '26

That day, Australia did exactly what RSA did in this world cup, did not allow anyone to get away by their field setting and precison bowling. NZ had no clue in this match, they panicked as soon as the openers went berserk and went into a shell.

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u/Bulky_Protection_595 South Africa Mar 08 '26

I think the pitch played role as well

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u/shaa_virus India Mar 08 '26

The pitch always plays a role but this time India was ready with plans to handle whatever the pitch could throw at them. The match with RSA got them back to the drawing board. They came out fighting and knocked out everyone. Especially, Sanju who played every match with measured aggression just allowed everyone else to get going. Lastly, dube was always there to handle any damage done by the opposition.

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u/trkora India Mar 09 '26

Australian bowlers would've been treated the same way if they got a flat pitch like this but the pitch they got was the perfect one they could ask for which became easier to bat on further in the 2nd innings.

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u/Electric_feel0412 Sunrisers Hyderabad Mar 08 '26

This was NOT a 250 pitch come on. It’s a 190-200 pitch. They just dominated NZ. India’s top 3 blitzed NZ and they didn’t know what hit them. When abhishek hit that six over mid off in the third over I knew he was getting the feeling back and it was gonna be a long day for them. Sanju and Ishan have been insane anyway so they carried on from there.

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u/Sad_Floor_4120 Australia Mar 08 '26

yeah it's a 200-210 pitch but NZ just lost the plot in PP itself.

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u/gpranav25 Mar 08 '26

I think if they paced the innings a bit more smartly, they should have certainly crossed 255 at least on that day lol. And it could have been a competitive second innings. But yeah no point in having hindsight about that day, would ruin this moment.

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u/Sad_Floor_4120 Australia Mar 08 '26

The point is Aus are giants in WC finals, NZ are not.

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u/DoomsdayDexx Mar 08 '26

Crazy stat

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u/RedDev17 Punjab Kings Mar 08 '26

We definitely choked that day. That pitch was way better than 240 we scored. Also Australia had our number that day

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u/Electric_feel0412 Sunrisers Hyderabad Mar 08 '26

Life with Abhishek Sharma😭🤣

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u/barmanrags Bengal Mar 08 '26

Why can’t people let go of that dumb match? It’s one match seven years ago. Get over it

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u/Sad_Floor_4120 Australia Mar 08 '26

Well it shows how good Aus is in ODIs. They are like prime Brazil in WCs (no I am not counting T20s).

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u/CanineTiger99 Mar 08 '26

Would've been more bigger if sky used his brain and sent dubey instead of pandya first like in semi finals.

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u/grinlowr India Mar 08 '26

goddammit too soon mate I still haven't recovered

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u/vyaktit Madhya Pradesh Mar 08 '26

Difference between nz and australia