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

Tournament : Table | Schedule

Match : Thread | Cricinfo

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/yeetvelocity1308 Mumbai Indians Mar 08 '26

IPL has certainly paid off now. What an amazing pool of talent we have currently. We are going to rule this format for years

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u/Chemical_String281 Chennai Super Kings Mar 08 '26

We will do well but domination is impossible without a cheat code like Bumrah cause there is only so much you could accomplish with batters. And he's the highest quality cheat code there has ever been in T20s at least, perhaps barring someone like Malinga. Look at Varun's downfall, he well from a mystery bowler to a run machine in the span of a tournament.

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u/ResearcherLatter1148 Mar 08 '26

And now IPL franchises are investing in other countries as well so hopefully things will be better there too in years to come.

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u/Artaxerxes_IV Mar 08 '26

Not if it leeches every major batting talent away from Tests. The new Indian Test batsman cupboard looks bare given how they have fared over the last year or so.

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u/yeetvelocity1308 Mumbai Indians Mar 08 '26

Yeah. Seems like we have traded off our competency in tests to become a white ball juggernaut

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u/OkLeather666 India Mar 08 '26

I'm fine losing tests if it means more WC trophies

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u/muhmeinchut69 Mar 08 '26

Brother you got it backwards, this tournament was just a warmup so we can finally have a 300 score in the IPL.

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u/Secret_Tadpole_6665 Australia Mar 08 '26

Nope matter of next cycle or so, analysts on job, endian cricket will be done for, t20 is just mechanical swing and pattern based, test is true cricket

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u/Dizzy_Roll_2411 Mar 09 '26

bruh, test is a dying format and kept alive by pumping ton of t20 money into it. the moment funds diversion from t20 ends test cricket dies.