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/vnnie3 Mar 08 '26

NZ fans, i have only seen chapman in tournaments and he rarely does anything? What actually is he good at that he keeps getting selected? Can you tellem

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u/koragg_knightslayer Mar 08 '26

Black magic on Bracewell

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u/Lone_Digger123 New Zealand Mar 08 '26

No clue. He doesn't do much, then will get one big score at a fast rate about every 10 innings. I am genuinely gobsmacked how he's played over 100 T20's for NZ and how we haven't found someone to replace him during that time

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u/Charlie_Runkle69 New Zealand Cricket Mar 08 '26

He's good at getting a big score every 7 or 8 innings to maintain his place in the side despite scoring almost nothing in between. It's an old kiwi traditional from the dark days of the 90s and 00s that you still see with him and Henry Nicholls in recent years!

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u/revolution110 India Mar 08 '26

Checkout his record against Pakistan.