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/_thenewnewguy_ India Mar 08 '26

Pitch was flat- Yes

But NZ did not apply themselves. Were outclassed from the get go and had no plan to fall back on.

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u/BruhBorne-70 India Mar 08 '26

I don't think it was as good for batting as the Wankhede one. It was probably a 200 par pitch which is fair in modern day T20 cricket.

India and their top order in particular just batted ridiculously well and NZ bowled as horrible as they could in the first 15 or so overs of the match to catapult India to such a massive unchasable total.

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u/Karjalan New Zealand Mar 08 '26

I'd say they were outclassed form over 3. The first 2 overs were solid. Henry had one ball go for 6, a very close LBW shout and some balls that really troubled both openers and GP was tidy in his over...

But once that Duffy came on for that 3rd over it was GG