India vs New Zealand highlights, T20 World Cup 2026 final: Suryakumar, Gambhir bring trophy to Hanuman temple post win

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India captain Suryakumar Yadav, head coach Gautam Gambhir and ICC chairman Jay Shah visited the Hanuman temple in Ahmedabad after India's T20 World Cup win. Suryakumar and Gambhir brought the trophy along with them.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella congratulates Indian team.

Suryakumar Yadav walks into the podium, hugs ICC chairman Jay Shah, takes the trophy and lifts the silverware. The whole team comes together to lift the cup. The support staff join in for the photographs.

"Proud of the boys to make it this far. Had challenges throughout the tournament but got through. Most games we play it's always a great crowd and a sea of blue. Credit to India for winning a title at home, always comes with pressure, credit to SKY and the boys.

Different guys stepped up at different times. We were confronted with challenges and nice to get through. Tonight we were outplayed, but proud of the boys."

Time for presentation ceremony. First up is the match officials. Time for New Zealand to collect their runners-up medals. The whole crowd goes crazy as Indian players start walking to take their winner's medals.

Sanju Samson is the Player of the Tournament for his three consesecutive half centuries. He finished with 321 runs, to surpass Virat Kohli for most runs in a single edition of a T20 World Cup. Kohli had scored 319 in 2014.

Jasprit Bumrah is the Player of the Match for his four wickets.

“Feels extremely special because I've played one final at my home venue but couldn't win that one, but today I won. I was very motivated, very clear, played all my cricket here so used all my experience. Everything went to plan,” said Bumrah.

Before this tournament I was in that zone where I felt I was trying too hard because I was bowling well but felt I was trying too hard. This format I just tried to let the game come to me, and that worked really well. Believed in myself. My individual assessment has always been my strength of my game, and couldn't be more special to win man of the match here, at my home ground in a World Cup final, it doesn't get better than that.

Because of the experience, I've played on belters over here, and I have seen the other teams how they were bowling, I learnt that trying to bowl too fast can make shot-making easier, the ball just skids on. So just played smart, and tried to think of what the batsmen were trying to do. Clarity while execution really helps.

Whenever we discuss, they always come up with options, and when communication is needed we did that, we kept calm, never panicking, kept our head above the water, hold our nerve. The teams who can do that win the tournament," he added.

Virat Kohli, who was a part of the wining team in 2024, congratulates SKY's India.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai congratulates Indian team.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah congratulates the Indian team.

Shivam Dube: I was there to hit big sixes, that was my role in this tournament. Sometimes happens that other batsmen go up. But I always back myself to hit big sixes. I've developed bowling a lot, I've not bowled a lot this tournament, but I'll come back better. One of the biggest days today, the crowd was amazing, the tournament belongs to the supporters of the Indian team. We've got that love which supported us a lot.

Abhishek Sharma: The coach and the captain had the faith in me, even I was doubting myself. Playing my first World Cup, they were telling me you will one game. It's not easy as a young player going through this phase, but I love this team. The way the treated me, I've never felt it before. The faith and the confidence, I got emotional in between the tournament, I wanted to do really well but couldn't.”

Varun Charavarthy: Feels amazing, two back to back ICC trophies. Very surreal, very happy for Abhishek. Nothing was working out, but we won the cup, so it's all zeroed out.

The legendary message has come. Sachin Tendulkar hails India's win in Ahmedabad.

Abhishek Sharma is given the ball. Meanwhile, the whole Indian dugout is already standing to run onto the field. OUTTT!!! Tilak Varma takes the catch as India retain title. India win by 96 runs.

OUTTT!!! Third wicket for India and Jasprit Bumrah in the last nine deliveries. Mitchell Santner is cleaned up as Bumrah takes four. He hungs Axar Patel and had a brief chat before going to his run-up again. NZ 152/9 (17.3)

The whole crowd goes crazy as the camera pans to MS Dhoni, Rohit Sharma and Jay Shah in the VVIP box. Dhoni waves at the crowd. Suryakumar Yadav will join the Dhoni and Rohit duo in the list of Indian captains to win a World Cup for India. NZ 152/8 (17)

OUTTT!!! Jasprit Bumrah returns to bowl and he strikes. The slower ball does the trick as James Neesham is cleaned up for 8. New Zealand are sinking. OUTT!! Two in two for Bumrah as Matt Henry is cleaned up. Bumrah is on a hattrick. NZ 141/8 (15.4)

OUTTT!!! Daryl Mitchell goes for the big shot, but holes out to Ishan Kishan. Axar Patel takes his third of the day. Third catch for Kishan. New Zealand slide deeper. NZ 124/6 (12.5)

With the wicket of Tim Seifert, India's Varun Chakaravarthy goes atop the standings for most wickets in the T20 World Cup 2026. Meanwhile, Chakaravarthy's tendency to leak runs didn't end as the mystery spinner is being slammed for a couple of sixes by Mitchell Santner. NZ 119/5 (12)

BANGGG!!!!! Back-to-back sixes from Daryl Mitchell off Arshdeep Singh to keep New Zealand in hunt. 100 comes up for the Kiwis. Meanwhile, the faces in New Zealand dugout tells the story. New Zealand need more than 150 runs in nine overs. Possible? Well, the Kiwis need a miracle today. Meanwhile, an exchange of words between Arshdeep and Mitchell. The right-hander hits straight to Arshdeep and the Indian bowler targets the stumps in his followthrough. The ball hits Mitchell and the Kiwi is breaks out at the bowler. The umpire intervenes. Suryakumar Yadav also has a word with Mitchell. Both Mitchell and Arshdeep shake hands at the end of the over. NZ 103/5 (11)

OUTTTT!!!!! Tim Seifert pulls one off Varun Chakaravarthy. Ishan Kishan comes running in to take the catch near the boundary ropes. Seifert departs for 52. Big wicket for India. NZ 72/5 (8.1)

Fifty for Tim Seifert in Ahmedabad. New Zealand need Seifert to stay till the end if they want to have any chance to go close to India's total. OUTTTT!!! New Zealand are falling apart as Mark Chapman drags onto his own stumps. Hardik Pandya gets a wicket. NZ 70/4 (7.4)

OUTTT!!! Axar Patel is India's impact man today. Glenn Phillips goes for a loft, but misses the line completely. Phillips is cleaned up completely. Axar holed his hand aloft. The dangerman departs for just 5. India are well on course for their third title. NZ 47-3 (5)

OUTTTT!!!! Jasprit Bumrah strikes in the first ball. Rachin Ravindra flicks a slower ball, gets a top edge, for Ishan Kishan take running diving catch. The whole crowd goes berserk. NZ 32/2 (3.1)

OUTTT!!!!! Intelligent strategy by Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav by bringing in Axar Patel. Finn Allen holes out to Tilak Varma at long on. The change of bats didn't work for Allen. IND 31/1 (2.4)

INNOVATIVE from Tim Seifert!! Looks like the New Zealand opener started from where he left in the semifinal. The right-hander first slams over mid-wicket for a six before lap scoops for and maximum. He finishes the over with two more fours. 21 runs come from the over. NZ 25/0 (2)

Tim Seifert and Finn Allen walk out in the chase. Arshdeep Singh will open the attack for India. Tidy over to start with from India and Arshdeep. NZ 4/0 (1)

Highest total in a final: 255/5

For the first time, the top 3 batters scored fifties

Highest score in the powerplay: 92/0

James Neesham to bowl the final over. Shivam Dube lofts the first ball for a four towards long-off. HUGGGEEEE from Dube!! The southpaw gets into his arc and wields his bat for a six. SIXXX more from Dube, this time over extra-cover. Four more from Dube. 250 comes up. Four more to finish the innings. IND finish at 255/5 in 20 overs. New Zealand need 256 runs for their maiden title. 24 runs came in the last over.

India's run flow has slowed down after those three wickets in an over. Hardik Pandya is struggling to find a boundary. FOURR!!! A boundary after 16 balls for India, this time from Pandya's bat. SIX more from Pandya in the next over before he holes out to Mitchell Santner for 18. Matt Henry gets a wicket. What was looking like a 250-plus total at some time, looks like a 240-odd score.

IND 226/5 (18.2)

OUTTT!!!! Sanju Samson lofts a full toss outside off, but didn't get the elevation, only for substitute Cole McConchie to take a running catch. Samson walks back for 89. OUTTT!!! Another wicket for New Zealand in the over as Ishan Kishan holes out to Mark Chapman. Kishan walks back for 54. OUTTT!!! Suryakumar Yadav tries to scoop a bouncer on the off to the fine leg boundary. But little did he realise that Rachin Ravindra came running to take a brilliant catch. Three wickets in an over for Kiwis. James Neesham gets NZ back in the game.

IND 204/4 (16)

Fifty for Ishan Kishan too, off just 23 deliveries. With that, the top three of Indian batting order has scored fifties each. 200 comes up for India in style. Kishan slams Mitchell Santner over the bowler's head for a four. IND 203-1 (15)

With 21 maximums, Sanju Samson now has the most number of sixes in this T20 World Cup, going fast Finn Allen's 20. He also became the third after Shahid Afridi and Virat Kohli to score fifties in a semifinal and a final of the T20 World Cup. BANGGG!!! The runs continue to flow easily for Samson as he inches towards his maiden T20 World Cup hundred with two more back-to-back sixes off Rachin Ravindra. Classy batting from the right-hander. Six more.

IND 191/1 (14)

New Zealand are clueless in front of Indian batters. Lockie Ferguson is taken for 24 runs in an over. Sanju Samson smashes Ferguson for three sixes in the first four balls, Ishan Kishan gets a four in the final ball to end the over on a high. IND 161/1 (12)

New Zealand have struggled so far. Baring captain Mitchell Santner and Glenn Phillips, none of the Kiwi bowlers could stand in front of the Indian top three. BANGGG!!!! A huge maximum fro pocket rocket Ishan Kishan. The southpaw gets one in the slot and Kishan does what he does the best, smashed over mid-wicket. Fifty for Sanju Samson. In the process, he becomes the third player to score a fifty in the semifinal and a final. IND 137/1 (11)

OUTTT!!!! Rachin Ravindra strikes with his first ball. Ravindra bowls on the fifth-sixth stump, Abhishek Sharma chases and gets a feather edge only for the wicketkeeper to do the rest. Abhishek punches hit bat in disgust. Ishan Kishan comes out to bat. Meanwhile, 100 comes up for India. Abhishek walks back for 52 (21). Kishan keeps the scoreboard running with a couple of fours.

IND 110/1 (8)

Abhishek Sharma is enjoying himself in the final. He starts the final over of the powerplay with 4, 6, 6 off Jacob Duffy. Fifty for Abhishek in just 18 balls in style. Abhishek peaks at the right time, in the final. IND 92-0 (6)

Matt Henry returns. The New Zealanders are trying to make Indians chase wide off the stump, with an aim to get a thick edge or so. But the Indians are taking their time in the middle and leaving what's not on their radar. This is the first time a team has got a 50-run stand in the final of a T20 World Cup final. The previous best was 48 between Pakistan's Kamran Akmal and Shahzaib Hasan against Sri Lanka in the 2009 final. SIXXX!!! Henry sticks to his wide of the off stump ploy and Abhishek Sharma moves across to belt it over long off, into the Indian dugout. Sanju Samson finishes the over with another maximum. IND 72-0 (5)

BANGGG!!! That's the start India were looking for from Abhishek Sharma all through the tournament. The Indian opener starts with a thick edge off Lockie Ferguson to the boundary. He follows it up with a six over long off. The whole stadium goes crazy. SIX more from Samson - leading edge flies over the third man fielder. Samson finishes the over with a four. IND 51/0 (4)

Third ball change for New Zealand in as many overs. Jacob Duffy comes to bowl. Abhishek Sharma welcomes the pacer with back-to-back fours, first over the mid-on fielder with the second coming at long-off. Samson finishes the over with a four, clobbered over the bowler's head. IND 27/0 (3)

Spinner in the second over for New Zealand. This has been New Zealand's plan in this T20 World Cup lately and it worked for them in the semifinals against South Africa. Abhishek Sharma fell to a similar ploy against England in the semifinal, holing out off Will Jacks. Looks like Abhishek has learnt from his mistakes. Just three runs come from the Glenn Phillips over. IND 12/0 (2)

Abhishek Sharma and Sanju Samson walk out to bat for India. Matt Henry will open the attack for New Zealand in Ahmedabad. After four quiet balls, Samson opens the account with banger over mid-on for a six. Steady start for India. IND 7/0 (1)

Rphit Sharma and MS Dhoni walk out with the T20 World Cup trophy in Ahmedabad along with ICC chairman Jay Shah. What a sight this for the fans. The flags of the two teams are being unfurled too. Players of both teams walk out too for the National Anthem. New Zealand to go first, followed by India.

Suryakumar Yadav: Happy to bat first since we have been doing that pretty well. Always good to have runs on the board in the semifinal or a final. It's history now, new World Cup and we are excited for it. It looks fully already and it's only toss time and hopefully we will give them a good show. Same team for us.

Mitchell Santner: We are going to bowl first. Looks a good surface, a tinge of grass on it. So, I guess we'll see if it does anything at the top. And we know obviously India have a lot of power to try to restrict them to, I guess, a chaseable score. Boys are good (talking about the mood in the camp). I mean, this is what we play the game for. In front of obviously this many people, it's going to be awesome. It's going to be a great night and hopefully we can put in a good show. I mean, we knew that, you know, making the semis obviously a great occasion and then we had to put in a good performance against a very good team. And we did that, which was very pleasing. So guys can take a lot of, I guess, confidence from that. And we know we've got a massive challenge tonight, but we're looking forward to it. Yeah, I think so (If the team has peaked at the right time). I think it's, I guess every team wants to kind of peak at the right time. And we've started to do that. I mean, you kind of look at the stages of the competition. You want to just kind of get through each stage and I guess this is the biggest stage and we're here now. So everyone's ready to go. We're going with another seamer tonight, so no McConchie. And Jacob Duffy comes back in. It looks like a very good surface, to be fair, so see if it does anything first up. But I think there'll be a lot of runs in it.

Suryakumar Yadav and Mitchell Santner come out for the toss and also get a look at the wicket. The players of both sides come out for warm-ups. Live visuals show Gautam Gambhir having a word with Surya and Ravi Shastri. Abhishek Sharma is having a chat with Devon Conway. Santner wins the toss and New Zealand will bowl first. while India go unchanged, New Zealand made just one change with Jacob Duffy replacing Cole McConchie.

Closing Ceremony done and dusted in Ahmedabad with Falguni Pathak, Sukhbir and Ricky Martin enthralling the crowd with their best numbers in front of 100,000 fans at the Narendra Modi Stadium. We are just few minutes away from the toss.