Co-hosts India beat New Zealand by 96 runs to retain the T20 World Cup on Sunday afternoon.
It's been a tournament to remember for India, particularly for Sanju Samson, who became only the third player in history to score half centuries in both the semi-final and the final of the same T20 World Cup.
He notched 89 runs from 46 balls against New Zealand, the same score that he recorded against England, and he and Abhishek Sharma put together a remarkable 98 run stand, the highest opening partnership in a T20 World Cup final.
While Samson will steal the headlines, and rightly so, both Sharma and Ishan Kishan recorded half centuries and India finished the innings with a huge 255 total.
While England came relatively close when chasing India's 253 in the semi-final, there was never a stage in which New Zealand looked like they would put up a similar fight.
Jasprit Bumrah starred in what proved an impressive bowling display from his side, bowling New Zealand out for 159 to win the contest by 96 runs.
It's a third T20 World Cup triumph for India, retaining the trophy after beating South Africa to win the competition in 2024.
India Innings
Sanju Samson | c sub (CE McConchie) b Neesham | 89 (46) |
Abhishek Sharma | c Seifert b Ravindra | 52 (21) |
Ishan Kishan | c Chapman b Neesham | 54 (25) |
Hardik Pandya | c Santner b Henry | 18 (13) |
Suryakumar Yadav | c Ravindra b Neesham | 0 (1) |
Tilak Varma | Not Out | 8 (6) |
Shivam Dube | Not Out | 26 (8) |
Extras: (w 8)
Total: 255
Overs: 20.0
New Zealand Bowling Figures
Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets |
Matt Henry | 4 | 0 | 49 | 1 |
Glenn Phillips | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Jacob Duffy | 3 | 0 | 42 | 0 |
Lockie Ferguson | 2 | 0 | 48 | 0 |
Mitchell Santner | 4 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
Rachin Ravindra | 2 | 0 | 32 | 1 |
James Neesham | 4 | 0 | 46 | 3 |
New Zealand Innings
Tim Seifert | c Ishan Kishan b Varun | 52 (26) |
Finn Allen | c Tilak Varma b Patel | 9 (7) |
Rachin Ravindra | c Ishan Kishan b Bumrah | 1 (2) |
Glenn Phillips | b Patel | 5 (5) |
Mark Chapman | b Pandya | 3 (8) |
Daryl Mitchell | c Ishan Kishan b Patel | 17 (11) |
Mitchell Santner | b Bumrah | 43 (35) |
James Neesham | b Bumrah | 8 (7) |
Matt Henry | b Bumrah | 0 (1) |
Lockie Ferguson | Not Out | 6 (7) |
Jacob Duffy | c Tilak Varma b Abhishek Sharma | 3 (5) |
Extras: (b 4, lb 1, w 7)
Total: 159
Overs: 19
India Bowling Figures
Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets |
Arshdeep Singh | 4 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
Hardik Pandya | 4 | 0 | 36 | 1 |
Axar Patel | 3 | 0 | 27 | 3 |
Jasprit Bumrah | 4 | 0 | 15 | 4 |
Varun Chakravarthy | 3 | 0 | 39 | 1 |
Abhishek Sharma | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
*All figures obtained from ESPNcricinfo.com
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