India first team to win three T20 World Cups!!!

Sun, 08 March 2026
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New Zealand 159-all out (19 ovs) vs India 255-5 | SCORECARD

A memorable night for the Indian cricket fans.
  • India are the first team to win back to back T20 World Cups
  • the first team to win three T20 World Cup titles.
  • the first team to win a T20 World Cup at home.
Jasprit Bumrah, with a four-wicket haul. now has the most wickets by a pace bowler in T20 World Cup with 40 wickets overall going past Lasith Malinga, who claimed 38 wickets.

Powered by a blazing 89 from Sanju Samson and explosive half-centuries from Abhishek Sharma (52) and Ishan Kishan (54), India posted a massive 255/5 in their 20 overs after being put into bat -- the highest ever total in a T20 World Cup final.

Axar Patel (3/27) and Jasprit Bumrah (4/15) chipped away at the wickets as New Zealand never got going in the run chase and were bundled out for a lowly 159 in 19 overs on a flat pitch in Ahmedabad.

Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Shivam Dube, Sanju Samson join Rohit Sharma as the nine Indian players to be a part of two T20 World Cup winning teams.