IND vs NZ Final Highlights - Ahmedabad (08 March 2026)

A shout for LBW, but turned down! Hardik Pandya bowls a slower, dipping yorker, on middle and leg. Mitchell Santner tries to slog it away but the ball sneaks under his bat to hit his back toe. Pandya looks confident and convinces SKY to take the review. UltraEdge confirms no bat involved, but Ball Tracking shows it is pitching outside leg. The on-field call of Not Out stands.

Back of a length and on leg, Mitchell Santner pulls it to deep square leg for a single.

WIDE! Fuller but way outside off, James Neesham leaves it alone. Wided.

Hard length and on middle, James Neesham heaves it to deep mid-wicket for a run.

Fuller and around leg, Mitchell Santner flicks it away to deep backward square leg for another run.

Short of a length and on middle, James Neesham pulls it to deep square leg for one.

Right in the blockhole, on leg, Mitchell Santner tucks it away through mid-wicket for one more. 122 needed in 36 balls.

Clever bowling! Arshdeep Singh sees the batter back away, bangs this into the pitch, outside off, takes pace off as well. Mitchell Santner is too far away to reach out for the ball.

A mix-up but no harm done! Fuller and on middle, angling in, Mitchell Santner looks to loft it but gets an inside edge onto his pads as the ball rolls towards backward point. Santner sets off for the run but is sent back. The fielder misses his shy at the batter's end, with Santner putting in a desperate dive to save himself.

Full toss, on middle and leg, Mitchell Santner lofts it to long on for a single.

WIDE! Pitched up but down the leg side, James Neesham shuffles across to scoop but misses. Wided.

WIDE! Short but way outside off this time, James Neesham throws his bat but fails to reach it. Called a wide again.

Gets the yorker right, on middle, tailing in, James Neesham looks to dig it out but misses and gets hit on his toes.

A low full toss, on leg, James Neesham clips it away wide of deep mid-wicket for a couple of runs.

Another fine yorker, on middle, moves in, James Neesham jams it back to the bowler.

WIDE! Slower bouncer, on middle, but a bit too high. Mitchell Santner ducks under it. Another wide.

Good length and on off, Mitchell Santner pushes it to extra cover.

Full toss, on leg, Mitchell Santner heaves it to deep mid-wicket for a single.

OUT! CASTLED! Boom Boom strikes now. A pinpoint yorker, on middle, takes pace off as well. James Neesham clears his front leg to go big across the line but goes through the shot very early. He misses it completely as the ball goes through and hits the base of the middle stump.

OUT! BOWLED'EM! Jasprit Bumrah is on a hat-trick now! This is another excellent slower yorker, dipping in, too good for any batter, let it be a tail-ender. Matt Henry backs away to play at it, but plays all over it, and the ball goes through to rattle the stumps once more.

No hat-trick for Bumrah! In the blockhole, on middle, Lockie Ferguson manages to jam it out towards short third for one.

Full toss, on off, Mitchell Santner forces it to long off for one more.

A full toss that tails in from middle to leg. Santner drills it down to long on and denies the single.

WIDE! Goes for the slower one, but way down the leg side on a fuller length. Santner swings his bat before the ball dips and misses to connect. Wided.

Seeing Santner shuffle outside leg, Arshdeep fires the yorker at the toes of the batter to cramp him for space. The Kiwi skipper carves it through mid off for a run.

From around the stumps now. Full and on middle, Lockie drives it straight to the cover fielder.

Slips in a full toss, on off, Ferguson hits it on the bounce to long off for a run.

 FOUR! In the gap! Singh misfires another full toss, on the pads. Santner backs away and heaves it to the leg side, bisecting the long on and deep mid-wicket fielders for a boundary. 150 UP FOR NEW ZEALAND!

WIDE! Slower short ball, far outside off. Santner lets it be as it breaches the tramline. 

A toe-crushing yorker, tailing in from middle. Mitchell Santner flicks it through mid-wicket for a single.

That dipping slower one, just outside off, on a fuller length. Santner clears the front leg and has a swing across the line, but fails to connect.

Short and nipping away from middle. Santner stands tall and eases it straight to the backward point fielder.

OUT! BOWLED! Bumrah has his fourth wicket of the finale. He rolls his fingers on the leather and takes pace off, executing the yorker. Lands the ball right at the base of the middle pole as Mitchell Santner tries to slog it over the leg side. He swings his bat months early before the ball arrives and misses. The ball dips below his bat and makes an absolute mess of the stumps.

Full toss on leg, whipped to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Once again, this is full and slow, on off. Lockie turns it to deep mid-wicket for a run.

Deceived! Pace-off delivery, full and just outside the off stump line. Jacob Duffy swings for the hills, only to miss. A superb spell from Jasprit Bumrah as he ends with figures of 4-0-15-4. 

Short on off, Lockie shimmies down the track and mistimes the heave to long on for a single.

Duffy advances and slaps this length ball to deep extra cover for a single.

Dropped short, on top of off. Lockie Ferguson rocks back and tries to pull, but miscues it over mid on for a single.

A touch short, on off, Jacob flat bats it over the bowler. Long on cuts it off to his left. One taken.

Slower through the air, full and outside off, Ferguson carves it to the left of mid off for a single.

OUT! CAUGHT! It is all over. Abhishek bowls it on a length outside off at 70.3 kph. Slower through the air, the ball grips and turns. Duffy goes for a flat-batted hit down the ground but mistimes it. Tilak Varma settles under it near the ropes and completes a fine catch. He lobs the ball up in the air, sensing he might step onto the ropes, but he is well inside the field and calmly takes it again. A comprehensive win for the Men in Blue as Eoin Morgan on air mentions that this is India's biggest win in a T20 World Cup match. The celebrations start in the Indian dugout and the noise is absolutely deafening at the Narendra Modi Stadium. The ghosts of 2023 have been exorcised in 2026 as INDIA WIN THE T20 WORLD CUP for the third time and defend their crown in a commanding fashion. India win by 96 runs.