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IND vs NZ T20 World Cup 2026 Final Innings Highlights: In the final of T20 World Cup 2026, Team India, batting first against New Zealand, scored 255/5 runs on the board in 20 overs. This was the biggest total in the history of the T20 World Cup final. Sanju Samson played the biggest innings for India, scoring 89 runs in 46 balls with the help of 5 fours and 8 sixes. Apart from this, Ishan Kishan scored 54 runs in 25 balls by hitting 4 fours and 4 sixes. Abhishek Sharma, who was almost a flop in the entire tournament, scored 52 runs in just 21 balls by hitting 6 fours and 3 sixes. During this period, James Neesom took maximum 3 wickets for New Zealand.
In the match, New Zealand won the toss and decided to bowl, which perhaps seems to be their biggest mistake after the end of the first innings. Chasing more than 250 runs in the final will not be easy at all.
Great start for India
Team India, who came to bat first, got a great start by Abhishek Sharma and Sanju Samson. Both of them made a partnership of 98 runs in just 43 balls for the first wicket. After this the Indian batsmen did not look back. After this, the team got its second blow at the score of 203 runs, when Sanju Samson was out. Sanju and Ishaan added 105 runs in 48 balls for the second wicket.
After this the run speed slowed down a bit. Captain Suryakumar Yadav was out without opening the account. Apart from this, Hardik Pandya also could not do anything special. He scored only 18 runs in 13 balls. But in the end Shivam Dubey did wonders and scored 28 runs in just 8 balls. During this he hit 3 fours and 2 sixes.
Kiwi bowlers were badly beaten
Lockie Ferguson proved to be the most expensive for New Zealand, who spent 48 runs in 2 overs. Apart from this, Rachin Ravindra gave away 32 runs in 2 overs. Rachin got 1 wicket. Rest Jacob Duffy gave 42 runs in 3 overs and James Neeson gave 45 runs in 4 overs. Neesam took 3 wickets. Whereas captain Mitchell Santner gave 33 runs in 3 overs.
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