India team celebrates after winning the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026 final cricket match between India and New Zealand at Narendra Modi Stadium, in Ahmedabad, Sunday, March 8. PTI
Live: India script history with 3rd T20 World Cup win
The hosts dominated New Zealand in the final at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad
India thrashed New Zealand by 96 runs in the final to win the ICC T20 World Cup 2026 in Ahmedabad on Sunday night (March 8).
Chasing 256, the Kiwis were never in the hunt and were bowled out for 159 in 19 overs. Jasprit Bumrah was outstanding again with 4/15 in 4 overs.
India are the first team in T20 World Cup to win three trophies and also first hosts and to claim back-to-back wins.
Earlier, Sanju Samson scarred an awestruck New Zealand in the company of an equally destructive Abhishek Sharma (52), who saved his best for the last in India's record-breaking 255 for five.
And if that wasn't enough, Ishan Kishan (54 off 25 balls) proved that even three can tango together as India's top three in a superlative batting display stunned New Zealand.
Follow live updates and scores of India vs New Zealand T20 World Cup final here.
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- 9 March 2026 12:16 AM IST
End of live coverage
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- 9 March 2026 12:12 AM IST
Kohli and others react to India's T20 WC win
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- 9 March 2026 12:04 AM IST
Watch analysis with expert on India's win
Analysing India's T20 World Cup win with an expert.
- 9 March 2026 12:00 AM IST
Suryakumar Yadav receives trophy
Suryakumar receives T20 World Cup trophy, later joins his teammates and celebrations begin. Players wearing "India Champions" blue jerseys.
- 8 March 2026 11:59 PM IST
What Suryakumar Yadav said
India captain Suryakumar Yadav: "I think it'll take a little bit of time (to sink in) but definitely very happy. Been a long journey. Started post the 2024 World Cup. Jay Shah, Rohit (Sharma) bhai, they all showed faith in me and gave me opportunity to lead. From there, it's been a long journey and coming here and winning it. We have been playing good cricket in the last two years and we just wanted to follow the good cricketing habits that we had in the 2024 World Cup. Boys took it really well."
On keeping faith in players, he said, "I think it's really important to understand what they are capable of. And I knew they had the match winners in them. The timing was perfect. Sanju Samson, Abhishek Sharma, they are top players and we knew they would do something special, and they did it in the final. Bumrah is a once-in-a-generation bowler. I can call him a national treasure. He knows how it needs to be done; he is the best in the business."
- 8 March 2026 11:57 PM IST
What Santner said after final loss
NZ captain Mitchell Santner said, "Proud of the boys to make it this far. Obviously we had some challenges throughout, but at each stage we put up a good fight. Today, we got outplayed by a great team in front of a great crowd. To see a big sea of blue, obviously India were home favourites. Playing a home World Cup comes with a lot of pressure. But yeah, SKY (Suryakumar Yadav) and the boys should be very, very proud. Different guys stood up at different stages. In the Super Eight and semi-finals we put up a good fight but tonight we were obviously outplayed."
- 8 March 2026 11:50 PM IST
India-NZ T20 WC final logs records concurrent viewership of 79 crore
The ICC T20 men's World Cup final smashed viewership record on streaming platform JioHotstar, with concurrent viewership touching 74.5 crore when the last New Zealand wicket fell.
On Sunday, India won the trophy for a record third time, also becoming the only country to win the title at home.
When the final New Zealand wicket fell in the 19th over, giving India a 96-run victory, the concurrent viewership was 74.5 crore and reached 79.1 crore during the post-match presentation.
The concurrent viewership of the final match built up gradually before hitting a crescendo.
Before the final match began, concurrent viewership was at 2.1 crore when singer Ricky Martin performed and crept up to 4.2 crore when the toss was held.
It crossed the last record of 6.5 crore peak concurrent viewers in India vs England semi-final on JioHotstar platform.
Peak concurrency is the highest number of viewers during a live stream at a time. Even before the first ball of India's innings was bowled, viewership touched 6.5 crore.
The number broke the previous record for an ICC tournament final at 5.9 crore peak concurrent viewership during the India vs Australia match in the 50-overs format on November 20, 2023, which the Indian team lost.
- 8 March 2026 11:45 PM IST
Presentation ceremony begins
First up, match officials being honoured with medals.
