2026 T20 World Cup
Final: March 8, 2026 · Ahmedabad, India (Narendra Modi Stadium)
2026 T20 World Cup result: INIndia def. NZNew Zealand in the final (India won by 96 runs), March 8, 2026, at Ahmedabad, India (Narendra Modi Stadium).
Result
| Team | Result | |
|---|---|---|
| Champion | INIndia | India won by 96 runs |
| Runner-up | NZNew Zealand |
Player of the Match (Final)
Jasprit Bumrah, India
Tournament format
Second 20-team edition, co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka. Same shape as 2024: 4 groups of 5, round robin, top 2 per group advancing directly into an 8-team "Super 8" stage (2 groups of 4), then semi-finals and a final. 55 matches total, played 7 February - 8 March 2026.
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Final: match context
India won a third men's T20 World Cup title -- and a second in a row -- thrashing New Zealand by 96 runs in front of a men's T20 World Cup final record crowd of 86,824 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, the largest cricket stadium in the world. Openers Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma set the tone immediately, putting on 98 runs in the powerplay; Sharma reached fifty off just 18 balls before falling, and Samson went on to add a further 105 with Ishan Kishan, who made 54 off 23 balls. Samson and Kishan were both dismissed by all-rounder James Neesham in the 16th over, and captain Suryakumar Yadav fell for a golden duck immediately after in a rapid mini-collapse, but a late assault of 26 off just 8 balls from Shivam Dube pushed India to an imposing 255 for 5 -- the highest total ever posted in a men's T20 World Cup final. Neesham finished with figures of 3 for 46 for New Zealand. New Zealand's chase never got going. Jasprit Bumrah struck in the very first over, removing the dangerous Rachin Ravindra with a well-disguised slower ball -- an immediate statement that set the tone for India's bowling performance. Four New Zealand batters fell for single-figure scores as wickets tumbled steadily; Tim Seifert's 52 off 26 balls was New Zealand's only real resistance, with Mitchell Santner (43) and Daryl Mitchell (17) unable to build the partnerships needed against India's attack. Bumrah returned to mop up the tail, dismissing Neesham, Matt Henry and Santner in a rapid sequence to finish with figures of 4 for 15 from his 4 overs -- the first time a pace bowler had ever taken a four-wicket haul in a men's T20 World Cup knockout match. Axar Patel supported with 3 wickets and Varun Chakravarthy took 1, as New Zealand were bowled out for just 159 in 19 overs. The result made India the first nation to win back-to-back men's T20 World Cups, the first host nation ever to win the men's title, and the first team to win the tournament three times overall. Suryakumar Yadav became the fourth different India captain to lift a major men's ICC trophy. Bumrah's tournament haul of 14 wickets, level with teammate Varun Chakravarthy for the most in the competition, took his career T20 World Cup wicket tally past the previous record held by Sri Lanka's Lasith Malinga for a fast bowler. Sanju Samson was separately named Player of the Tournament for his 321 runs across the competition, a distinct honour from Bumrah's final-match award -- the two players' overlapping but separate accolades were, fittingly, publicly acknowledged by Samson himself, who said afterwards that he felt Bumrah's performance in an earlier match had been the more deserving one.
Sources
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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