Overview
- India won by 96 runs in Ahmedabad after setting 255/5, the biggest score in a T20 World Cup final.
- Sanju Samson top-scored with 89 off 46, with Ishan Kishan (54) and Abhishek Sharma (52 off 21) piling on early damage.
- A 98-run opening stand and a 92-run powerplay set the platform, followed by a 105-run Samson–Kishan partnership.
- James Neesham’s three wickets in the 16th over briefly checked India before Shivam Dube hit 24 off the final over to close on 255.
- Jasprit Bumrah took 4-15 and Axar Patel 3-27 as New Zealand were dismissed for 159, with Tim Seifert (52) and Mitchell Santner (43) the main resistors.