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New Zealand's Glenn Phillips plays a changeable during the 3rd T20 cricket lucifer betwixt India and New Zealand successful Guwahati, India, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026. (AP)
India volition look New Zealand successful the last of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup connected Sunday successful Ahmedabad, with the hosts aiming to execute respective milestones successful the tournament’s history.The defending champions are looking to go the archetypal squad to support the T20 World Cup rubric and besides the archetypal broadside to triumph the tourney 3 times.
India won the erstwhile variation successful 2024 aft defeating South Africa successful the final.India suffered a dense decision to South Africa connected February 22 successful a Super 8 lucifer of the tournament, but recovered to triumph their remaining Super 8 matches and scope the semi-finals. They past defeated England successful a adjacent and high-scoring semi-final.More than 100,000 spectators are expected astatine the Narendra Modi Stadium successful Ahmedabad for the final.
While India volition purpose for different satellite rubric successful beforehand of a location crowd, New Zealand volition look to triumph the trophy for the archetypal time.India participate the last arsenic hosts and defending champions and person besides recorded caller bilateral bid wins against New Zealand. However, New Zealand clasp a beardown grounds against India successful T20 World Cup matches, having won each 3 erstwhile meetings betwixt the teams successful the tournament.
T20 World Cup 2007: New Zealand won by 10 runs successful Johannesburg
In the archetypal variation of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, New Zealand skipper Daniel Vettori delivered a beardown all-round performance.
He took 4 for 20 and besides scored 15 runs from 5 balls to assistance New Zealand decision India during the radical stage.New Zealand had acceptable a people of 191. India were 76 for 1 erstwhile Vettori came into the onslaught and dismissed Robin Uthappa and existent India caput manager Gautam Gambhir, who had scored 51 from 33 balls.Spin bowling past tightened New Zealand’s control. Jeetan Patel dismissed Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni was tally retired for 24, and Vettori returned aboriginal to region Irfan Pathan and Dinesh Karthik.Earlier, Brendon McCullum scored 45 astatine the apical of the order, portion Craig McMillan and Jacob Oram added runs towards the extremity to instrumentality New Zealand to a full that India could not chase.
T20 World Cup 2016: New Zealand won by 47 runs successful Nagpur
The 2 teams met again successful the 2016 variation successful Nagpur. New Zealand defended a full of 126 by bowling India retired for 79, with 3 spinners taking 9 wickets betwixt them.Corey Anderson scored 34 from 42 balls for New Zealand, portion Luke Ronchi added 21 not retired from 11 balls aft coming successful astatine fig eight.India struggled against rotation bowling, with Virat Kohli scoring 23 and MS Dhoni making 30. When Ish Sodhi dismissed Kohli astatine 39 for 5 successful the ninth over, India were already nether pressure.Dhoni was dismissed successful the 18th implicit and Adam Milne past took the last wicket by removing Ashish Nehra 3 balls later.Nathan McCullum finished with 2 for 15, Sodhi took 3 for 18 and Mitchell Santner returned figures of 4 for 11 on with scoring 18 runs.
Milne was the lone accelerated bowler to instrumentality a wicket successful the match.
T20 World Cup 2021: New Zealand won by 8 wickets successful Dubai
India and New Zealand met again successful the 2021 T20 World Cup successful Dubai. India scored 110 for 7, which New Zealand chased comfortably.Trent Boult took a wicket successful the powerplay and aboriginal picked up 2 much successful the 19th over. Ish Sodhi returned figures of 2 for 17, Tim Southee took 1 for 26 and Adam Milne finished with 1 for 30.Mitchell Santner did not instrumentality a wicket but bowled an economical spell of 0 for 15, including 11 dot balls.In reply, Martin Guptill and Daryl Mitchell started the pursuit well. Mitchell scored 49 from 35 balls earlier being dismissed with New Zealand needing 15 runs. Captain Kane Williamson past finished the pursuit to seal the win.India vs New Zealand head-to-head successful T20 World CupsPlayed: 3New Zealand: 3India: 0India and New Zealand volition present conscionable again successful the last of the T20 World Cup connected Sunday, March 8, astatine the Narendra Modi Stadium successful Ahmedabad.The 2 teams had besides reached the last of the Champions Trophy successful 2025, and astir a twelvemonth aboriginal they volition again look each different successful the last of an ICC tournament.
