IND vs NZ T20 World Cup Live Score: India and New Zealand meet in the big final on Sunday. India is the stronger team, but New Zealand is tough and never gives up easily. It is a classic big team vs underdog match.
The Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad holds a painful memory for India. In November 2023, India lost the ODI World Cup final to Australia here. More than 93,000 fans went home heartbroken that night. That loss still hurts.
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But India’s T20 team made things a little better. They won the 2024 T20 World Cup under Rohit Sharma in the West Indies.
Now, a new captain leads India. Suryakumar Yadav gets his big chance on Sunday. If India wins, they will be the first team to defend the T20 World Cup and also the first to win it three times. If New Zealand wins, the Black Caps will script their history by winning first T20 World Cup title.
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India got lucky in the semi-final. England’s Harry Brook dropped Sanju Samson, and India made them pay. India will hope for a few more such moments in the final.
India also played most of their matches at familiar venues, got good scheduling, and had massive fan support. Everything has gone their way. Now they just need to finish the job.
If India wins, great. If they lose, the criticism will be harsh.
Teams for IND vs NZ T20 World Cup Final Scorecard
India: Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wk), Ishan Kishan, Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakravarthy, Arshdeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Washington Sundar.
New Zealand: Mitchell Santner (captain), Finn Allen, Tim Seifert, Rachin Ravindra, Mark Chapman, Glenn Phillips, Daryl Mitchell, Matt Henry, Lockie Ferguson, Cole McConchie, Kyle Jamieson, Jacob Duffy, Devon Conway, Jimmy Neesham, Ish Sodhi.