T20 World Cup final, Ahmedabad
India crush New Zealand by 96 runs to defend title
India 255-5 (20 overs): Samson 89 (46), Kishan 54 (25), Abhishek 52 (21); Neesham 3-46
NZ 159 (19 overs): Seifert 52 (26); Bumrah 4-15, Axar 3-27
Janhavee Moole
BBC Marathi, Ahmedabad
For a long time, it is batters that India has always counted on in big games.
But fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has performed every time when his team needed it and has often been the main difference between two teams.
As batters dominate the game of T20, Bumrah shows why bowlers are the key - why dot balls matter as much as wickets.
Steven Finn
Former England fast bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
India have grown as the tournament has gone on. They are the strongest and best.
Target 256
After 22 balls without a boundary, Mitchell Santner finds the fence off Axar Patel's penultimate delivery.
He brings up his side's 150, clipping the ball through mid-wicket.
Arshdeep finishes with figures of 0-32.
Steven Finn
Former England fast bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
It's staggering how much Jasprit Bumrah influences games and not only that, but he does so in all three formats.
113 needed from 24 balls
Another yorker for the hat-trick ball... blocked out.
Lockie Ferguson takes a single, before Mitchell Santner adds a run of his own.
Jasprit Bumrah has figures of 3-13 from three overs.
Henry Moeran
Commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
Jasprit Bumrah in front of an adoring public is doing it again. He is just too good.
Steven Finn
Former England fast bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
It's another performance of note from Jasprit Bumrah in a big match. The hat-trick is well and truly on.
Henry b Bumrah 0 (NZ 141-8)
One step further still!
Jasprit Bumrah is on a hat-trick - he uproots the stumps of Matt Henry, the batter backing away to try and clear out the yorker and exposing his wicket.
India are two wickets away, with two balls left in the over.
Neesham b Bumrah 8 (NZ 141-7)
Bowled him!
A slow yorker with a dollop of dip from Jasprit Bumrah, that's enough to clean up Jimmy Neesham who misses with his big heave.
India move one step closer to a successful title defence.
Henry Moeran
Commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
When this is all done and dusted India will become the first side to successfully defend a T20 World Cup and become the first side to win it on home soil as well.
Rufus Bullough
CricViz analyst
In terms of sixes per innings we have seen an average of 7.4 in this tournament, 2.2 more than the next highest T20 World Cup (5.2 - 2010 - West Indies).
117 needed from 30 balls
Very much a waiting game now.
A second over without a boundary as Axar Patel concedes just five runs off his third outing.
23.40 runs an over required for New Zealand - not a problem, here comes Jasprit Bumrah...
Steven Finn
Former England fast bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
New Zealand needed to make India feel the pressure with the ball, and were not able to do that. They had no answers. They will look back and ask whether they could have targeted the stumps more, what tactics could they have used rather than hoping a player would just hole out.
Prakash Wakankar
BBC Test Match Special commentator
This is not the game that cricket lovers will savour.
Abhishek Jhunjhunwala
Former IPL batter on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
Nobody has been able to win a home World Cup. It takes a lot of courage. The heart of Indians took a lot toll in semi-final so they will not mind a win like this.
122 needed from 36 balls
Just six runs off the over.
That's Hardik Pandya finished with figures of 1-36.
Meanwhile the players will take a drink.
NZ 128-6
Very, very tight.
The ball tracking has the delivery landing ever so marginally outside the line of leg stump.
Just a fraction shifted and that would have been a very good shout.
Abhishek Jhunjhunwala
Former IPL batter on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
The ball hit Mitchell Santner on the full so the only thing which will save him is did it him outside the line of leg stump.
Another wicket down?
The umpire doesn't think so, but Hardik Pandya reckons he has Mitchell Santner lbw with a full delivery.
India are going to take a look.
Need 128 from 42 balls
Jimmy Neesham, the best of New Zealand's bowlers today, comes in and picks up four immediately, sweeping Axar Patel over short fine.
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Samson,caught substitute, bowled Neesham Samson, caught substitute, bowled Neesham | 89 | 46 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 74 | 193.48 |
Sharma,caught Seifert, bowled Ravindra Sharma, caught Seifert, bowled Ravindra | 52 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 39 | 247.62 |
Kishan,caught Chapman, bowled Neesham Kishan, caught Chapman, bowled Neesham | 54 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 39 | 216.00 |
Pandya,caught Santner, bowled Henry Pandya, caught Santner, bowled Henry | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 138.46 |
Yadav,caught Ravindra, bowled Neesham Yadav, caught Ravindra, bowled Neesham | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
Tilak,not out Tilak, not out | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 133.33 |
Dube,not out Dube, not out | 26 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 325.00 |
Extras, no balls 0, wides 8, byes 0, leg byes 0, total 8 Extras, no balls 0, wides 8, byes 0, leg byes 0, total 8 | |||||||
Total,255 for 5 20.0 overs Total,255 for 5 20.0 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Dots | No balls | Wides | 4s | 6s | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Henry | 4.0 | 0 | 49 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12.25 |
Phillips | 1.0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.00 |
Duffy | 3.0 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 14.00 |
Ferguson | 2.0 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 24.00 |
Santner | 4.0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8.25 |
Ravindra | 2.0 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 16.00 |
Neesham | 4.0 | 0 | 46 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 11.50 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
98 for 1 (7.1 overs) | Sharma |
203 for 2 (15.1 overs) | Samson |
204 for 3 (15.5 overs) | Kishan |
204 for 4 (15.6 overs) | Yadav |
226 for 5 (18.2 overs) | Pandya |
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Seifert,caught Kishan, bowled Chakravarthy Seifert, caught Kishan, bowled Chakravarthy | 52 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 41 | 200.00 |
Allen,caught Tilak, bowled Patel Allen, caught Tilak, bowled Patel | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 128.57 |
Ravindra,caught Kishan, bowled Bumrah Ravindra, caught Kishan, bowled Bumrah | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 50.00 |
Phillips,bowled Patel Phillips, bowled Patel | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 100.00 |
Chapman,bowled Pandya Chapman, bowled Pandya | 3 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 37.50 |
Mitchell,caught Kishan, bowled Patel Mitchell, caught Kishan, bowled Patel | 17 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 154.55 |
Santner,bowled Bumrah Santner, bowled Bumrah | 43 | 35 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 52 | 122.86 |
Neesham,bowled Bumrah Neesham, bowled Bumrah | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 114.29 |
Henry,bowled Bumrah Henry, bowled Bumrah | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
Ferguson,not out Ferguson, not out | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 85.71 |
Duffy,caught Tilak, bowled Sharma Duffy, caught Tilak, bowled Sharma | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 60.00 |
Extras, no balls 0, wides 7, byes 4, leg byes 1, total 12 Extras, no balls 0, wides 7, byes 4, leg byes 1, total 12 | |||||||
Total,159 all out 19.0 overs Total,159 all out 19.0 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Dots | No balls | Wides | 4s | 6s | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Arshdeep | 4.0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8.00 |
Pandya | 4.0 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9.00 |
Patel | 3.0 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9.00 |
Bumrah | 4.0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.75 |
Chakravarthy | 3.0 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 13.00 |
Sharma | 1.0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.00 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
31 for 1 (2.4 overs) | Allen |
32 for 2 (3.1 overs) | Ravindra |
47 for 3 (4.5 overs) | Phillips |
70 for 4 (7.4 overs) | Chapman |
72 for 5 (8.1 overs) | Seifert |
124 for 6 (12.5 overs) | Mitchell |
141 for 7 (15.3 overs) | Neesham |
141 for 8 (15.4 overs) | Henry |
152 for 9 (17.3 overs) | Santner |
159 for 10 (18.6 overs) | Duffy |