India clinch third T20 World Cup title

• India scripted history as it became the first team to lift the men’s Twenty20 World Cup for a third time.

• India defeated New Zealand by 96 runs in the final at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.

• England and West Indies are the only other sides to have won the trophy twice.

• This is also the first instance of a team defending their title successfully in T20 World Cup history and also the first time that a home team has gone on to win the T20 World Cup. 

• New Zealand skipper Mitchell Santner won the toss and elected to bowl against the defending champions, led by Suryakumar Yadav.

• India got a great start powered by a blazing 89 from opener Sanju Samson and explosive half-centuries from Abhishek Sharma (52) and Ishan Kishan (54).

• The trio became the first top-three to register fifty-plus scores in the same innings of a T20 World Cup game.

• India posted a massive 255 for five, the highest total at a T20 World Cup final. 

• Jasprit Bumrah (4/15) and Axar Patel (3/27) later bulldozed the Kiwi innings. New Zealand were all out for 159 in 19 overs.

• Bumrah was awarded the Player of the Match.

• Sanju Samson was the Player of the Tournament.

• Samson amassed 321 runs from five innings with an average of 80.25.

• The 31-year-old scored half-centuries in India’s last three matches at the T20 World Cup, chiming in with a pair of Player of the Match performances against the West Indies and England before yet another impressive innings in the title decider against New Zealand.