2026 Men's T20 World Cup final
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| Event | 2026 ICC Men's T20 World Cup | ||||||||
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| India won by 96 runs | |||||||||
| Date | 8 March 2026 19:00 UTC+5:30 | ||||||||
| Venue | Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad | ||||||||
| Player of the match | Jasprit Bumrah (Ind) | ||||||||
| Umpires | Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Alex Wharf (Eng) | ||||||||
| Attendance | 86,824 | ||||||||
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The 2026 ICC Men's T20 World Cup final was a Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket match played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, India, on 8 March 2026 to determine the winner of the 2026 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. It was played between the defending champions India and New Zealand.
New Zealand won the toss and elected to field first; India registered a score of 255/5 in their innings. In the second innings, New Zealand were all out for 159. India therefore won by 96 runs, retaining the title they had won at the previous tournament. India became the first team in the tournament to win three T20 World Cup titles, defend their title, and the first host country to win the title.