Team India created history in Ahmedabad on Sunday, as they thumped New Zealand by 96 runs in the T20 World Cup 2026 final.
By doing so, India once again asserted dominance in international cricket, as they clinched their third T20 World Cup title. The Men in Blue now hold the record for most T20 World Cup titles, with three titles. England and West Indies are right behind India in this list, with two T20 World Cup titles each.
After being asked to bat first, India rode on fifties from Sanju Samson (89), Abhishek Sharma (52) and Ishan Kishan (54) to post a mammoth total of 255/5.
The New Zealand batsmen, in their reply, collapsed under pressure as they were bundled out for 159 in 19 overs. Only three batsmen—Tim Seifert (52), Mitchell Santner (43) and Daryl Mitchell (17) registered double-figure scores for the Black Caps, who had clinched a clinical nine-wicket win over South Africa in the semi-finals.
For New Zealand, their wait of clinching their maiden T20 World Cup title continued as they collapsed in the final once again. Prior to this, the Black Caps had made the T20 World Cup final only once. That was in 2021, when they lost to Australia by eight wickets in the final.
The win on Sunday also helped India diminish the ghosts of the 2023 ODI World Cup final, wherein they had lost to Australia by six wickets in Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium.
Since then, the Men in Blue have won all the three limited-overs tournaments that have been played- The 2024 T20 World Cup, the 2025 Champions Trophy and the 2026 T20 World Cup.
However, India still trails Australia in terms of most ICC men’s tournaments won. Australia have won 10 ICC titles so far, whereas Sunday’s triumph was India’s eighth.
We now take a look at the teams with most ICC titles:
