India asserted their dominance once again in the T20 World Cup 2026 final as the Men in Blue scored 255/5 in 20 overs after being put into bat first by New Zealand at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday. Out- of-form for the whole tournament, Abhishek Sharma (52) peaked as the right time with an 18-ball fifty before Sanju Samson’s 89 and Ishan Kishan’s 54 helped India reach 250-plus for the third time in this tournament.
India were at 231/5 at the end of the 19th over, but it was Shivam Dube’s three fours and three sixes in the final over by James Neesham which pushed the Indian total past 250 runs. It was India’s fourth 250-plus score in this year – the most in a calendar year. The Men in Blue also matched Sunrisers Hyderabad’s record of three 250-plus scores in a T20 competition.
Sunrisers Hyderabad achieved the same in the 2024 edition of Indian Premier League. Incidentally, this is also the first 200-plus total in a T20 World Cup final.
Highest successful run chase in T20 World Cup final
If New Zealand manages to score 256, the Kiwis will register the highest successful run chase in a T20 World Cup final and also in the history of the tournament. The record of highest-successful run chase in a T20 World Cup final is still with India when the Men in Blue chased South Africa’s 169/8 in the 2024 edition in Barbados.
The highest successful run chase in the history of T20 World Cups is still with England, when the Three Lions chased down 230 against South Africa at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
