India vs New Zealand Final Head To Head: The title match of the 2026 T20 World Cup between India and New Zealand will be played on Sunday, March 08 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Team India made it to the final of the T20 World Cup for the second consecutive time. It will not be so easy for Team India, which won the title of the last i.e. 2024 T20 World Cup, to win the trophy this time, because they face the challenge of New Zealand.
India’s record against New Zealand in final matches is not very good. However, the Men in Blue won the 2025 Champions Trophy title by defeating New Zealand in the final. So let us know what is the record of India and New Zealand in the ICC finals.
India vs New Zealand ICC Final Head to Head
So far, three ICC finals have been played between India and New Zealand. In these matches, New Zealand has gained the lead and has won 2, whereas the Indian team has been able to win only one match.
The first ICC final between India and New Zealand took place in the 2000 Champions Trophy. New Zealand had won the match by 4 wickets.
The second ICC final between the two was played as the 2021 World Test Championship final. New Zealand had won this match by 8 wickets.
Then through the 2025 Champions Trophy, both the teams came face to face in the ICC final for the third time. In this match, Team India won against New Zealand in the final for the first time. India won the match by 4 wickets.
India-New Zealand set a unique record
A unique record was set as India and New Zealand reached the T20 World Cup final. In fact, the teams of India and New Zealand will face each other in the finals of all three formats of the ICC event and will become the first such teams. Both the teams have played finals against each other in Test and ODI. Now they are going to face each other in T20. It will be interesting to see which team wins in this title match.
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