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India vs New Zealand T20 Live Score: Three teams had two trophies each in T20 World Cups before this evening. India had the chance to become the first to make it three.

And they just did that. 2007. 2024. 2026.

Tilak Varma says the fielding wasn’t perfect today, but showed up in the key moments. As for the celebrations?

“Next couple of days will be a big party with the boys. We will take a couple of fresheners, and then head off to the IPL.”

AS: “Went to say sorry to Mitchell, my throw got too much reverse swing, left it on the pitch! Winning right now so emotionally it feels great but we will find out in 2-4 days. This is the icing on the cake. If we’re bowling first, restrict, and save the target. Will bring my phone, have though of 10-15 reels, we will see what will be made.”

SD: “I was there to hit big sixes, that was my role in this tournament. Sometimes happens that other batsmen go up. But I always back myself to hit big sixes. I’ve developed bowling a lot, I’ve not bowled a lot this tournament, but I’ll come back better. One of the biggest days today, the crowd was amazing, the tournament belongs to the supporters of the Indian team. We’ve got that love which supported us a lot.”

WS: “Amazing feeling, the work that has gone in. Part of these experiences, there is more to come.”

AS: “The coach and the captain had the faith in me, even I was doubting myself. Playing my first World Cup, they were telling me you will one game. It’s not easy as a young player going through this phase, but I love this team. The way the treated me, I’ve never felt it before. The faith and the confidence, I got emotional in between the tournament, I wanted to do really well but couldn’t.”

VC: “Feels amazing, two back to back ICC trophies. Very surreal, very happy for Abhishek. Nothing was working out, but we won the cup, so it’s all zeroed out.”

India vs New Zealand T20 Live Score: IT’S ALL OVER! IT’S ALL OVER! HISTORY FOR INDIA – THEY WIN THE TROPHY ON HOME TURF! It’s another great catch, this time Tilak Varma at long-on, and Abhishek Sharma is the player who gets the last wicket!

Take a bow, India – this has to be the greatest T20I outfit in the history of the format.

India vs New Zealand T20 Live Score: A dipping yorker again! This is just showing off. The best in the world, bar none.

Can he get five?

India vs New Zealand T20 Live Score: Nearly at the finish line. This time 18 months ago, in a similar position, something special was needed from Arshdeep, Bumrah, and Hardik Pandya to wrap things up. Now, they can rest on their laurels. 104 needed from 18 – not happening.

India vs New Zealand T20 Live Score: And it’s timber again! Nearly all over. It’s basically an identical ball, dipping yorker, misses Henry’s bat and knocks over off-stump.

Can he get a World Cup final hat-trick?

India vs New Zealand T20 Live Score: Inevitable! Pinpoint. Rolls his fingers over it, and it’s like a curveball. Neesham thinks it’s a full toss so swings hard, but it never quite gets to him. Bends underneath his bat and rattles the stumps.

Add them up. 3 wickets away.

India vs New Zealand T20 Live Score: Four needed off every ball from here. And that’s also considering Jasprit Bumrah has 12 of these remaining deliveries. Get the confetti ready?

India vs New Zealand T20 Live Score: Drinks break with all the momentum on India’s side. Most of these overs should – should – feel like a formality at this point. Mitchell Santner and Jimmy Neesham need two or three huge overs ASAP to ensure that’s not the case.

India vs New Zealand T20 Live Score: Hardik Pandya the next to drop one as he can’t hang on to a presentable chance off Santner! Misfields the next and it goes for four – some slopiness in the field from him.

But it doesn’t matter – Axar Patel’s worst ball of the day gets him the wicket! Full toss which Mitchell mishits, right to Kishan who takes his third catch of the day. Chase going nowhere.

India vs New Zealand T20 Live Score: Shot! Mitchell Santner picks up responsibility – and he must, at this stage. Gets a good ball to hit from Varun, and he puts every fibre of his being into that swing. Huge hit, tall and far, deep into the stands.

119/5 now – 137 needed off 48.

India vs New Zealand T20 Live Score: Ugly scenes – Arshdeep tries to quickly fire it back at the stumps as Mitchell returns, and his radar is wayward – hits the batter with that throw, and Mitchell isn’t happy – he walks at Arshdeep and shouts in real anger. Umpire steps in to keep them apart, and then Suryakumar Yadav has a word with the Kiwi batter, tries to make amends.

End of the over, Arshdeep and Mitchell shake hands and let bygones be.

India vs New Zealand T20 Live Score: Much-needed for the Kiwis. Mitchell has been starved of strike in the last couple of overs, but he makes this count – walks across and swings away hard. First one is another chance for Ishan Kishan, but he can’t keep his feet as he trods on the boundary. Next one isn’t even half a chance – flies deep into the stands.

India vs New Zealand T20 Live Score: A long, long, long way back for New Zealand from here. Required rate already at 17.

India vs New Zealand T20 Live Score: That could be the moment that swings it heavily towards India! Seifert gets a short one which he hits well and hard, but not with enough elevation – Ishan Kishan at the midwicket boundary can shuttle around, cover good ground, take it and then ensure he tosses it back to himself to regain his balance.

72/5 – deep trouble for the Kiwis!

India vs New Zealand T20 Live Score: When it’s not going your way, this can happen… and New Zealand staring down the barrel. Width from Hardik, Chapman tries to cut him away, but the mistiming means it rockets back onto his off-stump.

70/4 but now Mitchell joins Seifert. If any hope, this is the key partnership.

India vs New Zealand T20 Live Score: Varun Chakravarthy just hasn’t been able to find himself in the latter half of this tournament. Seofert hammers a pair of big sixes with two easy swings. Reaches his half-century in 23 balls – a one-man effort thus far.

India vs New Zealand T20 Live Score: Impossible to get him away. In a match where the required rate is suddenly touching 15, he only conceded 5 in the final powerplay over.

Six overs through – India well on top.

India vs New Zealand T20 Live Score: Axar Patel under the pump after he is hit for a four and a six – but that’s how you bounce back! His super-strength, keep it stump-to-stump, use that under-cut armball, and break the defence. Slides on, Phillips clueless, and his leg stump is flying!

47/3 after 5.

India vs New Zealand T20 Live Score: SECOND WICKET DOWN! Jasprit Bumrah strikes with his first ball again – he is simply inevitable. Ravindra skies an attempted flick, and Ishan Kishan does supremely well to cover all that distance, get to the ball, put in a big forward dive and holds on!

India on top now and the stadium is bouncing! Just the start now.

India vs New Zealand T20 Live Score: THE SPIN DOES THE TRICK! This is why Axar Patel was brought on – just that slight missed timing, and Allen can’t get the distance – it’s hard-hit, but right down the throat of Tilak Varma at deep midwicket.

Great move from a tactical perspective and India have their wicket. 32/1 after 3.

India vs New Zealand T20 Live Score: 4, 4 goes Seifert too. Hardik Pandya doesn’t get the start he wanted. Can’t bring about a wicket like he did in the semifinals.

India vs New Zealand T20 Live Score: There comes the punishment. Hardik Pandya not quite finding his length, but it’s excellent batting too. Seifert with a sensational scoop, flie sall the way for six.

India vs New Zealand T20 Live Score: CHANCE GOES BEGGING! Terrific from Arshdeep first up, and his out-swinger generates a massive slice from Allen. Popped high, high, high into the air – Dube underneath it, but it slips out through his hands!

Not what India wanted. That was the moment.

India vs New Zealand T20 Live Score: If New Zealand are to win this, they need Allen and Seifert to recreate what Abhishek and Samson did, and then some. They are capable of it – 170 chased down against the Proteas inside 13 overs. That pace will be enough to make a fist of this chase. India will therefore want a quick, early wicket.

India vs New Zealand T20 Live Score: Excellent little cameo from Shivam Dube! His 26*(8) late on could be more than worth its weight in gold.

India will have slightly more confidence thanks to this finish – but NZ will be happy that it isn’t closer to 280. Innings break.

India vs New Zealand T20 Live Score: Yes, Shivam Dube! That’s how you finish an innings. Jimmy Neesham back on, and Dube is ready for him – four, six, six, and he’s packing a real punch in this little cameo.

Can Dube get India to 260?

India vs New Zealand T20 Live Score: 203/1 after 15 overs, and after that, 28 runs in 4 overs with 4 wickets falling. New Zealand have clawed this back a long way. Only one four and one six in this period.

Last over coming up. Big effort needed to regain the momentum – it’s Neesham again.

India vs New Zealand T20 Live Score: Not Hardik’s night tonight. Gets a full toss he puts away for six, and that could rev him up – but he skies the next ball as he loses his shape, and a towering ball is nicely caught by Santner.

226/5. 100 balls to play.

India vs New Zealand T20 Live Score: Not a good period for India. Just 9 runs off that over too. Hardik and Tilak can’t middle anything. Trying to over-hit – Jimmy Neesham the secret weapon.

India vs New Zealand T20 Live Score: New Zealand eke out two consecutive quiet overs. Only 8 off these.

3 overs to play. Hardik and Tilak need to find their groove quickly.

India vs New Zealand T20 Live Score: Things have changed in the space of six balls! James Neesham has single-handedly given the Kiwis a path back into this game.

First, Kishan can’t get the power behind a low full toss, taken at long-on. Suryakumar on his first ball tries to flip it over fine leg, but gets it too square. Rachin Ravindra runs around and takes a very good catch.

Suddenly 204/4. One over that has changed a lot.

India vs New Zealand T20 Live Score: No century for Sanju Samson, even now! He has done everything but – and he might be on the top of the list for player of the tournament now. But his innings ends here – Neesham bowls a thigh-high full toss, and Samson hits it well but is cramped by the height more than anything else. Can’t get the distance, nicely taken at long on by McConchie.

Hardik Pandya in next. 203/2 after 15.1.

India vs New Zealand T20 Live Score: Ishan Kishan has quietly reached a 23-ball half-century. As quiet as a 23-ball ball fifty can be. He has also hammered four sixes – this top three has been cooking with gas.

India vs New Zealand T20 Live Score: I can hardly believe my eyes right now. Samson is doing whatever he wants – and what he wants are sixes in bulk.

Rachin Ravindra gets treated to three consecutive sixes, in three different directions on the ground. He’s onto 88* – drinks break with India on 191/1 after 14. NZ need this break.

India vs New Zealand T20 Live Score: It keeps going. Matt Henry has to bowl his third over much earlier than the Kiwis would have liked. They are looking short on ideas at the moment.

India vs New Zealand T20 Live Score: Wow! Sanju Samson, everything you are touching is turning to gold. A short ball he rocks back on and hammers so cleanly for six. Next ball is a very full ball, touching 150 kmph, and it’s a casual straight drive right out of the meat of the bat which goes dead straight for six more.

Then it’s Kishan’s turn. Straight drive for a big six – India are looking at well, well over 250.