The Men’s T20 world cup 2026 is over and India won the final by 96 runs. India defeated New Zealand in the final match and lift the world cup trophy once again. This is first time ever in t20 world cup history that a country won the world cup back to back. India last won in 2024 under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma and now India won again in 2026 under the captaincy of Surya Kumar Yadav.
This was the 10th edition of Men’s T20 world cup. 20 Teams participated in this tournament and Top 8 teams (Ind, Pak, Eng, NZ, WI, SA, SL, Zim) played Super 8. Bangladesh was not part of this tournament and Australia did not qualify for Super 8. The super 8 was too and only 4 teams India, New Zealand, South Africa, and England qualified for Semi-Finals!
Up to this level England and South Africa was too strong as they were on top and didn’t lose any game in Super 8 T20 WC. But both teams lost to India and New Zealand in the semi-finals. Semi Final 1 (SA vs NZ) won by New Zealand and Semi Final 2 (Ind vs Eng) won by India and now the final was between India and New Zealand.
As per history of T20 World cup… India never won a match against New Zealand. So it was like New Zealand will win this World cup and secure 1st title… but here the math and analysis failed and India defeated New Zealand in the final and won the T20 World cup title for 3rd time (2 times back 2 back).
This is the T20 Winning Squad for World Cup 2026 – Suryakumar Yadav (C), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (WK), Ishan Kishan (WK), Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Rinku Singh, Tilak Varma, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, and Varun Chakravarthy.
India came to bat first and scored 255/5 in 20 overs and New Zealand scored 159 runs in 19 overs. New Zealand tried hard but could not chase the score and lost the final. Here are some highlights related to Ind vs NZ (Final t20 WC 2026):
- The total of 255/5 set by team India, this is highest total ever in a T20 World Cup final and in any T20I knockout/playoff match.
- Top order of team India played very well – Sanju Samson made 89 (off 46 balls), Ishan Kishan made 54 (off 25), Abhishek Sharma made 52 (off 21).
- India now the first team who won 3 T20 World cup titles – (1st in 2007, 2nd in 2024, and 3rd in 2026).
- India became first team – successfully defend the T20 World Cup title (Back 2 Back winner).
- India became first team – who won the T20 World Cup at home.
- Player of the series for Men’s T20 WC 2026 – Sanju Samson.
- Player of the match (Final of T20 WC 2026) – Jasprit Bumrah (Took 4 wickets for 15 runs in 4 overs).
The prize pool money for Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 was US$11.25 million ( around INR 101 Crore). As revealed by ICC, this prize money will be distributed among the 20 participating nations. India take home the biggest share ($2,639,423), and New Zealand received the second-largest share, taking home $1,422,692.
In short, from ICC prize pool money… team India took home approximately ₹23.75 crore and New Zealand around ₹12.80 crore.
Apart from that, BCCI also announced reward money (Bonus of 131 crore). 6 crore distributed among all 15 players and rest among the coaching staff (led by Gautam Gambhir), the selection committee, and the backroom staff (physios, throwdown specialists, selection committe members etc).
The same bonus thing did by BCCI in 2024. When India won T20 WC in 2024, BCCI announced 125 Crore bonus and it was also distributed among players and staff as per the policy.
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