Jasprit Bumrah and India’s top order were on fire as they defended their T20 World Cup crown by hammering New Zealand by 96 runs.
They are also the first nation to win three T20 World Cups.
When Mitchell Santner won the toss and elected to bowl first, he would have been hoping to restrict India to a chaseable score.
But despite having a poor tournament, Abhishek Sharma finally proved why he is still one of the best T20 batters in the world, with a quickfire 52 of 21 balls.
Sanju Samson once again delivered the goods when it mattered, with 89 off 46.
And Ishan Kishan carried his blistering form, with 54 of 25.
Let’s also not forget Shivam Dube’s end-of-innings flourish of 26 in 8 balls, to get them to a match-winning score of 255-5.
This was a huge