AHMEDABAD, India, March 6 (Reuters) - Key facts about Sunday's Twenty20 World Cup final between India and New Zealand.
WHEN
Sunday, March 8 at 1900IST (1330GMT)
WHERE
Narendra Modi Stadium (capacity 1,32,000)
INDIA
T20 world ranking: 1
Previous best result: Winners (2007, 2024)
Coach: Gautam Gambhir
Captain: Suryakumar Yadav
Top-ranked batter: Abhishek Sharma (1)
Top-ranked bowler: Varun Chakravarthy(1)
Squad: Suryakumar Yadav (c), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Sanju Samson, Shivam Dube, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Rinku Singh.
ROAD TO THE FINAL
Group Stage - Beat U.S. by 29 runs
Group Stage - Beat Namibia by 93 runs
Group Stage - Beat Pakistan by 61 runs
Group Stage - Beat Netherlands by 17 runs
Super Eight - Lost against South Africa by 76 runs
Super Eight - Beat Zimbabwe by 72 runs
Super Eight - Beat West Indies by five wickets
Semi-final - Beat England by seven runs
NEW ZEALAND
T20 world ranking: 4
Best result: Runners-up (2021)
Coach: Rob Walter
Captain: Mitchell Santner
Top-ranked batter: Tim Seifert (10)
Top-ranked bowler: Jacob Duffy (18)
Squad: Mitchell Santner (c), Finn Allen, Michael Bracewell, Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Jacob Duffy, Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry, Kyle Jamieson, Daryl Mitchell, James Neesham, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Tim Seifert, Ish Sodhi.
ROAD TO THE FINAL
Group Stage - Beat Afghanistan by five wickets
Group Stage - Beat UAE by 10 wickets
Group Stage - Lost against South Africa by seven wickets
Group Stage - Beat Canada by eight wickets
Super Eight - No result as match abandoned due to rain against Pakistan
Super Eight - Beat Sri Lanka by 61 runs
Super Eight - Lost against England by four wickets
Semi-final - Beat South Africa by nine wickets
PREVIOUS T20 MEETINGS
India wins: 16
New Zealand wins: 11
Tied: 3
(Compiled by Suramya Kaushik in Ahmedabad, editing by Ed Osmond)
