Factbox-Cricket-India v New Zealand T20 World Cup final


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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)

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