Stats: India go where no side has gone before

Stats highlights from the final in Ahmedabad.

3 – India are the first team to win the T20 World Cup three times (2007, 2024, 2026). They are also the first to successfully defend the title and the first to win it on home soil.

255/5 – India's total is the highest ever in a T20 International final. Their winning margin of 96 runs is the largest by a Full Member nation in a T20I final.

92/0 – India's Powerplay score is the joint-highest in T20 World Cup history, equaling West Indies' 92/1 against Afghanistan in 2024. It is the highest Powerplay total ever in a tournament knockout match.

18 balls – Abhishek Sharma's fifty is the fastest in the knockout stages of any T20 World Cup. This was the fourth time he has reached fifty in under 20 balls in T20Is, the most by any batter.

Sanju Samson's Form – In his last three T20I innings, Samson scored 97*, 89, and 89. He is the second batter ever with three consecutive 85+ scores in T20Is. He is also the third batter to score 50+ in both the semifinal and final of a T20 World Cup.

24 sixes – Samson hit the most sixes in a single T20 World Cup edition. Among Full Member nations, only Finn Allen (25 vs Pakistan, 2024) has hit more in a bilateral series.

Most sixes in the 2026 T20 World Cup:

1 – Samson (89), Abhishek Sharma (52), and Ishan Kishan (54) provided the first instance of a team's top three all scoring fifties in a T20 World Cup innings. It is the first such occurrence in a knockout match.

India's Record Six-Hitting

106 – India are the first team to hit over 100 sixes (106) in a single T20 World Cup tournament.

7 Overs – The final saw seven overs where 20+ runs were scored; six by India and one by New Zealand. India scored 24 runs in three separate overs (the 4th, 12th, and 20th), equaling the record for the most expensive over in a T20 World Cup final.

Bumrah on top of the world

40 wickets – Jasprit Bumrah's tally is the most by any fast bowler in T20 World Cup history, surpassing Lasith Malinga's 38. His figures of 4/15 in the final are the second-best in a final.

Best figures in T20 World Cup finals:

4 – Jasprit Bumrah became the fourth player to win both Player of the Match in a final and Player of the Tournament, joining Shahid Afridi, Sam Curran, and Virat Kohli. He was also Player of the Tournament in the 2024 edition.