Team India gets ₹27.5 crore prize money:Sanju Samson wins Player of the Tournament in just 5 games

Before the T20 World Cup began, an advertisement featuring former Indian captain Rohit Sharma was released. In it, Rohit was seen saying, ‘Team India will repeat history and Team India will also defeat history.’ The Indian team, captained by Suryakumar Yadav, repeated history and also defeated history by beating New Zealand by 96 runs at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on March 8. How did India repeat history? 2024’s feat repeated in 2026 Under Rohit Sharma’s captaincy, the Indian team won the T20 World Cup title on June 28, 2024. The team defeated South Africa by a margin of 7 runs in Barbados. Today, Team India has repeated the feat of winning the T20 World Cup in 2026 as well. How India defeated History? 3 historic firsts The complete story of the final Match begins with World Champion captains This historic final match began with the captains who made India World Champions. When the 2007 World Champion captain MS Dhoni and the 2024 World Champion captain Rohit Sharma brought the trophy. Openers provided a strong start
New Zealand won the toss and captain Mitchell Santner decided to bowl first. However, Indian openers proved Santner’s decision wrong within the powerplay. The pair of Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma scored 92 runs in 6 overs of the powerplay without losing any wickets, which is the biggest powerplay score in the history of T20 World Cup. Indian openers made a record partnership
Indian openers made an opening partnership of 98 runs. Rachin Ravindra broke it by getting Abhishek Sharma caught out. Abhishek got out after scoring 52 runs in 21 balls. This is the biggest opening partnership in the history of T20 World Cup finals. Samson-Ishan in century partnership, score crosses 200 After Abhishek was out, Ishan Kishan came to the crease. Samson made a century partnership with Ishan Kishan for the second wicket. This pair added 105 runs in 48 balls. With its help, Team India’s score crossed 200 in 15 overs. Neesham stopped India’s run rate momentum, Dube took it past 250 At one point, it seemed that the Indian team would cross the 300-run mark in 20 overs. However, Jimmy Neesham, who came to bowl the 16th over, took 3 wickets in one over and put a brake on the run rate. He sent Sanju Samson (89 runs) back to the pavilion on the first ball, Ishan Kishan (54 runs) on the 5th ball, and captain Suryakumar Yadav (zero) on the last ball. Only 28 runs were scored in the next 24 balls. After that, Shivam Dube scored 24 runs in the 20th over with the help of 3 fours and 2 sixes, taking Team India’s score to 255 runs. This is the highest score in the history of a T20 World Cup final match. New Zealand’s poor start in run-chase, 3 batters out New Zealand, chasing a target of 256 runs, had a poor start. The team lost 3 wickets while scoring 52 runs in the powerplay. Finn Allen (9 runs), Rachin Ravindra (one run), and Glenn Phillips (5 runs) got out quickly. Tim Seifert’s fifty, but couldn’t win Despite losing early wickets, opener Tim Seifert held one end. He also played an innings of 52 runs off 26 balls. Apart from him, captain Mitchell Santner scored 43 runs. But, they couldn’t avert the team’s defeat. His team was all out for 159 runs in 19 overs. Bumrah Player of the Match, Samson Player of the Tournament Jasprit Bumrah, who took 4 wickets for 15 runs in the final match, was the Player of the Match. Meanwhile, Sanju Samson, who scored 321 runs with the help of 3 fifties in 5 matches, was chosen as the Player of the Tournament. Best Players of the Tournament T20 World Cup prize money Team India was awarded a prize money of ₹27.5 crore for winning the T20 World Cup crown. The New Zealand side took home ₹15 crores, while semifinalists England and South Africa were awarded ₹7 crores each.