India vs New Zealand Final at Southampton, 18 Jun, 2021

Toss: New Zealand, who chose to bowl
India 217/10 (92.1)  &  170/10 (73)
New Zealand 249/10 (99.2)  &  140/2 (45.5)
New Zealand won by 8 wickets
Man of the Match: Kyle Jamieson
  • Ross Taylor 48 * (101)
  • Kane Williamson 51 * (87)

Over 6.1 Tim Southee bowls a good length delivery to Rohit Sharma, Boundary! Gets back in the crease and cuts it away through point and the ball raced away to the fence for four.

Over 6.4 Tim Southee bowls a good length delivery to Rohit Sharma, Boundary! Gets behind the line on the back foot to defend, takes a thick leading edge and dribbles away between slips and gully.

Over 8.3 Tim Southee bowls a pitched up delivery to Shubman Gill, 3 runs, comes on to the front foot and punches it beautifully straight down the ground and picks up three runs.

Over 8.4 Tim Southee bowls a pitched up delivery to Rohit Sharma, Boundary! Leans into the drive and plays it beautifully square of the wicket on the off-side and the ball raced away to the deep point fence for four.

Over 10.2 Kyle Jamieson bowls a pitched up delivery to Shubman Gill, Boundary! Gets forward and drives through mid-on. Lovely straight face of the bat, crisp punch with the bottom hand.

Over 14.4 Kyle Jamieson bowls it short of length to Shubman Gill, Boundary! Picks up the length quickly and pounces crunches the pull shot through deep mid-wicket for four.

Over 15.5 Colin de Grandhomme bowls it short of length to Rohit Sharma, Boundary! Backs away in the crease and thrashed through sweeper cover for four! 

Over 17.1 Colin de Grandhomme bowls a pitched up delivery to Rohit Sharma, Boundary! Gets back in the crease and crunches a compact backfoot punch to deep extra cover for four.

Over 19.3 Colin de Grandhomme bowls it short of length to Rohit Sharma, Boundary! Gets on top of the bounce and punches it beautifully through point and the ball raced away to the fence for four.

Over 26.1 Neil Wagner bowls a half volley to Virat Kohli, Boundary! Leans into the drive and plays it beautifully along the ground through cover and the ball raced away to the fence for four.

Over 32.6 Neil Wagner bowls a back of length delivery to Cheteshwar Pujara, Boundary! Went right back and played an excellent shot behind point and it raced away. Loud roar from the crowd

Over 34.1 Neil Wagner bowls a pitched up delivery to Cheteshwar Pujara, Boundary! Leans forward and creams the drive, didn't try to hit that hard at all. Placed in the gap and racing away for four.

Over 52.4 Colin de Grandhomme bowls it short of length to Ajinkya Rahane, Boundary! Rock back in the crease and slaps it through backward point and the ball raced away to the fence for four.

Over 56.6: Boundary!. Neil Wagner to Ajinkya Rahane,

Over 57.6 Tim Southee bowls a pitched up delivery to Ajinkya Rahane, Boundary! Gets forward and goes for it and manages to drive through the backward point. Long chase there for the fielder who does well to get to it, but as he's sliding to flick it back his foot touches the rope

Over 59.4: Boundary!. Tim Southee to Ajinkya Rahane,

Over 73.2 Kyle Jamieson bowls a pitched up delivery to Rishabh Pant, Boundary! Moves across in the crease and  wrists to nail this whip through mid-wicket for four.

Over 74.5 Neil Wagner bowls a back of length delivery to Ravindra Jadeja, Boundary! Stays deep inside the crease and steers it down to the third man fence for four.

Over 77.1 Colin de Grandhomme bowls a good length delivery to Ajinkya Rahane, Boundary! Goes deep inside the crease and glances fine and beats fine leg. Welcome runs for India

Over 77.6 Colin de Grandhomme bowls a half volley to Ravindra Jadeja, Boundary! Leans forward, leans into the drive, doesn't overhit that and it's running away along the ground through mid-off for four.

Over 82.6 Trent Boult bowls a pitched up delivery to Ravichandran Ashwin, Boundary! Moves across in the crease and flicks it to deep backward square leg fence for four.

Over 83.5 Tim Southee bowls a good length delivery to Ravichandran Ashwin, Boundary! Goes hard looking to drive, stayed leg-side to loft the ball over mid-off. so the edge was thick and it flew over CDG at second slip

Over 85.4 Tim Southee bowls it short of length to Ravichandran Ashwin, Boundary! Backs away in the crease and hammers it through cover and the ball raced away to the fence for four.

Over 91.6 Kyle Jamieson bowls a pitched up delivery to Mohammed Shami, Boundary! Leans into an elegant drive square of the wicket, courtesy all the width, and creams it to the boundary.