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In the T-20 World Cup 2026, the Indian cricket team won the trophy for the third time with a brilliant and balanced performance. India defeated New Zealand in the final. The batsmen scored runs aggressively throughout the tournament, while the bowlers also kept the team in a strong position by taking wickets at important junctures. From the group stage to the Super-8 and semi-finals, India won all the matches except one. Let’s take a look at his journey.
Indian team did not lose a single match in the group stage
The Indian team, which was present in Group-A in the group stage, defeated the USA cricket team by 29 runs in its first match. After this, in its second match, India defeated Namibia cricket team by 93 runs. In the third match against Pakistan cricket team, India had won by 61 runs. In the last group match against Netherlands cricket team, the team got a spectacular victory by 17 runs.
Indian team lost one match in Super-8
India suffered a crushing defeat by 76 runs against South Africa cricket team in its first Super-8 match. After this match the team made a strong comeback. Indian team defeated Zimbabwe cricket team by 72 runs. In its third match of this phase, the team led by Suryakumar Yadav defeated West Indies by 5 wickets and got the ticket for the semi-finals. Apart from India, South Africa had entered the semi-finals in this group.
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India defeated England in the semi-finals
In the semi-final held at Wankhede Stadium, India batted first and made a big score of 253/7. Sanju Samson (89) and Ishan Kishan (39) played good innings. In reply, the English team could only score 246/7 despite Jacob Bethel’s century (105). Apart from Bethal, Will Jacques (35) struggled, but could not lead his team to victory. Hardik Pandya took maximum 2 wickets for India.
These batsmen scored the most runs
Sanju Samson scored the most runs from the Indian team. This player scored 321 runs in 5 innings of 5 matches with an average of 80.25 and strike rate of 199.37. He scored 3 half-centuries with his bat. His best score was 97* runs. Ishan Kishan scored 317 runs in 9 innings at an average of 35.22 and strike rate of 193.29. Suryakumar Yadav scored 242 runs in 9 innings at a strike rate of 136.72.
These bowlers took the most wickets
The most successful bowlers from India were Jasprit Bumrah and Varun Chakraborty. Bumrah took 14 wickets in 8 matches at an average of 12.42 and economy rate of 6.21. Varun also played an important role in this successful campaign of India. He took 14 wickets in 9 innings at an average of 20.50 and economy rate of 9.25. Axar Patel took 11 wickets at an average of 18.63 and economy rate of 8.20.
These are the strong and weak sides of India
Samson was not a part of the team in the initial matches. During that time, spin bowlers were troubling openers Abhishek Sharma and Ishaan a lot in the initial overs. In such a situation, Samson returned and his aggressive batting helped India win many important matches, due to which he was chosen as ‘Player of the Tournament’. However, in bowling, India seemed more dependent on Jasprit Bumrah in many matches, while other bowlers proved expensive.
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