Stats Preview: List of approaching milestones in India vs New Zealand T20 World Cup 2026 final

The T20 World Cup 2026 has reached the business end with India and New Zealand gearing up to clash in the all-important final at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday, March 8.

New Zealand sailed through the semi-final smoothly, annihilating the South Africans with both bat and ball. Finn Allen went berserk during the 170-run chase, smashing 100* off just 33 balls which is now the fastest T20 World Cup ton and also the fastest for New Zealand in T20I cricket.

India, on the other hand, had a close finish against England who did not give up at any stage despite chasing a humongous 254 runs. Jacob Bethell led the charge with his maiden century in the format, but Jasprit Bumrah's economical 18th over (six runs) almost put the game in India's pocket. Eventually, India won by seven runs to set up another date with New Zealand in an ICC event final. Incidentally last year, the teams met each other in the final of the Champions Trophy 2025 wherein India came out trumps by four wickets.

Both the teams have clashed with each other thrice in the history of T20 World Cups (2007, 2016, 2021). On all three occasions, the Kiwis defeated the Indians by fairly comfortable margins. In terms of ICC finals across formats, the BlackCaps lead the race as well with two wins (ICC Knockout Trophy 2000, WTC 2021 final) out of three matches.

Here are the approaching milestones in the India vs New Zealand final -

India

1) Suryakumar Yadav is 79 runs away from completing 19,000 runs in First Class + List A + T20 cricket. He is 41 runs away from 9500 runs in T20 cricket and 2 sixes away from 200 sixes in international cricket.

2) Varun Chakravarthy is 4 wickets away from completing 200 wickets in T20 cricket.

3) Washington Sundar is 2 wickets away from completing 300 wickets in First Class + List A + T20 cricket.

4) Kuldeep Yadav is 5 wickets away from completing 100 T20I wickets.

5) Tilak Varma is 50 runs away from completing 1500 runs in international cricket.

6) Sanju Samson is 2 sixes away from completing 100 sixes in international cricket, 7 fours away from 600 fours in First Class + List A + T20 cricket.

7) Hardik Pandya is 72 runs away from completing 10,000 runs in First Class + List A + T20 cricket, 9 fours away from 800 fours in First Class + List A + T20 cricket, 3 runs away from 1000 runs in ICC tournaments.

8) Abhishek Sharma is 7 sixes away from completing100 sixes in T20Is, 44 runs away from 8500 runs in First Class + List A + T20 cricket.

9) Axar Patel is 11 runs away from completing 9000 runs in First Class + List A + T20 cricket, 4 fours away from 250 fours in T20 cricket.

10) Shivam Dube is 78 runs away from completing 4000 runs in T20 cricket, 5 sixes away from 250 sixes in T20 cricket.

11) Arshdeep Singh is 3 wickets away from achieving the most number of wickets by a pacer in ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.

12) Jasprit Bumrah is 3 wickets away from achieving the most number of wickets by a pacer in ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, 1 wicket away from most wickets for India in ICC tournaments.

New Zealand

1) Tim Seifert is 87 runs away from completing 13,000 runs in First Class + List A + T20 cricket, 8 fours away from 700 fours in T20 cricket.

2) Cole McConchie is 35 runs away from completing 2000 runs in T20 cricket.

3) Rachin Ravindra is 9 fours away from completing 200 fours in T20 cricket,14 runs away from 1000 runs in ICC tournaments.

4) Finn Allen is 8 sixes away from completing 350 sixes in T20 cricket, 96 runs away from 8000 runs in First Class + List A + T20 cricket, 81 runs away from 500 runs in ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.

5) Devon Conway is 36 runs away from completing 6000 runs in international cricket, 1 four away from 700 fours in international cricket.

6) Mitchell Santner is 2 wickets away from completing 350 wickets in international cricket.

7) Daryl Mitchell is 84 runs away from completing 500 runs in ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, 3 catches away from most catches for New Zealand in ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.

8) Glenn Phillips is 2 catches away from achieving the most number of catches for New Zealand in ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.

9) Matt Henry is 2 wickets away from achieving 50 wickets in ICC tournaments.