India vs New Zealand, Final, ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026 - Player Highlights

Axar Patel to Finn Allen, out Caught by Tilak Varma!! The change of bat did not work for Finn Allen. He inspects the toe end of the bat before trudging back to the pavilion. SKY walks up to Axar and gives him a tight hug. Quicker delivery darted in on the stumps, Allen went back to play the slog pull and mistimed it off the thick inside half. Flat and straight to Tilak at long-on. Shivam Dube will feel relieved right now. Remember, he dropped Allen when he was on nought. Finn Allen c Tilak Varma b Axar Patel 9(7) [4s-1]

Axar Patel to Finn Allen, FOUR, this time the short ball is not spared. Finn Allen stood still and slapped it back over the non-striker's head, beating the desperate dive of Tilak at long-on to his left

Axar Patel to Finn Allen, 1 run, Axar got away with one there. Dropped short and sliding in with the arm, Allen jumps on the back foot and mistimes the pull to the left of Rinku at deep mid-wicket

Hardik Pandya to Finn Allen, 1 run, 134ks fuller than a good length outside off, Allen shuffles across and mistimes the lap sweep to the right of Tilak at fine leg

Arshdeep Singh to Finn Allen, 1 run, full on the stumps, Finn Allen pushes the drive to the right of Dube at mid-off for a quick single

Arshdeep Singh to Finn Allen, 2 runs, dropped. 129ks swinging away just outside off, Allen early into the loft gets it off the cue end of the bat and sends it high into the night sky over mid-off, Dube kept running back and failed to get a hand on it in the end. Too much air time? Allen slammed the bat onto his pad and Arshdeep was on a celebratory run, but....just wasn't to be in the end. In fact, the replays suggest that the ball grazed the fingertips (pointing skywards) and fell onto the ground...

Arshdeep Singh to Finn Allen, no run, full and aiming for the base of off stump, Allen plays the bottom-handed on-drive and finds Hardik at mid-on