In the 2026 T20 World Cup, Suryakumar Yadav led the squad admirably as India became the first country to win the coveted title three times, despite his lackluster batting performance.
The Men in Blue were as cheated as were the crowd after India beat New Zealand in the final on Sunday, March 8. The celebrations of each player were different. As Arshdeep Singh was busy shooting funny reels, Hardik Pandya and Ishan Kishan were dancing together. But the Indian captain was caught on camera bending to feel the pitch soil as the cameras panned to Suryakumar. He then put it on his forehead.
“The feeling is very good. As soon as we won, I had it in my heart that the thing which has given me everything, my earth, the cricket pitch, which has given me so much, touching it and applying it on my forehead was very important,” Suryakumar told NDTV.
Mitchell Santner offered to India to open the bat in the final and they made a record score of 255/5. In the case of the Asian giants, Sanju Samson, Abhishek Sharma and Ishan Kishan got fifties in rapid succession. New Zealand bowled out after only 159 in reply to the required 19 overs. Jasprit Bumrah was the star performer in India with four wickets in the bowling. These were his best figures in the T20I cricket. The Kiwis could not close in on the formidable objective despite the swift half-century of Tim Seifert.
