T20 World Cup 2021 has reached it’s conclusion with Australia defeating New Zealand by 8 wickets to win their first ever T20 World Championship and became the sixth ever team to win the T20 World Cup.
This is the second time that Aussies have defeated Kiwis in the final of a World Cup and stole their chances to lift the World Cup.
Australia won the toss and elected to bowl first. Kiwis batting first managed to score 172 at the loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs and Aussies chased it with 8 wickets and 7 balls remaining.
Mitchell Marsh was awarded with the player of the match for his splendid knock of unbeaten 77 runs of 50 deliveries.
David Warner was awarded with the player of the tournament for his amazing batting throughout the tournament. He was struggling a bit in the beginning but turned out to be the most important asset by the end and even scored a crucial half century in the finals.
Match Summary
Australia won the toss and invited New Zealand to bat first. Martin Guptill and Daryl Mitchell came to open the innings for New Zealand.
The openers failed to gave their team a start as Josh Hazlewood gave Kiwis their first blow in the fourth over itself.
Daryl Mitchell got out after scoring 11 runs of 8 balls. Kiwis lost their hero of Semifinals early in the innings.
The Skipper Kane Williamson came into join Guptill and progress the scoreboard. Both of them joined 48 runs and helped Kiwis in the early innings.
New Zealand’s run rate in the first 10 overs was below 6 as they could only manage to score 57 runs in the first 10 overs at the loss of 1 wicket.
Australia in the very next over of Mitchell Starc lost the chance to grab the crucial wicket of Kane Williamson as Josh Hazlewood dropped his catch on the boundary lane. A mistake Aussies went on regretting by the end of the innings.
Kane Williamson then went on smashing three consecutive boundaries in the same over.
Adam Zampa gave Aussies a much needed breakthrough in the 12th over as he dismissed Martin Guptill on the score of 28 balls of 35 balls.
Glenn Phillips joined Kane Williamson who completed his half century in the 13th over.
Williamson changed the gear and started firing blazing shots and even smashed 22 runs in the 16th over of Mitchell Starc.
Phillips and Williamson joined a quick 68 partnership out of which Glenn Phillips only scored 18 runs.
Josh Hazlewood came in aid of the Aussies as he dismissed both the set batsmen in the same over. Glenn Phillips got out after scoring 18 runs of 17 balls.
Kane Williamson played a great and crucial knock of 85 runs of just 48 balls and helped his side to reach a respectable total.
Now James Neesham and Tim Seifert were on the pitch with the role of giving their team a big finish.
Both of them joined 23 runs in the last two overs and helped their side finish with 172 on the scoreboard.
Kiwis could only score 57 in the first half of the innings and then smashed 115 in the second half. They finish their innings on 172 at the loss of 4 wickets.
David Warner and Aaron Finch came to open the innings for Australia and chase the target.
They failed to gave the start as Trent Boult dismissed the skipper Aaron Finch on the score of 5 on 7 balls in the third over itself.
Mitchell Marsh joined Warner and progressed the scoreboard. Both played a sensible innings and even fired blazing shots.
They joined a 92 runs crucial partnership and helped their side in the early and middle overs. Warner completed his half century in the 11th over by smashing a six on Neesham’s ball.
Trent Boult gave Kiwis their much required break through in the 13th with the big wicket of David Warner.
David Warner got out after scoring an amazing knock of 38 balls.
Maxwell joined Marsh who completed his half century 14th over in a similar manner to Warner by smashing a six on Ish Sodhi’s delivery.
Both of them lead the innings from there and ensured that Aussies win their first ever T20 World Championship.
Mitchell Marsh smashed an unbeaten 77 of 50 balls and Maxwell returned after scoring 28 of 18 balls not out.
Aussies chased the target with 8 wickets and 7 balls remaining and won the T20 World Cup 2021.
Trent Boult was the only bowler from Kiwis to grab wickets. He finished with 2 wickets for just 18 runs out of which 10 runs came in his last over.
This is the second occasion where Australia have defeated New Zealand in an ICC tournament final after the 2015 World Cup final.
