IND vs NZ, T20 World Cup final: Head-to-head record and biggest matches involving India and New Zealand

The T20 World Cup is set to witness a first on Sunday, one way or another. Either India become the first team in the history of the tournament to not only win a third title but to also lift the trophy on home soil as well as in consecutive editions, or New Zealand become the seventh team to win the tournament. The Men in Blue and the Black Caps have already achieved a unique feat ahead of Sunday’s blockbuster match, becoming the first teams in cricket history to face off in the final of an ICC event in all three formats.

Their journey to the final aren’t exactly the same either. India won all four matches in the group stage, suffered a comprehensive defeat at the hands of South Africa and then qualified for the knockouts after beating Zimbabwe and West Indies. Suryakumar Yadav and his men would then win a high-scoring thriller against England in the second semi-final at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium.

New Zealand, meanwhile, had finished second behind the Proteas in their group, and were left needing a favour from Sri Lanka for them to advance to the semis after their Super 8 fixtures against Pakistan and England ended in a washout and a narrow defeat respectively, though they did boost their chances with a sound thrashing of the Lankans.

And their semi-final victory couldn’t be more different from that of India, with the Kiwis restricting South Africa to 169/8 at Kolkata’s Eden Gardens before chasing it down with nine wickets and nearly eight overs to spare .

Ahead of Sunday’s final at Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium, we take a look at the head-to-head record between India and New Zealand as well as some of their biggest fixtures at ICC events over the years.

India vs New Zealand head-to-head record

Matches: 30

India won: 18 (Including two Super Over wins)

New Zealand won: 10

Tied: 1

No Result: 0

While India enjoy a healthy lead over New Zealand in T20Is, it’s the other way round when it comes to their H2H record in T20 World Cups, with the Black Caps having won all three meetings till date. New Zealand had won their Super 8 encounter by 10 runs in the inaugural edition in 2007, and would hand them a 47-run thrashing after bowling them out for just 79 in Nagpur in 2016.

Their most recent encounter was in the 2021 edition in the UAE, in which the Kiwis delivered the knockout punch to India in the form of a comprehensive eight-wicket defeat in Dubai.

Biggest fixtures between India and New Zealand across formats

Here’s a list of some of the biggest matches of all time involving the teams that are set to lock horns in Sunday’s T20 World Cup final in Ahmedabad and their results:

– ICC KnockOut (Champions Trophy) final in Nairobi on 15 October, 2000: New Zealand won by 4 wickets

– ICC World Cup semi-final in Manchester on 9 July 2019: New Zealand won by 18 runs

– ICC World Test Championship final in Southampton on 18 June, 2021: New Zealand won by 8 wickets

– ICC World Cup semi-final in Mumbai on 15 November, 2023: India won by 70 runs

– ICC Champions Trophy final in Dubai on 9 March, 2025: India won by 4 wickets