New Delhi, March 9 -- "The strength of the pack is the wolf, and the strength of the wolf is the pack," wrote Rudyard Kipling. The triumph of the Indian men in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026 illustrates this truth vividly. It was a victory of the pack-one that placed yet another jewel in the crown of India's expanding empire of T20 dominance.

On a historic night in Ahmedabad on 8 March 2026, India defeated New Zealand and successfully defended their T20 World Cup crown which hey had won in the 2024 edition held in United States and the Caribbean. That triumph started a golden run for India in the shorter format of the game resulting in victorious campaign in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 and now this victory which completes a hattrick ...