Indian Home Minister Amit Shah was spotted cheering on Team India in the final of the ICC T20 World Cup 2026 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Team India has started all guns blazing in the final by smashing 25 runs in the final, thanks to outstanding innings from Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan, Abhishek Sharma, and the finishing of Shivam Dube.

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Amit Shah, the home minister of India, has come to support the team in the final of the T20 World Cup 2026 in Ahmedabad. He is spotted with his wife, Sonal Shah, his daughter-in-law, and his grandchild.

 

 

The home minister was holding his beloved grandchild. This was a cute family moment for Amit Shah; however, his son and the ICC chairman, Jay Shah, was missing the moment. Probably, he is seated with the ICC management.

About the match

New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner won the toss and elected to bowl first against India in the final of the ICC T20 World Cup 2026 at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.

Playing XIs

India: Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Varun Chakravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh

New Zealand: Tim Seifert, Finn Allen, Rachin Ravindra, Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Daryl Mitchell, Mitchell Santner, James Neesham, Matt Henry, Lockie Ferguson, Jacob Duffy

India started amazingly well in the match. They scored 92 runs in the power play thanks to the 18-ball half-century of Abhishek Sharma, which was also the fastest in this T20 World Cup 2026, and Sanju Samson’s power hitting. Abhishek got out on 52 runs off 21 balls, including 3 sixes and 6 fours.

India did not stop after his wickets; next, Sanju and Ishan carried forward the momentum. Sanju scored 89 runs off 46 balls, and Abhishek and Kishan smashed half centuries. In the Shivam Dube played a knock of 26 runs off 8 balls to help India score 255 runs, which is the highest score in the T20 World Cup history.