New Zealand set a target of 173 runs to Australia, Williamson scored at a strike rate of 178

NZ vs AUS Final: New Zealand captain Kane Williamson has played a brilliant innings in the final of the T20 World Cup-2021. He scored 85 runs in 48 balls. His strike rate was 177.08. Thanks to Kane Williamson’s innings, New Zealand scored 172 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in 20 overs. Australia has to score 173 runs in 20 overs to win this title match.

This is the highest score in the history of T20 World Cup final. Earlier in 2016, West Indies scored the highest score of 161 runs against England.

New Zealand got off to a slow start

Electing to bat after losing the toss, New Zealand’s start was very slow. In the first 10 overs, the team’s score was 57 runs for one wicket. But in the last 10 overs, the team scored 115 runs to take the score beyond 170 runs. Opener Martin Guptill scored 28 runs in 35 balls for New Zealand. Fast bowler Mitchell Starc proved to be expensive for Australia. He gave 60 runs in 4 overs. Josh Hazlewood took 3 wickets for 16 runs in 4 overs.

Kane Williamson made a record

Williamson has become the player to play the biggest innings as a captain in the final of the T20 World Cup. Earlier in 2009, Kumar Sangakkara of Sri Lanka played the biggest innings of 64 not out against Pakistan in the final. Kane Williamson hit 10 fours and 3 sixes in the innings. That is, he scored 58 runs only from the boundary. This is the biggest innings of a player in the final of T20 World Cup. Earlier, Marlon Samuels of West Indies also scored an unbeaten 85 against England in the final of the 2016 World Cup.

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