5 min readMar 11, 2026 06:47 PM IST India won their third T20 World Cup with a 96-run win over New Zealand in the T20 World Cup final at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad in front of the home crowd. It was a rare World Cup triumph for India in home conditions: India’s last World Cup win at home was in the 2011 ODI World Cup, with the MS Dhoni-led side scoring a six-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the final at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Just like in the recent T20 World Cup, one of the defining games for India back in 2011 was a win over arch-rivals Pakistan, where the Dhoni-led Indian team stormed into the final with a 29-run win over Shahid Afridi-led Pakistan in the semi-final played at Mohali, which was also watched by the Indian PM Dr Manmohan Singh and then Pakistan PM Yusuf Raza Gilani. Afridi has now shared how the Indian team benefited from the home crowd and how some of the Pakistan batsmen were trembling while going …