Ex-India captain Sourav Ganguly, expressed his views and was quite angry over Santner's call of fielding first in the final.
The good news is that it was pacer's first offence in a 24-month period.
The Men In Blue handed Mitchell Santner and Co. a 96-run hammering, outplaying them in both departments.
India became the first team to win a T20 World Cup at home and also the first one to win back-to-back titles.
Arshdeep too apologised for his act right after delivering the final ball of the over and shook hands with Mitchell, following which they shared a side hug.
Sanju Samson's knock featured five fours and eight sixes, which took his tally of maximums to 24 in this edition of the World Cup.
Abhishek Sharma was dismissed for 52 off 21 balls, featuring three 4s and the same number of 6s.
Abhishek was expected to set the tournament on fire but three successive ducks, one half-century against Zimbabwe and scores of 15, 10 and 9 is all that he has to show in the tournament so far.
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Given the overwhelming odds against New Zealand, it was not surprising that captain Mitchell Santner followed Australia's Pat Cummins' lead and stated that his goal would be to quiet the over one lakh spectators at the Narendra Modi Stadium.
As the two sides meet for the fourth time, it'll be interesting to see which team walks away with the trophy this time around.
India reportedly are set to engage in five T20Is, two ODIs and two Tests against New Zealand between October-November.
While Ishan Kishan's stocks have raised since his return to the T20I fold, Sanju Samson miseries has left fans and experts questioning his spot in the playing XI.
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Abhishek Sharma has amassed an outstanding 1,267 runs with a strike-rate of 194.93 in his 37 T20Is for India thus far.
Despite Harshit Rana’s strike rate and combative mentality, having him at No. 7 means elongating the tail.
The clean-hitting Dube 65 (23 balls, 3x4, 7x6) batted all but his own in India’s steep chase of 216, but the hosts eventually finished at 165 all out as the Kiwis reduced the margin to 3-1 in the five-match series.
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India chased down their target of 155 runs in just 10 overs after losing Sanju Samson for a golden duck on the very first delivery of the chase.