Australia win maiden T20 World Cup title, beat New Zealand

Now Australia is new T20 world champion, David Warner, Mitchell Marsh and Josh Hazlewood on Sunday emerged as heroes  in Dubai as Australia ended their 14-year-long wait for a maiden T20 World Cup trophy. They  beat rivals New Zealand by 8 wickets in the final of the tournament. Mitchell Marsh (77*), along with opener David Warner (53) led the successful 173-run chase for Australia, as the side cruised to victory with 7 balls to spare.

Australian captain Aaron Finch winning the all-important toss and opting to bowl. After a fighting innings from Kane Williamson led New Zealand to 172/4 in 20 overs, half-centuries from Warner and Marsh took Australia to a historic first title. It was yet another World Cup final heartbreak for New Zealand, however, with a seemingly easy run-chase from Australia reminiscing the memories of the ODI World Cup final in 2015.   New Zealand rode on a stunning 85 from Kane Williamson to post 115 runs in the last 10 overs. They posted the lowest-ever powerplay total of the tournament -- 32 for 1 and huffed and puffed to 57/1 in 10 overs. However, Williamson switched gears after he was dropped on 21 by Hazlewood and put on a masterclass of "clever shot-making".