India defeated New Zealand by 96 runs in the final in Ahmedabad.
India had been asked to bat first by Mitchell Santner, after the Kiwi captain won the toss. But the decision came back to bite him, as India posted a mammoth 255/5 in 20 overs, thanks to half-centuries by Sanju Samson (89), Abhishek Sharma (52), and Ishan Kishan (54).
In response, despite 52 by Tim Seifert and 43 by Mitchell Santner, New Zealand only managed 159 runs and lost the final by 96 runs. Jasprit Bumrah picked 4/15, and Axar Patel took three wickets as India successfully defended their T20 World Cup crown and became the first three-time winners of the tournament.
However, during the Kiwi innings, Mitchell and Arshdeep got into a heated argument. The incident happened off the fifth ball of the 11th over, when Singh threw the ball back at him in his follow-through and then walked back without apologizing. Suryakumar Yadav had to calm Mitchell down, while the umpire warned Arshdeep Singh.
Arshdeep apologized at the conclusion of the over, but after the game, he issued a more genuine apology to the New Zealand batting all-rounder, as shown in a video shared by the BlackCaps' Instagram account.
“I know I can apologize as much as I can, but really, I'm sorry,” Arshdeep can be heard telling Mitchell in the video before the pair shake hands and then share a chuckle.
Arshdeep then discussed it during an interview with the broadcasters. When commentator Harsha Bhogle pointed out that Arshdeep hurried away briefly just as he was about to talk.
The pacer said, "Just went to apologize to Mitchell. My throw reverse-swung and hit him, so I just wanted to say sorry to him for that. It was not intentional.”