🏏ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026: Final IND vs NZ in Ahmedabad 🏏 - Page 10

Originally posted by: MoonKS

But Indians do not understand that part when it comes to him

And yeah we are winning tonight

Yeah they literally expect every opposing team to give up their wishes to win for their country and sacrifice the trophy so that they don't get trolled by Indian fans. 🤣 Aisa nahi hoga na. Kuch Indian fans ka bas chale toh they will say, aap log khelo hi mat. Chupchap trophy SKY ko dedo aur next flight se chale jao apna country. 😂

He didn't end up as the Player of the Match in either of them, but Jasprit Bumrah repeated in the semi-final the work he did in the final two years ago. England had brought a chase of 254 down to 69 off the last five, but Bumrah bowled two of those overs for just 14 runs. If he can again put in a performance where New Zealand only take what is on offer, India should win.

Daryl Mitchell has had a quiet tournament. He hardly got to bat in the group stage and then had an ordinary Super Eight round on slower pitches in Sri Lanka. Having steered New Zealand to their first ODI series win in India in January, Mitchell will be vital to his team because he has scored at two a ball against Bumrah in internationals, and 10.18 per over overall. If he can impose on Bumrah a normal day at the T20 office, he will have gone a long way to helping New Zealand's cause.

Abhishek will not be touched, but India have a Varun Chakravarthy problem. Eight of his leakiest spells in T20Is have come in the last two and a half months. Current form has higher weightage in T20 cricket than in other formats and Varun's current form is 11.6 per over and four wickets since the start of the Super Eight round. The three alternatives are Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj and Washington Sundar in that order of likelihood because India won't want to diminish their striking ability.

India (probable): 1 Abhishek Sharma, 2 Sanju Samson (wk), 3 Ishan Kishan, 4 Tilak Varma, 5 Suryakumar Yadav (capt), 6 Hardik Pandya, 7 Shivam Dube, 8 Axar Patel, 9 Arshdeep Singh, 10 Jasprit Bumrah, 11 Varun Chakravarthy/Kuldeep Yadav/Mohammed Siraj

Sujatha : "The way Mitch Santner's overall game has reached reached another level is a lesson in itself for every captain. He has delivered the goods every since he was made captain. What an inspiration!"

I miss one and only

Kohli ji

Sant bhai is either over confident or junooni

Who knows

Sunitha : "Life lessons same as sport. A month ago Abhishek Sharma was the hottest topic , he couldn't put a foot wrong. Cometh yhe WT20 everything has turned upside down for him. Something inside yours truly feels that Abhishek Sharma would deliver a strong performance tonight. " -- The good thing India have done is to stick with him.

Shubha : "A fervently appeal to the ICC : should dew be a significant factor in the future, irrespective of the venue,start games at 8pm so that no team is at a distinct (dis) advantage after the toss. "

The New Zealand bus has also arrived and the players are making their way into the stadium.

5.45pm India won the 2024 T20 World Cup, but have gone on to stretch the limits of T20 batting since then, becoming a unit that now looks even more dangerous and difficult to beat. Behind this improvement has been a commitment to batting with no brakes on.

The orange seats are slowly turning blue as the home fans start to stream in. There is a blue stage set all around the centre pitch, where the performances will take place.

Sunitha : "Life lessons same as sport. A month ago Abhishek Sharma was the hottest topic , he couldn't put a foot wrong. Cometh yhe WT20 everything has turned upside down for him. Something inside yours truly feels that Abhishek Sharma would deliver a strong performance tonight. " -- The good thing India have done is to stick with him.

Chuvi : "Just don't tinker with your winning 11 - despite the poor form"

I sure hope so!

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