India vs New Zealand: T20 World Cup final – ‘No pressure, no fun’ for hosts
Al Jazeera
India have a treble of firsts before them in T20 World Cup final vs New Zealand, and the expectations of 1.4 billion fans behind them.
The best way to deal with pressure is to embrace it, India captain Suryakumar Yadav reminded his teammates ahead of Sunday’s final of the Twenty20 World Cup at the Narendra Modi Stadium.
India are bidding to become the first team to retain the T20 World Cup title, to win it on home soil and to win the trophy for a record third time.
To achieve all that, they will have to deal with not just a strong New Zealand XI but also the weight of expectation from a cricket-mad nation of 1.4 billion people.
Leading the team in the final of a home World Cup was a “special feeling”, and Suryakumar said they were looking forward to the challenge.
“There are nerves, butterflies in the stomach, but as I always say – if there’s no pressure, there’s no fun,” Suryakumar told reporters on Saturday.
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