New Zealand's road to T20 World Cup final: Calm Blackcaps' road to 3rd consecutive ICC event title clash
India Today
T20 World Cup: New Zealand have once again shown that they are the team to beat when it comes to ICC tournaments as they efficiently saw off the threat posed by India in the Super 12 and then beat the runaway tournament favourites England to reach a third consecutive major final.
New Zealand have not featured in just two of the last five major International Cricket Council (ICC) tournaments and yet, they have only won the title itself just once in those occasions. That victory came earlier this year when they trounced India in the inaugural final of the World Test Championship.
On the other two occasions, they were well and truly beaten by Australia in the final of the 2015 World Cup and then lost to England on the basis of a technicality, which was scrapped after the match, in the 2019 World Cup. Now they have a chance at winning a title again and firmly bury the ghosts of 2019, although captain Kane Williamson and coach Gary Stead have insisted that they don't exist within the team. They also have a chance at getting one back at their trans-Tasman rivals and have the unique achievement of holding the Test and T20 world titles simultaneously.
