The final of T20 World Cup 2026 will be played between India and New Zealand on Sunday, March 08 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Before the title match, New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner made a big threat to break the hearts of 140 crore Indians. Australian captain Pat Cummins broke the hearts of Indians in the ODI World Cup final played in 2023.

The final of the last ODI World Cup was also played at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, in which Team India had to face defeat against Australia. Now the final of the 2026 T20 World Cup will also be played in this stadium. Before the title match, let us know what Kiwi captain Santner said which left the Indian fans heartbroken.

won’t hesitate to break hearts

While answering questions on the title match against India in the press conference, Mitchell Santner said, “We will not hesitate to break some hearts to win the T20 World Cup.” If we understand in simple words, Santner says that he will not hesitate to break the hearts of Indian fans to win the T20 World Cup trophy.

New Zealand’s journey to reach the final

In the group stage, New Zealand entered the Super-8 by winning three out of four matches. The team had to face its only defeat against South Africa. After this, the team reached the semi-finals in Super-8 with just one win. Kiwi team’s first match in Super-8, which was to be played against Pakistan, was washed out due to rain. After this, in the next match played against Sri Lanka, New Zealand won by 61 runs. But then faced defeat by 4 wickets in the last match of Super-8 against England. Due to just one win and better net run rate, the team managed to reach the semi-finals.

New Zealand faced South Africa in the semi-finals. In the match, the Kiwi team won unilaterally by 9 wickets and made it to the finals. The Kiwi team had to face a crushing defeat against this African team in the group stage. Now it will be interesting to see how the New Zealand team performs against India in the final.

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