WILL INDIA’S CULT STATUS CRUMBLE UNDER NEW ZEALAND?

History and current status may count for very little when India and New Zealand meet in the final of the T20 World Cup to be played on Sunday in Ahmadabad, India.

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New Zealand eventually became the Dark Horse and booked their place in the final when very few pundits rated them with the emphasis being on teams like South Africa and Australia.

But the Kiwis earned their place in the final the hard and unexpected way as they dumped South Africa is a rousing display of batting in the semifinal winning the contest by a whopping nine wickets while needing just 12.5 overs to accomplish the task.

But while Sunday’s final will be a different occasion, New Zealand’s opening pair of Tim Seifert and Finn Allen have given their team something to go by after they posted a century stand in pursuit of the 170 target against South Africa.