Santner’s males don’t have to look far for inspiration.
The venue for this closing is identical because the showpiece of the 2023 50-over World Cup, when Australia surprised beforehand unbeaten India to take the title.
Beneath the load of expectation, India had been tentative with the bat and dismissed for 240 earlier than Travis Head’s century powered Australia to a speedy victory.
“There’s clearly a number of strain on India to win this World Cup at dwelling,” Santner mentioned.
“We will go on the market and try to put that added strain on them and see what occurs.”
In opposition to Australia, India reached 76-1 inside 10 overs however solely 72 runs got here between the beginning of the eleventh and the top of the thirtieth.
The change in format ought to forestall India being cautious once more however New Zealand, who’ve reached this closing regardless of shedding to South Africa and England beforehand within the competitors, should pounce on any signal.
India captain Suryakumar Yadav mentioned he didn’t really feel the necessity to talk about the 2023 defeat with the group.
“Now we have been getting ready for this stage very well,” he mentioned. “It began two years again and the circle has come to the identical stadium in that we left in 2023.
“Hopefully we play some good cricket, be brave in robust conditions. That’s the easy message to the group.”
