In any final, the outcome mostly depends on how a team handles pressure. The heart rate operates above normal ranges, and even the best in the business feel the heat of the occasion. Add to this the subtext of playing at a venue carrying the ghosts of a World Cup past. Close to 1,00,000 people in the stands, painting the venue blue, make the situation and occasion anything but easy.
‘Pressure’ was the oft-repeated word when India captain Suryakumar Yadav addressed the media on the eve of the T20 World Cup final. Surya was part of the XI that suffered heartbreak at the hands of Australia on 19 November, 2023 in the ODI World Cup final.
