‘Pressure on India to win T20 World Cup at home… our goal is to silence the crowd’: Mitchell Santner | Cricket News

File photo of New Zealand skipper Mitchell Santner during the T20 World Cup final. (ANI) TimesofIndia.com in Ahmedabad: Mitchell Santner was slightly overwhelmed when he settled into his chair to address the media ahead of the T20 World Cup final against India in Ahmedabad. The room was packed and before the floor opened for questions, hands were frantically raised to shoot queries at the New Zealand captain. The over fifteen minutes of questions and answers mostly manuevered around the expected lines but before he got up, the all-rounder spoke about the pressure India will carry in this game. The pressure of hosting an event. Of defending a title. Of carrying the hopes of a nation is no small matter. When you combine the three, things reach next level. Meanwhile, opponents view this feeling

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