India outclass New Zealand to retain T20 World Cup

This time it was India. It had to be India.

Two years ago, at the last, they faltered on the biggest stage.

The weight of expectation, a final in front of 100,000 and a billion more at home, made them flinch.

They had broken their trophy drought since - first in Barbados in 2024 and then Dubai last year - but back in another home final, would that pressure stop them again?