Jason Pine: Sportstalk host on India beating out the Black Caps to retain T20 World Cup title

The post-mortem has begun into New Zealand's 96-run T20 World Cup cricket final loss to India at Ahmedabad.

The hosts defended their title and won the tournament for a third time after amassing 255 for five.

Sportstalk host Jason Pine recapped the action further.

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Hello Piney, Hello Heather. Right. So could they have done
anything differently this morning?

Speaker 3 (00:13):
Well, I guess the only thing they could physically have
done is batted first upon winning the toss. But that's
very much hindsight. Being twenty twenty and all of the
information going into the game was the best strategy would
be if you won the toss to send your opposition
in because bowling's a bit more difficult later on in
these games as the lights go down. But look, I

(00:34):
look at it, and I just watched the way I
got up at what to watch this game at two
thirty this morning, and by about three o'clock India had
got ninety off the first six overs and the game
was very much taken away from the Black Apps. I
just think it's one of those where India just absolutely
monstered us, regardless of what we did bowling wise, they
just took it to us. The top three one hundred
and ninety odd runs off ninety balls between the three

(00:56):
of them two point fifty five. I'm not I don't
think we're ever chasing that down. So yeah, one fifty nine,
it looks like a big loss. Enitors. I don't know
that there's anything they could do in hindsight against such
a powerful Indian team this morning.

Speaker 2 (01:08):
Is it possible that they did just play their final
one game too early?

Speaker 3 (01:12):
Very much, So that's possible. Yeah, goodwin against South Africa,
and that's not the first time that's happened. Heither. They've
had good wines and semi finals before the black Caps.
I think back to twenty fifteen Grant Elliot's six, you
know down the ground, that iconic moment that got us
into that World Cup final. We beat India in twenty
nineteen to make the World Cup final. Just haven't quite
been able to make that second step, even the Champions
Trophy last year. We put three sixty on Australia to

(01:35):
make that final and again couldn't get across the line.
So maybe we just peak one game too early. I
don't know, yep.

Speaker 1 (01:41):
Maybe.

Speaker 2 (01:41):
Now Locke, who sits next to me in the office
from time to time, reckons that this is the last
season for Liam Lawson because he's just not good enough.

Speaker 3 (01:49):
Yeah, I know Locke a little bit, and look I
far be it from me to cast dispersions on his
Formula one knowledge Massive one one. Yeah. Well one race though,
and he stalled on the line. That's not his fault,
is it. That's the fauld of the car by the
sounds of it. You know, there's Liam Lawson. Honestly, it's
like when you're at the traffic lights, isn't it, and
you're driving a manual and the light goes green and

(02:09):
you're supposed to go in your stall. That's what it
looked like. And he almost got rare ended Liam Lawson.
That's not supposed to happen, is it? Just like Isa
hadjas car is not supposed to catch fire. You know.
Oscar Piastri didn't even make it to the start line.
So are they all all of a sudden bad drivers?
I think we need a bigger body of work to
make that a sense.

Speaker 2 (02:28):
For Tiny, I mean, he got a chance, he got relegated.
He just he's almost there, but he just never manages
to break through to that next level.

Speaker 3 (02:37):
He was given two races for Red Bull, wasn't he.
And I think he started to really get the hang
of it last year. I think we all hoped that
from eighth on the grid he qualified eighth. Let's not
forget that that he would get points and start to
consistently perform. I'm absolutely not willing to ride him off
after one race, but I'll be interested to see how
he rebounds in China this coming weekend.

Speaker 2 (02:57):
Okay, hey Piney, thank you very much. Really appreciate it.
Jason Pine Sports Stalkcoast.

Speaker 1 (03:01):
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