New Delhi. It is not easy for the New Zealand team to cross against Australia. We are saying this because the statistics of New Zealand’s team in the knockout stage of the multinational tournament against Australia are not bad, but substandard. Some such figures have been in the Pakistan team’s World Cup against India. Although Pakistan’s team has washed away this stigma in this T20 World Cup and achieved the first victory in World Cup history against India, the Kiwi team’s win in the knockout stage against Australia has been pending since 1981.
Actually, 29 January 1981 was the day when New Zealand team under the captaincy of Jeff Howart defeated Australia by 78 runs in the first final of the Benson & Hedges World Series Cup. This was the first and last time, when the Kangaroo team was defeated by the Kiwi team in a knockout match. After this, more than a dozen captains changed, but New Zealand’s luck remained a disappointment. This disappointment deepened on Sunday, 14 November, when New Zealand suffered an 8-wicket defeat at the hands of Australia in the final match of the T20 World Cup 2021 and the team’s dream of winning the World Cup was dashed.
For your information, let us tell you that since 1981, for New Zealand, Jeremy Corne, Jeff Crowe, John Wright, Martin Crowe, Ian Smith, Kane Rutherford, Lee German, Stephen Fleming, Dion Nash, Daniel Vettori, Ross Taylor, Brendon McCullum , Tom Latham and Kane Williamson have captained, but the Kiwis have not been able to beat Australia in the knockout matches of the multinational teams tournament. Although the only match between the two teams was played before this in the history of T20 World Cup, in which the Kiwi team won, but the way Australia have leveled the account with New Zealand, it is a great thing in itself.
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