India, March 5 -- Wankhede doesn't do safe. It does scoreboard drama - the kind where 180 looks normal, 190 looks chaseable, and a big match can turn on two balls, one over, one mistake. That's exactly why Dinesh Karthik reached for 2016 in a press roundtable interaction arranged by JioHotstar: not as nostalgia, but as a warning label stuck on this venue.

India's semi-final against England is being sold as a pace-vs-batting shootout, and sure - England's quicks can make the ball talk. But DK's point was sharper: at Wankhede, the real swing factor is pressure management. If you can't keep pressure for 20 overs, the total you thought was enough becomes a target someone enjoys chasing.

Dinesh Karthik's reference was to the 2016 World T20 s...