India, March 7 -- "It's easy to say it's just another game but everyone knows it's probably not."

Those were the most striking of Mitchell Santner's comments but there was more from the New Zealand captain's 15-minute media interaction on Saturday when he acknowledged the enormity of the occasion - the T20 World Cup final against hosts and favourites India.

New Zealand enter this year's final accompanied by the usual tropes. Of being a small country that punches above its weight, of being a bunch of nice men. There is constant chatter about their limited player pool and lightweight support staff. A lot of that may be true but they don't like losing, just like every other sporting team. And they don't need reminding that they have lost p...