Pakyong, March 9 -- You don't just walk into the Narendra Modi Stadium and expect a quiet game of cricket. Not on a Sunday night, and certainly not with a World Cup on the line. Yesterday, over 86,000 fans watched as Suryakumar Yadav's Team India tore up the script, bulldozing New Zealand by a staggering 96 runs to claim their third T20 World Cup-becoming the first men's team in history to successfully defend the title.

And they did it with absolute, ruthless dominance.

The writing was on the wall the moment Kane Williamson won the toss and opted to bowl. Hoping the late-evening dew would make a chase easier, the Kiwi skipper was instead hit by an avalanche. Abhishek Sharma gave India a terrifyingly fast start, bringing up the tournamen...