Updated On: 14 November, 2023 04:08 PM IST | Mumbai | PTI
So while India will look to wipe away the pain of Manchester 2019 where they were eliminated from the semis by the New Zealanders, Rohit Sharma`s boys are unlikely to do it with a sense of revenge. It`s more of a purpose of reaching the final rather than retribution

New Zealand cricket team (Pic: File Pic)
With Pakistan, it`s war. With Australia it`s a game of one- upmanship. With former Colonial rulers England, it`s payback time. But one team that Indians find hard to hold a grudge against, of any kind, are the Blackcaps, the perennial "good guys" of the game.
"Even if you want to think of revenge, these guys are so nice you cannot get into that zone," Virat Kohli had famously said before a T20 game in a bilateral series in New Zealand in 2020. "They are probably one side that has set the example for teams to play international cricket."