Team India face off against South Africa on Saturday with the coveted ICC T20 World Cup trophy up for grabs at the Kensington Oval in Barbados as the men in blue look to end a title drought of over a decade against debutant finalists South Africa.
Both finalists are unbeaten heading into the summit clash and India’s 1983 World Cup-winning all-rounder Kirti Azad opined that India will have to go all guns blazing against the first-tie finalists, as they are an unknown entity in terms of championship clashes.
“It is very difficult to talk about South Africa as it is their first time in the final of any ICC tournament. They were even called ‘chokers’ as they used to always choke in the semi-finals which is why it will be difficult to predict how they will perform in the final,” Azad said.
“But yes they will give it their best to win and India have to be careful to not get too complacent and we don’t end up choking the game. The hope will be that we put up a good score,” he added.
He advised India to practice caution and not get too complacent, which could turn out to be their own undoing.
“As we saw the pitches last time out in the semifinals, the ball was not bouncing too much and staying low. We will have to be careful and give them a good target. South Africa ko choke karaana hoga (We will have to get South Africa to choke),” Azad added.
India have done well across departments to dominate all their assignment en route to the final and the bowling unit has particularly stood out, spearheaded by strike pacer Jasprit Bumrah’s brilliance and the wily spinner who have spun a web of spin to scalp multiple batters throughout the event.
“I had full belief that the way the Indian team is, we will perform well and win the World Cup. The performance by all players has been top-notch, especially the bowlers in the likes of Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav and Axar Patel have been bowling well,” the all-rounder said.
“India’s bowling attack is second to none. The biggest plus point for our side is the way Rohit is batting,” added the World Cup winner.
He went on to applaud the leadership of skipper Rohit Sharma and wished the captain the best for the eagerly-awaited championship clash.
“All captains have performed well. If you look at Virat Kohli’s captaincy, India won a lot of series during his tenure that they had not won before. Every captain has his own style, Rohit is the captain currently and he is doing well so I wish him all the best and hope they win the final,” Azad signed off.
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