‘Pressure does funny issues’: Giant-killer Zimbabwe warn wounded India…

‘Pressure does funny issues’: Giant-killer Zimbabwe warn wounded India…

Zimbabwe all-rounder Ryan Burl said his team is conscious of the process ahead against India however believes the stress of a must-win T20 World Cup match may have an effect on the hosts when the two sides meet on Thursday.

The Group 1 Super Eights conflict at the MA Chidambaram Stadium is essential for each groups after India misplaced to South Africa and Zimbabwe went all the way down to the West Indies.

“Yeah, it is a must-win match for us, but it’s also a must-win game for India. There’s obviously a lot at stake here, being a World Cup game and if we are to progress to the semifinals, we both want to look at winning tomorrow’s game,” Burl said at the pre-match press convention.

“Obviously, we don’t get to play India a lot, so it’s something that we really have been looking forward to. Playing India in India is a challenge in itself. They obviously got a home ground advantage, but the added pressure of both teams needing to win tomorrow’s game.

“Pressure does funny things to teams. And obviously it being a World Cup, there’s that added pressure as well. We hope to execute our process tomorrow,” he added.

Burl said Zimbabwe’s bowling choices may assist them counter India’s batting.

“We’re doing a lot of our homework. Obviously, India’s got that firepower where they obviously go really hard in the power play and if they don’t lose wickets, they’ve got guys that can go hard throughout. We’ve obviously got a lot of options (in bowling) and that’s probably one of the advantages of the Zimbabwe lineup.”

“We’ve got left-arm seamer, right-arm seamer, we’ve got a couple of leg-spinners, we’ve got an off spinner, we’ve got a left arm offie. So, we do have quite a lot of depth and I think it will probably just come down to what are the match-ups depending on the batters that are out there and, obviously, the combinations that we do look to go for,” he added.

The all-rounder said the team has moved on from the loss to the West Indies.

“To be honest, I think we can only take positives from that defeat. It sounds weird, but we hadn’t really had a bad game until then. So there is massive learning in that.

“And in saying that, India obviously also had their bad game against South Africa. So we’re both looking to bounce back, and no better place than to do that tomorrow,” he said.

Burl also confirmed that captain Sikandar Raza is match despite taking a blow in the earlier match against West Indies.

“Sikandar Raza is 100% playing. Good luck telling him that he’s not going to play against India. Yeah, he’s going to be playing,” he added.

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