Former Pakistan cricketer Inzamam-ul-Haq thinks that India is the most dangerous team in the T20 world on subcontinent pitches. The Men In Blue confirmed their prowess on such covers with a dominant win over Australia in the final warm-up fight ahead of the Super 12s step of the tournament.
2⃣ in 2⃣ for #TeamIndia! 🔝👌👌
India beat Australia and register their second win in a row in the warm-up games 👏👏#INDvAUS #T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/CKL9oK7yI6
— BCCI (@BCCI) October 20, 2021
India scaled-down the 153-run mark with above two overs to spare and 8-wickets in hand at the ICC Academy in Dubai. Inzamam-ul-Haq regarded India’s prowess which accommodated them chase down the target. Discoursing on his Official YouTube channel, Inzamam-ul-Haq said:
“India played their warm-up fixture against Australia rather comfortably. On subcontinent pitches like these, India is the most dangerous T20 side in the world. Even today, if we see the 155 runs they chased down, they did not even need Virat Kohli to do so.”
Spin is doing the trick for #TeamIndia! 👌 👌@rdchahar1 scalps his first wicket, dismissing Glenn Maxwell. 👍 👍
Australia 4 down. #INDvAUS #T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/L35CUU6Dj0
— BCCI (@BCCI) October 20, 2021
Inzamam-ul-Haq further termed the 2016 T20 World Cup semi-finalists as the preference to win the tournament. Inzamam believes that taking India on these pitches will be an uphill task regarding their strong spin contingent and the natural capacity of the Indian batsmen to play spin. He continued:
“In any tournament, it cannot be said for certain that a particular team will win. It’s all about how much chance do they have of winning it. In my opinion, India has a greater chance than any other team of winning this tournament, especially in conditions like these. They have experienced T20 players as well.”
India recorded wins in both their warm-up match. Prior to the win against the Aussies, the Men In Blue beat England in a high-scoring fight.
Inzamam estimates that the group stage conflict between India and Pakistan will be still final, thinking how much the match has now been hyped. He replied:
“The match between India and Pakistan in the Super 12s is the finals before the final. No match will be hyped as much as this one. Even in the 2017 Champions Trophy, India and Pakistan started and finished the tournament by facing each other and both the match felt like finals. The team winning that match will have their morale boosted and will also have 50 percent of pressure released from them.”
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