West Indies and South Africa are the two most dominant teams in the ongoing T20 World Cup, and these two unbeaten teams will face each other today, Thursday, February 26, in the Super Eight fixture in Ahmedabad, India.
According to the West Indies Captain, the reality is that South Africa will have more of an advantage, having played most of their games at the chosen venue.
“It’s certainly a factor,” Hope said at the post-match presentation, “when you play in a venue for so many games in a short span, you would have an advantage. That’s reality. But it won’t deter us from what we’re trying to do. We’ll still play the same cricket and assess the conditions as quickly as we can.”
“We’ve played there before, so it wouldn’t be completely alien to us. The key thing will be adapting quickly because they would be more familiar with the conditions,” Hope added.
Despite West Indies keeping a clean slate, Hope believes there are areas to improve.
“There are always areas you can improve, but when you get 250-plus on the board in a T20 game, you must be happy as a batting unit,” Hope said. “And then with the ball being as clinical as we were, especially in the powerplay and middle phase, I would call it a complete game.”
South Africa Squad: Aiden Markram (c), Quinton de Kock (w), Ryan Rickelton, Dewald Brevis, David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Marco Jansen, Corbin Bosch, Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Ngidi, George Linde, Anrich Nortje, Kwena Maphaka, Jason Smith.
West Indies Squad: Brandon King, Shai Hope (w/c), Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell, Sherfane Rutherford, Romario Shepherd, Jason Holder, Matthew Forde, Akeal Hosein, Gudakesh Motie, Shamar Joseph, Quentin Sampson, Jayden Seales, Roston Chase, and Johnson Charles.
Today’s match will bowl off at 05:30h local time.
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