Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar on Friday mentioned New Zealand and Afghanistan can be beneath strain once they face one another in a crunch Super 12 match of T20 World Cup 2021, highlighting India’s huge win over Scotland has modified the equations in Group 2.
India defeated Scotland by 8 wickets in a must-win Group 2 match in Dubai on Friday, pushing their Net Run Rate above New Zealand and Afghanistan. India saved their outdoors possibilities to succeed in the semi-final of T20 World Cup 2021 alive as they bowled out Scotland for 85 and chased down the goal in simply 6.3 overs in Dubai.While Pakistan are on high of the Group 2 Super 12 factors desk with 4 wins from as many matches, New Zealand are on the second spot with 3 wins. India jumped to the third spot after their large win over Scotland, pushing Afghanistan right down to the 4th spot.if Afghanistan beat New Zealand of their last Super 12 match on Sunday in Abu Dhabi, India’s possibilities of reaching the semi-final brighten. However, a win for the Black Caps will get rid of India from the race to the ultimate 4.”This win now now in the Afghanistan-New Zealand game, there is pressure on both the teams. Earlier on, it wouldn’t have been the case with India’s NRR not being good. But with India’s NRR being better than both Afghanistan and New Zealand, so the pressure is on both teams,” Sunil Gavaskar informed India Today.Gavaskar lauds India’s mind-boggling performanceLauding India’s dominant efficiency of their must-win match towards Scotland, Gavaskar mentioned the margin of victory was mind-boggling. Gavaskar heaped reward on India batters’ strategy of their chase of 86.Notably, KL Rahul hit an 18-ball fifty, the third joint-fastest fifty in a T20 World Cup match. His opening companion, Rohit Sharma hit a quickfire 30 as India received with 81 balls to spare.”Mind-boggling performance by everybody. The way the bowlers bowled and the way the batters then recognised the situation and the equation and batted. There were no crass shots in that, both KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma played orthodox cricket shots. It was very, very good,” Gavaskar added.”India knew they couldn’t be bowled out when chasing 86. So the openers did the right thing, they went hell bent for leather straight away and put pressure on Scotland.”India will tackle Namibia of their final Super 12 match in Dubai on Monday.