Team India (Image Credit: BCCI) CHENNAI: Renowned former Australian fast bowler Glenn McGrath expects India and South Africa to lock horns in the T20 World Cup final but feels that Suryakumar Yadav and co. they must be cautious in Thursday’s semi-final against England, who have had an uneven campaign.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SIGN UP NOW!“England are a dangerous team. If they really click on the day, they can do anything. But they were also lucky. Nepal should have beaten them. Italy was a close game. So they found ways to win. Maybe it will give them confidence that they have just peaked in the semi-finals.”
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“If India go there and play like they have throughout this tournament and England play the way they have, India should go through,” McGrath said, adding: “The two teams I would pick for the final would be South Africa and India.”McGrath, director of coaching at the MRF Pace Foundation, said he was really impressed by South Africa. “A while back they came and said they are focusing on T20 cricket moving forward. They have good batsmen and a very good bowling attack.”On South Africa having to face New Zealand in the semi-finals, McGrath said: “New Zealand have something in them when they face South Africa. South Africa always win convincingly, I don’t know why.”“Bumrah is a great player”McGrath also felt that India’s bowling attack would be key in the knockouts and picked Jasprit Bumrah as the “player of the big game”.“Firstly it will be about winning the toss and deciding what to do. India have a good bowling attack. Arshdeep Singh is doing well and Bumrah is quality. Arshdeep was probably the choice of the Indian bowlers but Bumrah is a big player. Sometimes in big matches these players really raise their games. Just in a normal moment but I’m not saying they are not fully focused on those big games.” in Bumrah, when it comes to big matches, I’m always a big fan of him.”“Leaving Australia not surprising”McGrath admitted he had doubts about Australia’s prospects even before the tournament began. “I said I was all about Australia. I thought they could make the Super 8 but to be honest I didn’t feel they would go much further. For Australia to go out before the Super 8 and Zimbabwe get through, hopefully it hurts them. Disappointing but not surprising,” he said.
