Dhoni awaits Australia-Pakistan encounter to plot South Africa downfall – Cricket News Update
Indian skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028 will wait until the outcome of the Group 2 Super Eight encounter between Pakistan and Australia, to plan a strategy for their do-or-die match against South Africa.
Both India and Pakistan have blown hot and cold in the Super Eight stage so far, with a win and a defeat in their account. However, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AB-de-Villiers-c887’ men are yet to script a win in the second round of the World T20. They lost their first
Super Eight match against Pakistan by two wickets, despite having the rivals against the ropes at 76 for 7 at one stage, before being soundly beaten by the mighty Aussies by eight wickets on Sunday.
Whilst Australia have almost qualified for the ongoing World T20’s semi-finals from Group 2, India, Pakistan and South Africa all have a mathematical chance of progressing to the final fours.
If Pakistan wins against Australia on Tuesday, India would have to defeat the perennial chokers, South Africa with a huge margin. South Africa on the other hand will not only need to defeat http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 with a huge margin,
so that they could qualify for the semis on the basis of a better net run-rate.
But the Indian skipper is in no hurry to plot the South African downfall, and is waiting how the first match of the day pans out.
“We can't make plans right away as a lot of things will depend on the result of the earlier match,” said Dhoni while speaking to media reporters after crushing Pakistan by eight wickets on Sunday, to keep India alive in the marquee
tournament.
“May be we will have some plans but then we might not need that plan at all," the Indian skipper added further.
Despite http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746, in the Super Eight encounters last week, Dhoni is not taking them an easy opposition and has urged his side to be at its best going into the must-win game on
Tuesday night.
“They have a complete side with two good fast bowlers, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/HM-Amla-c1557 and Duminy. But then in this format, you need to click as a team,” said the wicketkeeper batsman.
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