http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JH-Kallis-c1692 loves playing T20 cricket – Cricket News Update
Jacques Kallis, the great South African all-rounder, has revealed that he loves playing T20 cricket because of all the thrill involved, and is backing his side to clinch their first major global event by winning the ICC World T20 2012.
The 36-year-old cricketer has been an integral part of the South African side in all three formats and, with almost 25 thousand runs at the game’s ultimate stage, is widely considered to be one of the greatest modern-day players.
On top of that, Kallis has more than 550 wickets in international cricket, which makes him one of the history’s greatest all-rounders.
The strongly-built player loves the sport’s shortest format and is geared up for the on-going mega event, with the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045 at Hambantota.
"I always knew that I was going to enjoy it," Kallis said while talking to Cricket365. "I think it's a great format, it's exciting and it's brought new challenges as the game progresses."
The cricketer from Cape Town represents Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League (IPL) and helped his franchise win their first lucrative trophy earlier in the year.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 are a major force in all three formats of the game, game’s but they have earned an unpleasant tag of ‘chokers’ over the years, because of their inability to perform well in knockout matches of big events.
Kallis however, is optimistic that his side will perform better in the tournament being played in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754, and victory
in the World T20 will boost South Africa’s confidence.
"It would be a start. Obviously the cherry on top would be the 50-over one, but we've worked hard to get well prepared for this Twenty20 World Cup and I have no doubt that if we play the cricket anywhere near the way we know we can, and have, there's no
reason why we can't win this tournament. Winning it could also be very special," the great cricketer added.
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