T20 World Cup 2022: ‘It will come down to how well Indian batters handle South African pacers,’ says Klusener

India
lead
Group
2
with
two
wins
in
as
many
games
while
South
Africa
are
second
with
three
points
from
two
games
including
a
no-result
against
Zimbabwe.

“We
might
see
another
pacer
in
Perth.
I
was
really
impressed
with
the
way
(Tabraiz)
Shamsi
bowled
the
other
night.
He
is
a
wicket-taker.
“It
is
about
to
change
the
balance
of
the
team
a
bit
with
Dwaine
(Pretorius)
being
injured…the
game
there
for
me
will
be
how
well
the
Indian
batsmen
can
handle
the
pace
of
South
Africa,”
said
Klusener
during
a
virtual
interaction
which
also
involved
Ritesh
Patel,
Owner
of
Morrisville
Samp
Army.

Rain
has
played
spoilsport
in
Australia
with
both
the
super
12
games
washed
out
on
Friday
(October
28)
without
a
ball
being
bowled.

Klusener,
who
is
currently
the
head
coach
of
Morrisville
Samp
Army
in
Abu
Dhabi
T10
League,
said:
“The
unfortunate
thing
for
me
at
the
World
Cup
has
been
the
rain,
that’s
been
pretty
much
unseasonal,
so
little
disappointed
to
be
honest,
it
has
been
two
rained
out
games.
But
that’s
the
case
for
everybody.”

Ireland
and
Zimbabwe
have
sprung
surprises
in
the
T20
showpiece,
notching
up
shocking
wins
over
West
Indies
and
Pakistan
and
Klusener
said
the
series
of
upsets
will
continue.

“It
has
been
a
World
Cup
of
upsets
as
well.
We’ve
seen
smaller
teams
beat
some
really
fancy
teams
and
I
don’t
think
we
have
finished
with
upsets
either,”
said
Klusener.

Asked
if
the
growing
shorter
format
leagues
such
as
T10
are
destroying
the
technique
of
the
players,
Klusener
said
such
leagues,
on
the
contrary,
have
helped
to
improve
their
games.

“I
think
pretty
much
all
the
players
that
are
playing
in
the
leagues
are
coming
from
a
system.
All
the
international
players
are
coming
from
Test
cricket,
they’re
coming
from
a
good
first-class
setup.

“That
top
quality
players
are
not
necessarily
coming
to
the
leagues
to
learn
skills.
They
need
to
deliver
a
certain
skill
set,
yes,
but
some
players
come
to
leagues
and
do
really
well
and,
have
made
it
into
their
national
teams
because
of
performance
in
the
leagues.”