Gros Islet [Saint Lucia], Dark clouds covered the island as rain fell, threatening the high-stakes clash between India and Australia at the Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium in the Super Eight match of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 on Monday.
Ahead of the clash between the heavyweights, the Santa Lucia venue is currently facing downpours with gloomy conditions.
A win against Australia will cement India's top spot in Group 1, while a loss could see Australia overtake them and even Afghanistan if they win against Bangladesh in the final match of the Super Eights.
Meanwhile, the island also received heavy rain on Sunday.
The Rohit Sharma-led Indian team currently occupies the top spot in Group 1 of the Super Eight after sealing a victory in its previous two matches against Afghanistan and Bangladesh.
Men in Blue will come into the match after beating Bangladesh by 50 runs at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium. Meanwhile, Mitchell Marsh's Australia suffered a humiliating 21-run defeat against Afghanistan in their previous match of the ongoing T20 World Cup 2024.
Addressing a press conference ahead of the match against Australia, India bowling coach Paras Mhambrey believes that if the execution is right, nothing will stop the Men in Blue from beating the Aussies in a heavyweight clash. The bowling coach stated that the "implementation of the plans" against the Australians will play an important role.
"We played against them initially. Before, a lot of these guys had played against them. A lot of guys have played in the IPL. So in terms of knowledge of the game, the approach that is going to change has been similar in the 'I don't think I'm going to change. The only thing we can do is focus on the implementation of our plans," Mhambrey said at a pre-match press conference.
"And the bottom line is execution. I think if you're as close to execution as possible, you'll win every game. So it's not about what the other opponent is going to do yet. We know what kind of approach they're coming with. That It's The way they played in the past as well. But I think the focus should be solely on that's what we'll focus on in execution. And if we're as close to our plans, I'm pretty sure we'll do it for. cross to the other side.
On the other hand, Australia coach Andrew McDonald spoke about the struggle of playing in a short time between the Afghanistan and India matches, which involves air travel.
"I mean, once the draw comes out, you're very aware of what you need to do and, in your planning and preparation, and that happens months before you get here and we feel like, like I said, we've done some good things. We made decisions in our planning, preparation and arrival, and yes, we have another challenge with a short change. All the teams face it, so yes, there will be recovery mode tonight and tomorrow. Give the guys a little space and yes, let's go. "I won't go into it too much tonight (loss to Afghanistan and lack of recovery time)," McDonald said in a pre-match news conference.
"Like you said, it's pretty early in the morning. So getting that information will happen on the morning of the Indian game. So, a little bit of space. The guys know where we went wrong. They're an experienced group. But there's no doubt that when let's get back together on the morning of the game against India, we need to be at our best, and to be at our best, we need to recover. And if people don't recover in time, then, clearly, we will make decisions on. based on that, but so far everything is going well, everyone has been doing well," he added.
Squads:
Team India: Rohit Sharma (c), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (w), Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal, Sanju Samson, Mohammed Siraj and Yashasvi Jaiswal.
Team Australia: Travis Head, David Warner, Mitchell Marsh(c), Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Tim David, Matthew Wade(w), Pat Cummins, Ashton Agar, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc, Josh Inglis, Cameron Green and Nathan Ellis.
Ahead of the clash between the heavyweights, the Santa Lucia venue is currently facing downpours with gloomy conditions.
A win against Australia will cement India's top spot in Group 1, while a loss could see Australia overtake them and even Afghanistan if they win against Bangladesh in the final match of the Super Eights.
Meanwhile, the island also received heavy rain on Sunday.
The Rohit Sharma-led Indian team currently occupies the top spot in Group 1 of the Super Eight after sealing a victory in its previous two matches against Afghanistan and Bangladesh.
Men in Blue will come into the match after beating Bangladesh by 50 runs at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium. Meanwhile, Mitchell Marsh's Australia suffered a humiliating 21-run defeat against Afghanistan in their previous match of the ongoing T20 World Cup 2024.
Addressing a press conference ahead of the match against Australia, India bowling coach Paras Mhambrey believes that if the execution is right, nothing will stop the Men in Blue from beating the Aussies in a heavyweight clash. The bowling coach stated that the "implementation of the plans" against the Australians will play an important role.
"We played against them initially. Before, a lot of these guys had played against them. A lot of guys have played in the IPL. So in terms of knowledge of the game, the approach that is going to change has been similar in the 'I don't think I'm going to change. The only thing we can do is focus on the implementation of our plans," Mhambrey said at a pre-match press conference.
"And the bottom line is execution. I think if you're as close to execution as possible, you'll win every game. So it's not about what the other opponent is going to do yet. We know what kind of approach they're coming with. That It's The way they played in the past as well. But I think the focus should be solely on that's what we'll focus on in execution. And if we're as close to our plans, I'm pretty sure we'll do it for. cross to the other side.
On the other hand, Australia coach Andrew McDonald spoke about the struggle of playing in a short time between the Afghanistan and India matches, which involves air travel.
"I mean, once the draw comes out, you're very aware of what you need to do and, in your planning and preparation, and that happens months before you get here and we feel like, like I said, we've done some good things. We made decisions in our planning, preparation and arrival, and yes, we have another challenge with a short change. All the teams face it, so yes, there will be recovery mode tonight and tomorrow. Give the guys a little space and yes, let's go. "I won't go into it too much tonight (loss to Afghanistan and lack of recovery time)," McDonald said in a pre-match news conference.
"Like you said, it's pretty early in the morning. So getting that information will happen on the morning of the Indian game. So, a little bit of space. The guys know where we went wrong. They're an experienced group. But there's no doubt that when let's get back together on the morning of the game against India, we need to be at our best, and to be at our best, we need to recover. And if people don't recover in time, then, clearly, we will make decisions on. based on that, but so far everything is going well, everyone has been doing well," he added.
Squads:
Team India: Rohit Sharma (c), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (w), Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal, Sanju Samson, Mohammed Siraj and Yashasvi Jaiswal.
Team Australia: Travis Head, David Warner, Mitchell Marsh(c), Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Tim David, Matthew Wade(w), Pat Cummins, Ashton Agar, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc, Josh Inglis, Cameron Green and Nathan Ellis.
