Skipper Surya hopes to embrace the pressure
Ahmedabad, Feb. 22 -- "Asli tournament chalu ho raha hai (the real tournament is starting)," Varun Chakravarthy exhorts his team in a BCCI video ahead of the Super 8s. "Dogfight will be very important."
Asli tournament also brings asli pressure. If the league stage involving clashes against the Associate teams was about avoiding a banana peel, the Super 8s will see the difficulty quotient rise manifold. Call it a coincidence, the quick-fix schedule of the tournament has set up all the table toppers against each other. A crammed group of unbeaten teams means every side has momentum on their side.
Come Sunday, one of India or South Africa would have tasted defeat. South Africa head coach Shukri Conrad, who sparked a bit of controversy for his...
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