26-year-old Lungi Ngidi in a recent interview on Betway discussed the future of cricket and the development of South Africa’s t20 team. David Miller, Kagiso Rabada, and Quinton de Kock also shared their perspectives.
One of the most promising cricketers, Ngidi, is recognized for his bowling skills both in opening and death overs. While the team is currently gearing up for the upcoming t20 World Cup which will be hosted by Australia, Ngidi sat down and talked about his mindset before the big event kicks off in October.
Lungi discusses the form of the World Cup squad, “We’ve got a lot of young players in our team, too, and if we are putting in the performances with these guys now, once they settle into their roles I can only imagine what’s going to happen. So we’re in a pretty good space.”
This year the Proteas squad includes a well-balanced batting and bowling lineup. Worldwide cricket enthusiasts look forward to the ICC T20 World Cup and fans believe this team has high potential to reach the semi-finals if they can commence well. Despite winning four out of five games in last year’s World Cup, the Proteas could not make their way into the semi-finals, Lungi states, “In fact, last year we won four out of five games, which is hardly a failure.”
Lastly, it only came down to NRR, in which South Africa had a poor score so they remained unsuccessful. With the increase of runs in 20 overs, the game has now grown to a point where the total score is only going up and up.
“You’ve even got to lie to the batter. Set one field and bluff them with a completely different delivery. Just being smarter and learning different skills. People say the yorker is still the best ball but these guys have trained to hit that out of the park now.That element of being able to think on your feet is a great quality to have.” Lungi mentioned to Betway.
In t20 the scores have gone as high as 175, a remarkable knock done by Chris Gayle, which still is the highest score in t20.
Being interviewed about how South Africa can lift the first global silverware the pace bowler assures, “We need to not let external influences come into the camp. Don’t let external influences cloud the mind. I’m confident we won’t because none of this team have much experience of falling short in tournaments” he adds “A bit of luck could help us along the way”. With South Africa get that little bit of luck this year? They are currently considered fourth favourites amongst the bookies, and are priced at 15/2 in Betway online cricket betting markets.
In any circumstances of life luck can play a huge role and cricket is no exception, especially during tournaments such as the World Cup. Quinton de Kock also approves and declares, “At the World Cup, it’s anybody’s game. The team that’s in form is not necessarily going to be the team that’s going to win it, you also need a bit of luck. Last year we were a bit unlucky to only lose one game and not even make a play-off.”
