South Africa have made this spectacularly hard on themselves - they바카라™ve six league matches left in the 2019 Cricket World Cup and every one of them is effectively a knockout game now. (IND vs SA HIGHLIGHTS | SCORECARD | FULL SCHEDULE)Â
South Africa lost their third game of the 2019 Cricket World Cup as they were beaten by India by six wickets. Jacques Kallis says South Africa are effectively playing knockout cricket now.
South Africa have made this spectacularly hard on themselves - they바카라™ve six league matches left in the 2019 Cricket World Cup and every one of them is effectively a knockout game now. (IND vs SA HIGHLIGHTS | SCORECARD | FULL SCHEDULE)Â
They can have absolutely no complaints with the result against India, they were totally outclassed in every department, with the bat, ball and in the field. They really didn바카라™t win much after the toss I바카라™m afraid.
That dressing room will be a tough place to be, but they have to all take responsibility and work hard to correct the errors they are making.
They came into this ICC Men바카라™s Cricket World Cup as a side that, on paper, should have been making the knockout stages but things can turn very quickly against you in cricket.
However, I바카라™d tell them it can also go the other way, beat the West Indies and Afghanistan in their next two games and suddenly the table won바카라™t look so bad and they바카라™ll have some momentum back for what could be a huge game against New Zealand.
This is a big moment for Faf du Plessis but not everything can be put on the captain바카라™s shoulders. Each individual needs to look in the mirror, there cannot be any finger pointing, they have to have an honest conversation with each other about what they can do better.
Before they talk about the team, they need to think hard about themselves. It바카라™s a collective effort, from senior players to the new guys. And they have to be positive, they need to feed off each other바카라™s energy more than ever.
I don바카라™t think it바카라™s any surprise we lost to England and India, they are the two best teams in the world right now. The really worrying thing is that defeat by Bangladesh.
They바카라™ve got the West Indies next and they proved against Pakistan how talented they are.
It바카라™s a tough game but we know how to beat them. You have to get on top of them early and strangle the game, you can바카라™t be letting them play with that freedom.
Right now the best thing the South Africa players can do is take a couple of days off and destress, three games in six games will be as mentally exhausting as it is physically.
They can play golf, go to the movies, read a book, whatever works for them. They just need to take their minds off cricket because it바카라™s a long tournament and you need that time. Then it바카라™s back to work because they can바카라™t afford one more mistake.
Away from South Africa I thought India looked world-class and real contenders. They바카라™ve obviously been waiting for their first game and I didn바카라™t know how that would work for them, whether they바카라™d be fresh or they바카라™d be some nerves. I think we got the answer, they were very impressive.
(Courtesy: ICC)