It is not often that India walk into a World Cup fixture needing help from another team even before stepping onto the field. Yet that is precisely the scenario confronting Suryakumar Yadav’s men in the T20 World Cup.
Before India take on Zimbabwe at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Thursday, they will be closely tracking the outcome of South Africa’s clash against West Indies in Ahmedabad. An unfavourable result there could leave India’s qualification hopes hanging by a thread, with too many variables slipping beyond their control.
