‘Look at history, instead of falling apart under pressure, we flourish’

New Delhi. After the defeat against Afghanistan, Australia’s path to reach the T20 World Cup semi-finals has become a little difficult. If Australia had won this match, it would have given India a ticket to the semi-finals along with itself, but this did not happen. Afghanistan caused a big upset in the World Cup by defeating Australia by 21 runs in its second Super 8 match. The Australian team will face India just after 36 hours. This match is a do-or-die match for them. However, despite the defeat against Afghanistan, Australian captain Mitchell Marsh says that there is no pressure of any kind on his/her team and his/her team performs best under pressure.

Australia will now have to not only win their last match of Super 8 against India (IND vs AUS) but also maintain a good net run rate. Mitchell Marsh told reporters, ‘This is an important match. Which will be against India. We have to win it at all costs. If we look at the history of this team, our players perform their best under pressure. Our players will definitely be fully prepared for this. Things are clear for us now. We have to trust ourselves. We have very good players and I believe that we have been performing our best against the best teams. We have to forget everything and move forward and perform our best.’

Team India can get a ticket to the semi-finals today, Australia’s victory against Afghanistan will do the job

Australia’s streak of 8 consecutive wins ended
Australia’s 8-match winning streak in T20 international cricket came to an end after the defeat against Afghanistan. According to Mitchell Marsh, ‘We have to bounce back from this defeat. We have a lot of faith in these players. Our team is very good but today was not our day but the positive thing is that we are getting a chance to bounce back within 36 hours.’

Australian Test captain Cummins creates history
Australia’s Test captain Pat Cummins created history against Afghanistan. Cummins took a hat-trick against Afghanistan. he/she took hat-tricks in 2 consecutive matches which is a world record. This is the first time in a T20 World Cup that a bowler has taken two consecutive hat-tricks. Earlier, Pat Cummins had also completed a hat-trick by taking wickets on 3 consecutive balls against Bangladesh in his/her first match of Super 8. Cummins completed his/her hat-trick in two overs in both the matches, this is also a record.

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