We'll go in trying to give it everything we've got. When we go into that game, we can't fear the players, but we've got to respect them.
We'll do our homework on India, as any team will do, and we know the skills they've got within their camp. It might sound a bit of a cliche, but we have to focus on what we're really good at and what's going to give us the best chance of winning the game of cricket. We've got to try to push that to one side, to be honest, and just try and take on the challenges that we face in front of us on the day.
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Kyle Coetzer, Scotland captain: "It's a formidable challenge coming up against a very strong Indian team full of exciting players. A lot of our hopes rest with them as well. Ravichandran Ashwin, India spinner: "There are hardly any discussions with regards to because the discussion we need to have is how we're going to go about the couple of games we have left, and everybody's planning and wanting to go on a real high for the last two games. But, as The Analyst on television, he has built a career on closely assessing players techniques, and explaining to the nation the finer points of what players are doing. It remains to be seen if the conditions change drastically under lights. When a leading Test player rang up Simon Hughes late one night to ask him for his advice on why it was that he kept on failing to convert good starts into centuries, Hughes (top score 53) was taken aback. The stadium has hosted afternoon games over the last couple of days, with the surface being good for batting. The dew factor could come into play again in Dubai. India have batted first in all of their games so far, and had the worst of the dew while bowling in the second innings. "The opportunity to try to test yourself against some of the best players in the world is really important for us, it's an important time for us, a phase in the Cricket Scotland journey, in terms of how we show what we do and show what we're capable of." "Coming up against a side like India maybe just throws things into a new level, perhaps," said Kyle Coetzer, the Scotland captain.
And they are eager for the rare chance to show what they can do against a top side such as India. However, they showed plenty of fight in the previous game against New Zealand to give them a scare. Since beating a higher-ranked Bangladesh in their opening fixture and coming through the first round undefeated, Scotland haven't had a win in the Super 12 stage. After a timid batting response in the first two games, the Indian openers helped set up a 200-plus total, with all of Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant and Hardik Pandya among the runs.
They accomplished the first of those requirements in their control with an imposing victory against Afghanistan. India's tournament hopes are hanging by a thread.Īfter two losses at the start of the Super 12 stage, they had to win all the three remaining games, win those games well, and also hope for other results to go their way.