However, the current team has a nice blend of youth like Harry Tector and Josh Little, as well as experienced players like Paul Stirling, George Dockrell, and Simi Singh himself. Despite having set a mammoth target of 225, Ireland came within touching distance of chasing that down in their second T20I against India earlier this year.
Speaking in an exclusive chat with Sportskeeda, Simi Singh explained that Ireland are no longer ‘intimidated’ by facing any bigger opposition. Here’s what he said about their fearless mentality:
Simi Singh feels getting recognized as a Test team has also helped them play against better quality opposition and improve their game. He added:
Simi Singh on whether India don’t produce enough all-rounders
Ravindra Jadeja’s injury wouldn’t have been such a huge blow for India before the T20 World Cup had they groomed an equally experienced replacement. Simi Singh himself was an opening batter in his early cricketing days in Punjab.
However, he began to bowl off-spin regularly once he began playing cricket professionally in Ireland and has now made himself a bowling all-rounder.
On this, he stated:
Speaking about the importance of impact as a batter, Simi Singh added:
Simi Singh feels Ireland can qualify to the Super 12 in 2022 T20 World Cup
Ireland have already played some exciting cricket this year against opposition like India, New Zealand and South Africa. Although they didn’t win any series, Simi Singh claimed that the team wasn’t disheartened. In fact, they believe on their day, they can make any team’s life difficult.
He thinks Ireland can make it through the qualifying group consisting of West Indies, Zimbabwe and Namibia to play in the main tournament. He stated:
Will Ireland overcome the ghosts of last year and make it to the main group in this year’s T20 World Cup? Let us know in the comments.
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