AHMEDABAD
\nNew Zealand will be ready to pounce if India\u2019s bowling star Jasprit Bumrah falters in the T20 World Cup final said all-rounder Glenn Phillips on Friday.Defending champions India and New Zealand clash in Ahmedabad on a blockbuster Sunday after the co-hosts edged out a spirited England team in the second semi-final.
\nA brilliant 105 from Jacob Bethell on Thursday kept England in the hunt during a record chase of 254 before Bumrah bowled a near-perfect 18th over. A succession of precise yorkers and length balls yielded just six runs and England were behind the chase.
\nNew Zealand, who thrashed South Africa in the first semi-final, are eyeing their maiden title in their second final appearance and Phillips said the team are ready for Bumrah. \u201cHe [Bumrah] is a human as well,\u201d Phillips told reporters. \u201cHe is allowed to have a bad day, as are the rest of us. So hopefully we have a good day against him.\u201d
\nBumrah\u2019s accuracy and his ability to bowl yorkers has choked opposition teams. Against England, his four overs returned figures of 1-33 in a match where 499 runs were scored in 40 overs.
\nHowever, he fared less well against the Kiwis in a five-match T20 series at the start of the year.
\nIndia won 4-1 but Bumrah, who played in four of the matches, took just four wickets, conceding 9.46 runs an over. Phillips acknowledged Bumrah\u2019s class but said the tactics against any bowler are never the same.
\n\u201cObviously we had a really good trip against him in the bilateral series as well but he\u2019s a class bowler,\u201d said Phillips. \u201cHe\u2019s got so many variations. He hits the block hole at the death incredibly well.\u201d
\nPhillips also played down the possible ploy of playing out Bumrah\u2019s four overs and targeting the other bowlers. \u201cIt\u2019s not necessarily going to be that, per se,\u201d he said. \u201cAs I said, a bowler is allowed to miss, and if he happens to miss, we do have to put it away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
AHMEDABAD New Zealand will be ready to pounce if India\u2019s bowling star Jasprit Bumrah falters in the T20 World Cup final said all-rounder Glenn Phillips on Friday.Defending champions India and New Zealand clash in Ahmedabad on a blockbuster Sunday after the co-hosts edged out a spirited England team in the second semi-final. A brilliant 105 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-535549","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"\n