Sikandar Raza claims to defeat the World Champions, Zimbabwe has a ready plan for victory, if taken lightly…

New Delhi. World Champion Team India, what it lost in the T-20 series in Ireland and England, has also started showing the evil eye that it is struggling for its own existence. Taking a dig at the Indian team which had reached Zimbabwe to play a three-match T-20 series, the host captain has started winking at the Indian team.

Zimbabwe’s T20 captain Sikandar Raza has rejected the idea of ​​India being a very strong contender. He stressed that the upcoming three-match T20 series will be a close contest, in which both the teams will have equal chances to win.

Zimbabwe looking for opportunity

The India-Zimbabwe series begins on Thursday, with the hosts looking to stand a chance against an Indian team returning from a tough white-ball tour of Ireland and England. India suffered a 0-2 T20 series defeat to Ireland in Belfast, followed by a 0-4 defeat to England in the five-match T20 series under new captain Shreyas Iyer. The visiting team under the leadership of Shubhman Gill also lost the ODI series by 1-2.

Surprised many teams in the World Cup

Raza told Star Sports, both the countries will get equal opportunity in this series. But one thing I can say for sure is that Zimbabwe has been playing very consistent and very entertaining cricket, so I can definitely say that this series will be very entertaining. In the ICC T20 World Cup in Colombo in February, Zimbabwe created a sensation in the tournament by defeating Australia by 23 runs, due to which Australia was eliminated from the tournament. They have also won against Sri Lanka and Bangladesh this year.

will take advantage of weakness

Raza, an experienced all-rounder who has played 136 T20 international matches, said, “If we talk about winning or losing, both the countries have equal chances to win the series.” He said that Indian cricket is going through a phase of change, which will make the series interesting. He said, “Yes, India is going through a phase of change and to some extent Zimbabwe will also see some change. I do not see it as a one-sided series.” The second and third T20 International matches will be played at the same venue on 25 and 26 July.