T20 World Cup | They are not going to hold back: Zimbabwe coach braces for India test

Zimbabwe coach Justin Sammons prepares for a challenging T20 World Cup match against a determined India in Chennai.

Hurricane Hetmyer may have hit Zimbabwe hard at the Wankhede Stadium on Monday. But Zimbabwe coach Justin Sammons isn’t expecting anything less in its next Super Eight match of the T20 World Cup against India in Chennai.

“We know the way India is going to come out and it’s going to be very similar to the way West Indies approached their innings. They are not going to hold back, so there will be good learnings from that and how we deal with that, under pressure, in the moment, how do we stay calm and just think on our feet and also just try and change things up a little bit, disrupt the rhythm of the batters. We were a bit predictable, we can be a little bit smarter in that regard,” Sammons said after West Indies annihilated Zimbabwe by 107 runs.

With India having suffered a huge loss to South Africa in its Super Eight opener, the defending champion finds itself in a must-win situation. Sammons hoped the slightly bigger outfield at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium would help Zimbabwe counter the batting onslaught better.

“Chennai will be a bit bigger and it probably will be a little bit more at ease in that aspect there. Not only with the ball but also with the bat. We shifted away from the process that we have tried to stick to and we got unstuck through that,” Sammons said. “We will be a little bit more comfortable, but we know India are going to come out playing (positively)”.