Former India batsman Wasim Jaffer has commented on South Africa’s chances of winning the upcoming edition of the T20 World Cup. This year’s marquee ICC event will start in October and will be played in Australia. Not very long ago, South Africa were not seen as contenders for the tournament but it has changed after their recent performances.
Last month, the Proteas put up a stunning performance in England to register a 2-1 series win over the reigning 50-over world champions. South Africa came from behind to win the series. They won both the T20Is comfortably as they put up solid performances with both bat and ball. The Proteas won the second match by 58 runs before registering a 90-run win in the third game.
Wasim Jaffer on South Africa’s chances in T20 World Cup:
With South Africa performing well in recent times, Wasim Jaffer believes they are a strong contenders for the T20 World Cup. Following the third T20I between England and South Africa, Jaffer took to Twitter to laud the latter’s performance in recent times and stated that they are ‘hot contenders’ for the T20 World Cup.
“Congratulations @OfficialCSA on the series win Must say the way SA have come up in the last year or so has been brilliant. They’re definitely one of the hot contenders for the T20 WC now. #ENGvSA” tweeted Wasim Jaffer.
Before defeating England in their own backyard, South Africa had put up a good performances in India too. In June, they came to India for a five-match T20I series that ended at 2-2. South Africa are yet to lay their hands on the World Cup and would be desperate to go all the way this year. The T20 World Cup is scheduled to start from October 16 this year.