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\"AshwinDubai<\/strong>: India\u2019s semi-final hopes at the ICC Men\u2019s T20 World Cup 2021 may not be entirely in their own hands but Ravichandran Ashwin insists the team are purely focussing on their own job.<\/p>\n

Defeats to Pakistan and New Zealand in the first two games of the Super 12s left India with a mammoth task to reach the knockout stages and although an impressive 66-run victory over Afghanistan last time out gave them a chance, they still need help from elsewhere.<\/p>\n

In addition to winning Friday\u2019s game against Scotland and Monday\u2019s against Namibia, India will likely also need Afghanistan to beat New Zealand and then overhaul both teams\u2019 net run-rates to snatch second place.<\/p>\n

And while Ashwin is hopeful Afghanistan can help them out, his main goal is simply India’s performance.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think there are hardly any discussions with regards to qualification because the discussion we need to have is how we’re going to go about the couple of games we have left,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone’s planning and wanting to go on a real high for the last two games. That is stuff that’s not in our control. It’s fingers crossed.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s a funny game, and Afghanistan have played good cricket. A lot of our hopes rest with them as well. <\/p>\n

\u201cAll the very best to them. I really wish if we could provide any physical support to them to play well on the park, and that is all we can hope for. They’ve played good cricket. Pakistan have played wonderful cricket. We just have fallen short of what we want in the first two games.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat’s where we find ourselves in the table. That’s T20 cricket. It\u2019s very quick to come back in a tournament like this when you’ve games like that. We want to finish really well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Before this ICC Men\u2019s T20 World Cup, Ashwin hadn\u2019t played a T20I for India since July 2017 but finally got his chance in the victory over Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

He impressed with bowling figures of two for 14 and playing for the first time in more than four years was a special feeling for the spinner.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe news that I got selected in the World Cup was very heartening news,\u201d he added. \u201cI had fun after hearing the news in terms of enjoying myself and gratification of what I wanted to achieve in life. So that was one side of it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had some special dreams getting into the World Cup, wanting to do special things for the team. After a point in time, more than trying to prove anybody else right or wrong, it’s more about trying to prove it to yourself and also have something to achieve for the team.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately, after the first two losses, I did feel a bit low about it and it wasn’t a special feeling. It’s never a special feeling when you lose games. Maybe the chance of qualification took a bit of a dent. <\/p>\n

\u201cBut after yesterday’s win, we still do have our fingers crossed and hope things go right. Barring that, it was quite a special night. Everything I wanted to execute fell in place, so it was a special night for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Scotland\u2019s chances of reaching the semi-finals are already over but captain Kyle Coetzer is still relishing the opportunity to square off against India \u2013 one of cricket\u2019s powerhouses \u2013 in Dubai on Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cOf course the excitement’s there,\u201d said Coetzer. \u201cIt’s been there for every game in this tournament. I think coming up against a side like India can maybe just throw things into a new level perhaps.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe boys are really looking forward to it. The fixture is one that’s sort of been highlighted a while ago, but we also knew that every one of these games was going to be important. We\u2019re looking forward to tomorrow.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe said it right from the start. Everyone in these Super 12 games is going to be a challenge. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt doesn’t matter which team you come up against, and the opportunity to try to test yourself against some of the best players in the world is a really important time for us, a phase in the Cricket Scotland journey, I guess, in terms of how we show and what we do and show what we’re capable of.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe realise we have to play really, really well to give ourselves the best chance. We have to be better and keep raising our bar to be capable and be willing to take those opportunities when they come around.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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