'Needs To Take The Nerves': Morne Morkel Gives Advice To Proteas Against This Indian Player

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Former South Africa speedster Morne Morkel dissected that the Proteas team under the leadership of Aiden Markram should not overthink about their strategies to play against Jasprit Bumrah and Kuldeep Yadav in their T20 World Cup Final against India on June 29.

Morkel states that South Africa should not think much ahead of their batting innings. Talking about Bumrah and Kuldeep, they have been in stellar form so far in the ongoing T20 World Cup campaign. As of now, Bumrah has scalped 13 wickets in his 7 matches in this T20 World Cup, while Kuldeep has picked up 10 in just 4 appearances.

Speaking to ESPN Cricinfo, Morne Morkel said, "I think you need to play at the moment. Yes, they know that Jasprit can take wickets up front. He is going to be crucial at death when he bowls two overs. So do they start pushing in a bit earlier in that batting innings to try and get to a respectable score?"

"Honestly, I think we cannot overthink that. Kuldeep is obviously unbelievable in the middle for India, he is a wicket-taker. He can stop the game, create a lot of pressure. South Africa needs to take the nerves and those moments out of the equation and focus ball by ball," Morkel added.

South Africa has entered the final after outplaying Afghanistan in the semi-final and they will be confident to end their trophy drought. The Indian team will lock horns with South Africa in the T20 World Cup final in Barbados on Sunday, on the back of an unbeaten run. The high-octane clash will take place at the Kensington Oval on Saturday.