T20 World Cup | Sky is the limit for Zimbabwe: Mbangwa

 The staunch supporters of Zimbabwe cricket are successful seventh heaven. Mpumelelo Mbangwa is nary exception. 

Mbangwa, a erstwhile Zimbabwe planetary and renowned commentator, cannot halt marvelling astatine the Sikandar Raza-led side’s giant-killing tally successful the T20 World Cup. The optimist successful him is hoping for more, successful a tourney wherever Zimbabwe has already exceeded expectations by storming into the Super Eight stage as a radical leader. 

“Zimbabwe tin surely springiness different teams a tally for their money (in the adjacent round), and I anticipation that it does. Whether it volition oregon not, cipher knows. But its advancement was unexpected, truthful the sky is the limit. I would emotion a large fairytale,” said Mbangwa, who has followed the men’s squad done its peaks and nadirs, successful an email enactment with The Hindu. 

The 49-year-old has each crushed to imagination big. Zimbabwe humbled erstwhile champions Australia and Sri Lanka to triumph Group B erstwhile lone a fewer gave it a chance. “I did not expect it to apical the radical arsenic beating 1 of Australia oregon Sri Lanka was probably the more envisaged mode of getting through to the Super Eights. But I indispensable accidental that determination is familiarity with the Sri Lankan side, having played against it successful Pakistan (in a tri-series) a fewer months ago,” Mbangwa added. 

The erstwhile accelerated bowler opined that Zimbabwe’s eye-catching streak could not person travel astatine a amended time. “A nationalist team’s occurrence breeds positivity wrong the sport, and this volition surely bash that. The anticipation is that it volition besides pull youngsters on with the remainder of the society to the game. The timing of this is important arsenic Zimbabwe volition co-host the 50-over World Cup adjacent year,” helium said. 

Mbangwa was effusive successful his praise of Raza for gathering a large civilization wrong the dressing room. “Raza has been very good for a fewer years now; his enactment has intelligibly been bully for Zimbabwe. I besides similar that helium has gone to large pains to accent that togetherness and the step-by-step attack of each members are the reasons for success. They each request to support going the aforesaid way,” Mbangwa said. Write disconnected Zimbabwe astatine your ain peril.