De Kock says South Africa must deal with pressure of T20 Super Eights clash against India

[p]The two unbeaten teams are familiar foes and both came through their T20 World Cup groups with perfect four-out-of-four records ahead of the clash in Ahmedabad on Sunday.[/p][p]Aiden Markram's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/south-africa/tUhlKzIm/"]South Africa[/a] toured [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/india/fcOzl2uI/"]India[/a] late last year, losing 3-1 in a T20 series.[/p][p][b]"I think that's what's going to make for quite a good game tomorrow, because we've played against each other quite a bit over the last two months,"[/b] said South Africa opener De Kock.[/p][p]"And to be honest, the teams haven't really changed much.[/p][p][b]"So, I think it's more when you're out there on the pressure side, who deals with the pressure better and wins the small moments in the game."[/b][/p][embed guid="62072d4b-2392-417d-b6ad-9e2dd1b2dbcc" url="https://x.com/SuperSportTV/status/2025103197388374448" social-type="twitter" /][p]While South Africa looked strong in all departments in the group phase, the batting of the defending champions India has been inconsistent.[/p][p]Opener Abhishek Sharma has recorded three consecutive ducks, but De Kock did not read too much into it.[/p][p][b]"He's the number one T20 batsman in the world at the moment, according to the rankings, so he must keep doing what he's doing,"[/b] said de Kock of the 25-year-old Abhishek.[/p][p]"He's obviously quite young, he's bound to fail. So I'm sure at some point he's going to play an important knock."[/p][p]South Africa are being billed as strong contenders to meet India in the final in Ahmedabad on March 8.[/p][p]De Kock said there were no favourites in the T20 format.[/p][p][b]"I think the nature of World Cups, that it doesn't allow favouritism.[/b][/p][p]"At any moment, someone can win in a game out of nowhere. So that's the thing, it's quite a fickle game, World Cups, especially T20 World Cups.[/p][p][b]"Games can be changed in a matter of two to three overs just by one individual."[/b][/p]