Quinton de Kock Emphasizes Pressure Management Ahead of High-Stakes India Clash

Quinton de Kock is confident that South Africa can overwhelm India in the upcoming T20 World Cup clash at Ahmedabad. He believes that managing pressure will play a key role in this contest, as both teams have evenly balanced resources.

"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. And to be honest, the teams haven't really changed much.” said Quinton de Kock.

"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." added Quinton de Kock.

Talking about the young Abhishek Sharma, Quinton de Kock believes he is a quality batter who will start scoring runs once he comes out of the ongoing lean patch.

"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. 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." said Quinton de Kock.

When asked whether South Africa are favorites to reach the final of the ICC T20 World Cup 2026, Quinton de Kock believes that there are no favorites in this tournament, as every team has the potential to lift the trophy.

"I think the nature of World Cups, that it doesn't allow favoritism. At any moment, someone can win in a game out of nowhere.” said Quinton de Kock.

"So that's the thing, it's quite a fickle game, World Cups, especially T20 World Cups. Games can be changed in a matter of two to three overs just by one individual." concluded Quinton de Kock