Zimbabwe Plans to Challenge India with Diverse Bowling Attack in Chennai

Zimbabwe is planning to challenge the tournament hosts with a diverse bowling attack. The allrounder Ryan Burl believes his team has a versatile bowling lineup that can trouble the Indians on their home turf in the upcoming T20 World Cup clash.

"We've obviously got a lot of options and that's probably one of the advantages of the Zimbabwe line-up. We've got a left-arm seamer, a right-arm seamer, we've got a couple of legspinners, we've got an offspinner, we've got a left-arm offie.” said Ryan Burl while talking to the reporters.

"So, we do have quite a lot of depth and I think it will probably just come down to what are the match-ups depending on the batters that are out there at the time and obviously the combinations that we do look to go for." added Ryan Burl.

Ryan Burl then applauded the brilliance of Blessing Muzarabani, describing how he has made an impact for Zimbabwe after returning from a back injury.

"I mean being 6 foot 9 [inches] does help. I have to give a lot more credit to Blessing than he has received because he's been out for about four to six months prior to this tournament [with a back injury]. He obviously had a lot of doubts coming in with his own body and how he was feeling and stuff like that. The success that he has had with the ball has been amazing.” said Ryan Burl.

Burl further said that Zimbabwe got the opportunity to play against top teams in recent times. This eventually helped them to perform well in the ICC T20 World Cup 2026, as the results are clearly evident.

"I think obviously playing high-quality opponents regularly, as well as having a very good bunch of players buying into what I would like to believe a good blueprint and a good process. But obviously, you still got to execute on the day. So, I think it's a combination of everything put together and obviously now reaping the rewards." concluded Ryan Burl.