Ian Bishop spoke on the level of intensity required by teams to compete in tournaments such as the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.
While replying to K Srikkanth on Star Sports show Match Point,
Ian Bishop spoke on the level of intensity required by teams to compete in tournaments such as the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.
“I think it’s deeper than that. And everyone will know this when you play bilateral cricket;
there’s a certain intensity. Still, when you come to a World Cup, there’s another step in the
level of intensity and the level of responsibility that comes with that,” he said.
“There’s a great book written that you go into an England dressing room, and you see the guys in a bilateral series,
and it’s like they are having fun. You go into that same dressing room when it’s a world cup,
and people are on edge; a different level of focus and intensity is required,” he added.
“‘And I think if you play South Africa or England in a bilateral series before the World Cup,
it is different when you play them in a World Cup. And that’s the mindset that I think has to change.
We must be mentally strong in World Cup cricket to exhibit that same freedom.”