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“This could be ‘underdogs’ Australia’s year”: Brett Lee weighs in on Australia’s prospect of winning maiden T20 World Cup title this year

Gurpreet Singh
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"This could be 'underdogs' Australia's year": Brett Lee weighs in on Australia's prospect of winning maiden T20 World Cup title this year

Brett Lee weighs in on Australia’s chances of lifting their maiden T20 World Cup title after their comprehensive performance in group stage

After three weeks of intense battle between top T20 sides in the world, the ongoing 2021 ICC T20 World Cup has reached towards its business end- the Semi-Final stages.

In the second semi-final tomorrow at the Dubai International Stadium, Australia will take on the undefeated team in the coveted tournament so far- Pakistan in what promises to be a cracker of a contest, given the way both teams have contested so far.

While the Aussies are eying on the maiden T20 World Cup title, the Pakistani side are looking to repeat the heroics from the 2009 edition of the tournament which took place in England.

Former Australian speedster Brett Lee, in fact believes that the current ‘underdog’ Aussie side could in fact go all the way to lift their maiden T20 World Cup title.

Brett Lee weighs in on Australia’s chances

Counting in on David Warner’s superb display of form in the ongoing T20 World Cup, Brett Lee believes that this might well be Australia’s time and year to win the World Cup for the first time ever.

“After almost a month of action, it all comes down to five days, four teams, and three matches at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021. And I reckon this could be Australia’s year”, he wrote in a coloumn for the ICC.

“England are the favourites from here but I sense the belief in the Australia camp and I think there is some real momentum there. Everything is clicking nicely ahead of Thursday’s semi-final against Pakistan”, Lee further added.

Pakistan have remained undefeated in the Super 12 stage of the tournament, where they beat India, New Zealand, Afghanistan, Namibia, and Scotland. Australia on the other hand lost a solitary match against England.

Pakistan will play tomorrow’s game on the back of a splendid record of 16 consecutive wins on UAE soil. Australia, on the other hand, have never lost against Pakistan in an ICC tournament knock-out match.

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Gurpreet Singh

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Gurpreet Singh is a Cricket writer at The Sportsrush. His platonic relationship with sports had always been there since childhood, but Cricket managed to strike a special, intimate nerve of his heart. Although his initial dream of playing the sport at the highest level couldn't come to fruition, Gurpreet did represent the state of Jharkhand at the under-14 level. However, almost like taking a pledge to never let the undying passion for Cricket fade away even a tad, he made sure to continue the love relationship by assigning the field of journalism as an indirect Cupid. He thus, first finished his bachelor's in journalism and then pursued the PG Diploma course in English journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC). Soon after and since 2019, he has been working at The Sportsrush. Apart from sports, he takes keen interest in politics, and in understanding women and gender-related issues.

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