England captain Harry Brook has expressed confidence in his team's ability to overcome India in the T20 World Cup semi-final, despite acknowledging they have yet to produce a perfect performance. Speaking ahead of Thursday's clash at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium, Brook said: 'This team is awesome. We're never out of the game.'
England have reached the last four with a series of flawed but effective displays, winning tight matches against Pakistan and others. 'I don't believe we need a perfect game to win the competition,' Brook added. 'The games we have won have been nowhere near perfect and we've still managed to get the wins – convincingly in some of them and tight in the others.'
India, the tournament hosts, have also fallen short of expectations, with bowling coach Morne Morkel admitting they have been 'guilty of giving away maybe 15-20 runs in the field'. India have dropped the most catches in the tournament, while England have taken the most wickets and scored the most runs among the semi-finalists.
Brook dismissed the notion that England are underdogs, stating: 'We've got this far now, and it would be stupid of us to not be confident. They are probably the favourites but we're going to go out there and give it a hell of a crack.' England are expected to recall Jamie Overton as a third seam option, with spin options including Adil Rashid, Liam Dawson, Will Jacks and Jacob Bethell.
