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Australia’s star batsman Steve Smith said his team has played their best at the right time in the World Cup but also admitted that it will be very difficult to beat India and South Africa. India and South Africa have already booked their places in the semi-finals, while Australia will try to become the third team to reach the last four with a win against Afghanistan at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Tuesday.
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“You want to peak at the right time but you definitely have to perform well to reach the semi-finals,” Smith said in the pre-match press conference. I think that will be the beauty of it if we manage to get there.
He said, ‘You know we didn’t start well and we lost the first match. We made good progress after that but there are still some areas we can work on.
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Smith said that India’s big win against South Africa, the tournament’s second-best team, has made the challenge ahead for Australia even tougher.
He said, ‘Tomorrow’s match is very important for us. I think if we win we will go on. I think you want to peak at the right time and both teams at the top right now are doing very well. Especially India who easily defeated the second placed team South Africa yesterday.
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“They will be tough to beat, no doubt about it,” Smith said. But I think we are also playing good cricket so hopefully it can be a good day for us too. We will put ourselves in that position and create an opportunity for ourselves.