Australia and England have advanced to the semi-final of the ICC T20 World Cup 2021. Australia play Pakistan in the second semifinal in Dubai on November 11. England-New Zealand face off in a rematch of the ICC 2019 World Cup final in the first semi-final on November 10 in Abu Dhabi. Meanwhile, Justin Langer has said that his side fancies chasing anything in their game against Pakistan.

Australia lost to England in the 2010 T20 World Cup final. 11 years down the line they have a chance of making their second semi-final. Australia, winning four out of their five group games, have done it all while chasing. Thus, Justin Langer is confident of his side chasing down big score with a powerful batting line-up.

“Most teams are winning chasing and you saw with a set-up of our side with the extra batter for most of the games in the lead-up to this semi-final that we’ll back ourselves to chase anything. That said, finals are a different proposition, so we’ll wait and see. But it takes nerves of steel to chase big scores in finals. It’s certainly worked out well so far,” Langer told reporters, as quoted by Perth Now.

He further spoke about their opposition Pakistan and said that they are like dragons and are going really well in the tournament so far. They are the only unbeaten side in this campaign so far.

Pakistan Are Like Dragons: Justin Langer

“I won’t say the team was out of form. I think you have to look back and look at the wickets that they played on. And it’s very difficult where teams are not getting more than a hundred for both teams, it’s going to be a challenge for anyone. So for us, we come out here, the wickets that have been produced here have been outstanding. Pakistan are like dragons; they are going really well. But at the end of the day, you’ve got to stay up and about, and that’s what we are going to be trying to do” Langer added.

Having an unbeaten run so far Babar Azam’s men will have an upper hand over the Aussies in the big semi-final.

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