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T20 World Cup: India are a quality side, NZ bowlers need to adapt quickly to Dubai wicket, says Tim Southee

New Zealand will need to adjust quickly to the pace of the Dubai wicket if they want to defeat India when the teams meet in their crucial Twenty20 World Cup clash on Sunday, bowler Tim Southee said.

New Zealand pacer Tim Southee (AP Photo)

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New Zealand pacer Tim Southee said that India are a quality side and Kiwi pacers will have to adjust quickly to the pace of the Dubai wicket to beat the Virat Kohli side in their crucial T20 World Cup clash on Sunday.

Notably, Kane Williamson-led side suffered a 5 wicket defeat in their opening T20 match against Pakistan on Tuesday and face an India side also in need of a win after suffering a defeat in their opener against the same opposition.

“There’s a lot of learnings to be taken from the first game,” said Southee, who claimed his 100th T20 wicket in the loss to Pakistan.

“We weren’t far off against a quality Pakistan side, but we’ve got to park that. We’ve got to look forward.

“It’s such a short tournament and there’s no easy games.”

The New Zealanders will be playing at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium for the first time during the competition, while India lost at the same ground in their opener, potentially giving Virat Kohli’s side an advantage.

“In each of the three grounds you play at you have to adapt to all three, they offer different assistance for the seamers, which we saw in Sharjah, the slower balls at the back of a length worked,” said Southee.

“The Dubai wicket tends to have a bit more pace in it and seems to be a better wicket, so we have to adapt to that as quickly as we can.”

Only the top two nations in each of the two groups in the Super 12 phase of the competition advance to the last four.

With Pakistan alredy notching up three convincing wins to top the standings, New Zealand and India are currently in a battle for the second semi-final berth.

“They’re a quality side,” Southee said of India. “They’ve shown that for many years and for them coming off a loss they’ll be wanting to win as well. So it should a great contest (between) two very good sides.”

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