Shaun Pollock believes South Africa are timing the World Cup challenge perfectly

South African batters [Source: Associated Press]

After South Africa's victorious clash against India, Former Proteas legend Shaun Pollock has backed his team's contention in the final. In their first match against Zimbabwe that eventually got rained out, the Proteas and the opposition shared points. Later the team managed two wins against Bangladesh and India. 

Pollock has expressed faith in the team and believes that the team is in strong contention for the trophy even though the team was 'under the radar' before the tournament began. 

What Pollock said 

“That they've come in with people maybe not writing them up as much as they could, I think there’s definitely been an effect of SA trending in the right direction, We’ve seen them over the past 18 months start to show a little bit of firepower, and some grit and determination.” 

“Bowling-wise I’ve never been concerned [for SA]. We’ve got plenty of fast-bowling options. You even got a [Marco] Jansen sitting on the sidelines, the four quicks that they used [in Perth], plus [Keshav] Maharaj and [Tabraiz] Shamsi." 

“We’ve got all bases covered there.”

South Africa will now face Pakistan and Netherlands in the remaining two matches of the Super 12 stage. The Proteas will need to win both the matches with a good margin to make it to the semis. 

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