The fan support base of the Indian and Australian teams in the T20 WC is what caught Australian Cricket Legend Ian Healy’s attention.
Finch's side is in a precarious situation with just one Super 12 game -- against Afghanistan later on Friday at the Adelaide Oval -- to be played. Either England or New Zealand has to be on the wrong end of surprise and crush Afghanistan for the Finch-led team to receive a net run rate.
Healy said, “Over the last week, I haven't sensed a strong uplift in support for the team," Healy said on SENQ's Breakfast on Friday. (Meanwhile) Indian fans, they don't care how their team is going; they just support them really, really well.”
Healy believes that there is a reason why fans from their home country do not show so much support and love for the team. He said that Australia's big loss to New Zealand in the Super 12 opener on October 22, and the negative publicity that the team has gained following the 89-run defeat, is what has acted as a key reason behind the fans’ lack of interest.
He said, “We've got David Warner, a top 10 Australia batsman of all time, "Finch, our best T20 batsman we've had as a country. (Mitch) Marsh is topsy-turvy but entertaining and coming good. (Glenn) Maxwell, promising always and does plenty for us as an all-rounder in that team. (Marcus) Stoinis, is a very good pressure player he's turned himself into now. Tim David, this exciting entrant into the team. Matty (Matthew) Wade has been a good achiever at the end of his career. And then we've had Mitch Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Pat Cummins, and Adam Zampa, a very consistent unit full of threats in any conditions all around the world.”
