

It’s about remaining really calm, being very clear with our plans and focused on execution on the day. “We can’t look at the points table, we can’t dwell on what’s happened. “We have a plan, but we respect Zimbabwe, they had an amazing performance against Pakistan, we watched every ball of it,” he said, adding that had already put the South Africa loss behind them. Sriram, who took the reins ahead of the Asia Cup in August when Russell Domingo was axed after a string of poor results, said they had full respect for Zimbabwe.

Zimbabwe are next up in Brisbane on Sunday, fresh from their stunning one-run upset over Pakistan.

They added another with a nine-run victory against the Netherlands before being brought crashing back to earth by South Africa in a 104-run defeat.
