IND vs SA: South Africa's captain Aiden Markram 'hungry' to win T20 World Cup final

South Africa's captain Aiden Markram is confident of winning from any situation in the final against India in Barbados on Saturday after his side secured close victories in the T20 World Cup 2024.

South Africa will be featuring in their first-ever World Cup final, where they will face India, who are under pressure to end their ICC title drought since 2013.

Ahead of the summit showdown on Saturday, Markram was naturally reminded of the past when the Proteas have struggled under pressure.

"Probably I just see it as a new game of cricket, to be honest. We all know India's a great team. Us as a team, as South Africans, have been sort of trending in the right direction the last couple of years, but maybe not progressed in tournaments as far as we would have liked.

"So, an exciting occasion tomorrow against a good opposition in India, but a nice opportunity for us as the Proteas as well," said Markram.

Both South Africa and India enter the final unbeaten, with the former having encountered numerous challenges along the way.

Markram mentioned that his players have gained a great deal of confidence from those narrow victories and will not settle for a runners-up finish.

"There have been close moments in games that would have probably affected the result and we managed to win those moments.

"To have done them two, three, maybe four times throughout the competition so far has sort of given the team the belief that you can win from any position, which I think is quite important for a team to have that," said Markram.

Markram asserted that irrespective of the result on Saturday, his team is "going in the right direction."

"But yeah, we'd love to get to our first final and be able to win that first final. And hopefully in the years to come that can break the burden of what a lot of other people are saying about us as a team," he said.

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