It hasnt been an easy tournament for the South African cricket team , but given a chance to make history against India in Saturdays T20 World Cup final in Barbados (4.30pm SA time), captain Aiden Markram says they wont go looking for excuses if they dont lift the trophy.
In their first three matches in New York, the SA team competed in atrocious conditions on drop-in pitches, and in their remaining games they have had to deal with a challenging travel schedule, bouncing around the Caribbean.
Markram, however, said they were accustomed to facing similar challenges as professional athletes, and they needed to put these issues aside and get on with the task at hand.
While better conditions were expected on Saturday, with a more predictable wicket, the Proteas would need to find a way to beat the worlds top-ranked T20 team , regardless of the pitch.
Weve been doing it for most of our careers. You jump from venue to venue where conditions are quite different, so its just about adapting to whatevers in front of you, and playing the pitch and the game thats in front of you, Markram said.
