Eoin Morgan: The final match of the ongoing T20 series will be the closest thing to a World Cup final

England are banking on winning the final match of the T20 series against India which is scheduled on March 20^th, 2021 and take this victory as a confidence booster when they step onto the field to play the upcoming T2O World Cup scheduled in India.

England skipper Morgan said that the final match of the ongoing T20 series between two champion teams will have the same relevance as playing a World Cup final which is due in 7 months down the line in India.

On the other end, the Indian team will play their last International T20 match before heading into the World Cup so they would want to finish the series on high but the host knows the quality of the visitors who have given them a tough time in their own backyard.

India could mount the same argument, having snatched a thrilling eight-run victory to level the series 2-2 in Ahmedabad on Thursday, built on Suryakumar Yadav’s 57 off 31 balls in just his second T20I and Shardul Thakur’s 3 for 42, including the wickets of Ben Stokes and Eoin Morgan in consecutive balls to dent England’s attempted pursuit of 186.

However, Morgan and Stokes defended their lower order to try and see England over the line as capable as the likes of Jofra Archer and Chris Jordan are with the bat – it illustrated the sort of tight situation they expected to be put in when India hosts the World Cup in October.

“We really want to play in must-win games like this,” Morgan told the host broadcaster, Star Sports. “They’re the closest thing that we get to play in a World Cup or a Champions Trophy and against a fantastic side like India, it should bode to be a great game.

“Certainly all to play for. Winning away from home is a lot more difficult than at home, obviously, for various reasons, but to win away from home would be great.”

However, both captains have not shied away from in stating that world number 1 and number 2 ranked sides in the world is all about preparation for the upcoming T20 World Cup in 2021.

“In an ideal world, we would have loved to have gone into the next game [having] already won the series,” Stokes said in his post-match press conference. “We go into the next game with a huge amount of pressure on our shoulders as a team, because whoever wins that game wins the series.

“That’s great for us as a team, especially with a T20 World Cup coming up because the more pressure situations we get put into as a team the more I think we’ll benefit from it.

“It is a final because if we don’t win then we lose a series and we don’t want to lose series, we want to win and we want to make a habit of winning them. The more situations we get put into where we’ve got pressure on us and we keep prevailing, that’s just going to do us the world of good.”