T20 World Cup | We can put any team under pressure: Scottish skipper eyes England upset

Buoyed by a dominant win over Italy, Scotland captain Richie Berrington believes his staff has the firepower to upset two-time champions England, who made a scratchy begin to the match, of their T20 World Cup Group C match in Kolkata on Saturday (February 14, 2026).

Scotland on Monday (February 9, 2026) bounced again from their opening match loss to the West Indies in type, posting 207 for 4 after which bowling Italy out for 134 for a 73-run win on the Eden Gardens, a outcome that has lifted the temper within the camp and stored their qualification hopes alive.

Then again, England had a nervy outing against Nepal, the place the previous champions scraped residence by simply 4 runs whereas defending 184, needing Sam Curran to bowl a good ultimate over after Nepal threatened an upset.

“That dream was all the time there from the beginning of the match. No matter that recreation (England vs Nepal), we all know, and we’ve proven previously as a staff, if we follow our strengths and carry out effectively, we are able to put anybody below stress. Clearly we all know it’s going to be robust towards England. They’re a world-class staff,” Berrington stated within the post-match media interplay in Kolkata.

“However we all know we’ve received world-class gamers in our line-up too. So it’s going to be on the day. Ensuring, as I stated, we nail our strengths. And if we get that proper, we’ll give ourselves an excellent likelihood.”

The long-standing rivalry between the 2 nations solely provides spice to the competition.

“Yeah, I feel that rivalry has all the time been there between Scotland and England. Clearly, there’s a lengthy historical past there between the 2 nations. However I feel it is there in each sport.

“Subsequent Saturday goes to be thrilling. We stay up for each recreation on this match, and that is our subsequent recreation. So we’re actually trying ahead to it.”

With Scotland’s rugby staff additionally dealing with England in Edinburgh the identical day within the Six Nations, Berrington even eyed a sporting double. We’ve additionally received the Scotland rugby staff taking up England the identical day. So it might make fairly a pleasant headline if Scotland has two wins on Saturday,” he stated.

Berrington was filled with reward for George Munsey’s influence on the prime. Opener Munsey scored 84 off simply 54 balls with the assistance of 13 fours and two sixes.

“George is apparent; he’s a world-class participant. I feel he’s proven that for a time period now. Such an necessary participant for us, notably on the prime of the order. You recognize, he all the time goes on the market and units the tempo of the sport. As we’ve seen there immediately, as soon as he will get going, he’s very onerous to bowl at. So I feel whenever you’re watching that, it actually provides the opposite gamers within the staff quite a lot of confidence,” he added.

England’s slender escape towards Nepal has solely added to Scotland’s perception.

“I watched that recreation. I used to be glued to the TV final evening. So, cheering on Nepal. However that was superior. It’s an excellent confidence booster for us going ahead,” he added.