Jos Buttler and Eoin Morgan reckon India will be front-runners at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in October. Virat Kohli, on the other hand, f...
Jos Buttler and Eoin Morgan reckon India will be front-runners at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in October. Virat Kohli, on the other hand, feels England are the team to beat, given they are the No 1 side in the world.
Of course, England are the world champions in 50-over format, and the No 1 ranked ODI and T20I side in the world. Of course, Kohli and Co will have the advantage of playing in home conditions not long after a full-fledged Indian Premier League that should get them used to it. Of course, there is very little point in discussing favourites this early in a World Cup year, especially in times of the pandemic and bio-secure bubbles. You just don’t know what the next day holds.
But mind games from the two camps apart, the undeniable fact is that this five-match T20I series starting in Ahmedabad on Friday will go a long way towards telling the two teams (and their fans) of where they stand. Are things heading in the right direction? What is working well? What are the problem areas?
For England, it’s a problem of plenty and the headaches begin from picking the right XI from a pool of ridiculously talented...
