Batting great Sunil Gavaskar says India will be the team to beat in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 with a “well-balanced” unit and mento...
Batting great Sunil Gavaskar says India will be the team to beat in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 with a “well-balanced” unit and mentor MS Dhoni’s experience.
India, who clinched T20’s biggest prize in 2007 but have not won a world title since the 2013 Champions Trophy, begin their campaign against old rivals Pakistan in Dubai on Sunday.
“India has a well-balanced team and its performances in the warm-up games have been outstanding so they definitely are the team to watch out for,” Gavaskar told AFP.
Virat Kohli’s India, who bowed out of the semi-finals in the previous edition in 2016, outplayed England and Australia in their two warm-up matches in Dubai with top batsmen KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma scoring half-centuries. The pace attack led by Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah is looking good and premier spinner Ashwin Ravichandran got Australia’s David Warner and Mitchell Marsh off successive deliveries in their last tune-up.
The presence of former captain Dhoni in the team has been a big boost for Kohli and his players.
Rohit is the only member of the current team that won the inaugural title under Dhoni when they beat Pakistan in a thrilling final in Johannesburg in 2007.
Gavaskar said the experience of Dhoni, who won India two...
