Former India opener Gautam Gambhir believes that India will go into the T20 World Cup as a “far better” outfit than arch-rivals Pakistan, whereas keeping track of the Rashid Khan-led Afghanistan group.
India and Pakistan will begin their group league marketing campaign on October 24 on the Dubai Stadium.
Gambhir, who scored a memorable 75 in opposition to Pakistan within the 2007 World T20 remaining, stated there can be quite a lot of stress on India’s neighbours.
Gambhir advised Star Sports, “The expectations from Pakistan are also going to be very high and at the moment, if you see, India is much better than Pakistan.”
“Anyone can beat anyone in the T20 format because it is a very individual type of format, and we should not take any team lightly.”
“For instance, you shouldn’t take Afghanistan calmly. People like Rashid Khan can hassle. Same with Pakistan. But sure, there will probably be stress on Pakistan.
He stated that Afghanistan’s IPL gamers make them a aggressive outfit which may definitely create some troubles.
“I’ve at all times believed that if you wish to speak about a group that’s going to be an actual underdog on this event, it must be Afghanistan. Besides that, they’ve individuals like Rashid Khan, Mujeeb and Mohammad Nabi, you may’t take them calmly.”
Group 1 which incorporates Australia, West Indies, England and South Africa is the ‘Group of Death’ based on Gambhir.
“That’s a really real group. You’ve locked four teams and they’re playing on the first day of the T20 World Cup, which is going to be very exciting on Saturday.”
Defending champions West Indies have at all times been a powerful group within the shorter format.
“West Indies has at all times been unpredictable in that the type of firepower they’ve, they will win even for the third time.
“England even have firepower. After successful the 50-over World Cup, they’ve in all probability received essentially the most consecutive white-ball facet in the previous few years.
“Australia has really been off the radar, probably because a lot of the core players are missing, but then again, they can be very dangerous on that particular day.”
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
