The Indian cricket team is presently the number 1 team across all the formats. Be it in the Test format, ODI or the T20I format, India has been ruling the roost. Despite a disappointing and gut-wrenching loss in the ICC ODI World Cup 2023 finals, India has managed to salvage some pride after their dominant 4-1 victory in the recently-concluded T20I series versus Australia.
Surya Kumar Yadav and co. managed to put on their best foot and played exceedingly well in this T20I series. The likes of Ravi Bishnoi, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Axar Patel and Rinku Singh showed their class and India outclassed Matthew Wade and co. in this T20I series.
That brings us to the conclusion that India are a dominant juggernaut in the shortest format in international cricket. If India can continue this good form, then they would be able to register a dominant display in the ICC T20 World Cup 2024.
In this article, we take a look at 3 reasons why India are frontrunners to win the ICC T20 World Cup 2024:
1. The bench strength of India is incredibly strong
Despite giving rest to some of its main players, Team India managed to win the series comfortably versus Australia. The likes of Rinku Singh, Ruturaj Gaikwad and Ravi Bishnoi have performed well in this series and have showed everyone that India has a great bench strength.
This will benefit India a lot as the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 knocks on our doors and India would then be having several options to choose from.
2. India’s new template in white-ball format
In the ICC ODI World Cup 2023, we witnessed an aggressive and new template of batting of the Indian cricket team. Rohit Sharma used to give blistering and aggressive starts to Team India and this helped them in the latter stages as the middle-order of India had less pressure on them.
This strategy works exceptionally well for the Indian cricket team and they would be keen on delivering the goods with solid and quick starts at the top.
3. Depth in bowling
India has a massive depth in the bowling department. While the likes of Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh and Mohammad Shami are world-class bowlers and have already proven their mettle in ICC tournaments, India has several options in other pacers such as Prasidh Krishna, Mohammad Siraj and Mukesh Kumar.
India’s spin-bowling department too is exceptional with Kuldeep Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi and Axar Patel, being some hot picks.
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