India will have to bat very well to win World Cup: Sourav Ganguly

The hosts will start their World Cup marketing campaign by taking up Australia on the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on October 8. Chatting with PTI, Ganguly opened up on India’s probabilities and stated, “They must bat very nicely, in the event that they bat nicely they’ll win. The World Cup is totally different, Asia Cup is totally different and the Australia house collection is totally different. Each match depends upon how they play that exact second. India are a robust aspect; however they should play nicely in the course of the World Cup.”

India’s determination to depart out senior leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal in favor of bowling all-rounder Axar Patel has met with combined views. However, in accordance with Ganguly, the choice is an efficient one. He opined, “They’ve picked Axar Patel forward of Chahal due to his batting. So I feel it is a wide variety. Chahal can nonetheless come again if somebody will get injured. It is a 17-member squad, two, in any case, must transfer out. I feel it is a particularly reasonable aspect, the proper aspect they’ve picked. It is simply that they should play nicely now.”

Requested about Pakistan, he described them as a really balanced aspect. On the India-Pakistan tussle, he acknowledged that the group who performs higher on the day will win. Ganguly commented, “They’re an excellent aspect. They’ve an excellent bowling assault — Naseem Shah, Shahid Afridi, Haris Rauf. They’re a really balanced group. India is a robust aspect. It is the way you play on that exact day; there is no such thing as a rocket science to it.

India will take Pakistan of their opening match of Asia Cup 2023 in Pallekele on September 2.

–By A Cricket Correspondent