Cricket World Cup 2023: The ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 will be played in India from 5 October to 19 November. This is happening for the first time when India is alone hosting the biggest tournament of cricket. Earlier in the year 2011, India jointly hosted the World Cup with Sri Lanka, in which India won the title after 28 years under Dhoni’s captaincy. Since, this time also ICC tournament will be played in India, there is a strong possibility of India winning the third title under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. Let us know the five reasons behind this.
Strong Batting Lineup
India has always been known for having a strong batting lineup. The reason behind this is the presence of promising young players along with experienced players in Team India. At present, India has a star top order in the form of captain Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli and KL Rahul, who have consistently performed well in international cricket. India’s top-order batsmen have the ability to score big, which will help India bring home the trophy.
Excellent spin attack
India’s spin department has always left its mark. Where in the year 2011 World Cup, India had a pair of star spinners like Harbhajan Singh, Piyush Chawla and Yuvraj Singh, who played an important role in winning the title. In this World Cup, India has the spin trio of Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal, who have the power to sink any team’s boat in the middle overs.
Bowling depth with Bumrah’s presence
India’s star fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah is currently recovering from injury and also started bowling in full flow. Few days back, BCCI appointed bumrah as a captain of india for ireland tour. india is going to play 3 match t20I series with ireland starting from mid september.The return of Bumrah and then Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj’s pace attack has the power to dust any opposition, which will play a key role in India winning the World Cup.
Top performance of all-rounders
Indian team’s star all-rounders Hardik Pandya and Ravindra Jadeja are in very good form. The presence of these two gives India stability in the batting as well as bowling department. This is the reason why Pandya and Jadeja are going to play an important role in getting India the cup.
Home Advantage
Since 2011, in which country the ICC ODI Cricket World Cup has been played, the host country has always had the upper hand. In such a situation, the Indian team will also take advantage of the home conditions, which includes being comfortable with the pitch as well as the support of the spectators.
However, let us tell you that like every time, this time also a total of 10 teams will fight for the title, which will make the tournament quite challenging. it is not going to be easy for India to win its third title. For this, Rohit Sharma and Co. will have to show their best game.