MUMBAI: Batting great Rahul Dravid on Friday mentioned the presence of wicket-taking bowlers will a great deal get advantages India in the heart overs of what's expected to be a high-scoring World Cup.
ICC World Cup 2019: Full Schedule
Alongside hosts England and Australia, India will input the ICC showpiece as favourites. The event kicks off on May 30 with the grand finale slated for July 14 on the Lord's.
"In a World Cup, I believe, having experienced some of the conditions in England last year with the A tour, it would be a high scoring World Cup. And in a high scoring WC, having bowlers who can take wickets in the middle will be very important. I think India is lucky in that regard," Dravid mentioned right here.
The former captain added, "People like (Jasprit) Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal... (We have) got bowlers who can take wickets. Teams that are taking wickets through those middle-overs in those high scoring games have a better chance of restricting the opposition."
India played their last global on March 13, and then the IPL kicked off. While the loss in the five-match sequence to Australia at house got here as a shock, India have performed well in ODIs during the last 12 months, scripting a historic sequence win in South Africa. They have additionally won in Australia and New Zealand.
Dravid took into issues these victories whilst talking about India's potentialities in the event.
"I believe we now have had a few really good years leading to the World Cup. For proper reasons, we are No. 2 in the World and that actually method that we have got consistently produced some successful results in the last two and part years. We may also be hopeful.
"I believe it will be a tricky World Cup. Every staff comes well ready and desires to compete. Everyone on the World Cup shall be hanging their best possible foot forward.
"So having said that I would say India is definitely one of the favourites into the tournament and all of us can be hopeful. Hopefully we make the semi-final and from there on there are four very good teams," Dravid mentioned.
"Bowling is going to play a very big role in this World Cup and the team that bowls best, probably will be closer to winning it."
The mythical batsman showered accolades on current captain Virat Kohli.
"Virat, you recognize he just helps to keep improving, helps to keep getting better. He is environment bars and requirements that perhaps we idea would by no means be achieved. Sachin (Tendulkar) scored 49-50 loads in one-day cricket. People idea that this may take a lot of time to achieve. Will it be ever achieved and now Virat is 10 clear of it or on the subject of it.
"One of the things about Virat is that even though he has a bad excursion, it is not that he hasn't had unhealthy tours, he had disappointing excursion of England in 2014, he wasn't as successful in Australia first time around, but each and every time he goes back once more he goes back as a better player. He kind of reinvents his game to a point the place he is repeatedly improving," Dravid mentioned.
Last but now not the least, Dravid additionally had phrases of praise for two-time World Cup successful veteran Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
"The beauty about MS is that he performs these large tournaments and these large matches and that is the reason why he reveals himself in such a lot of of those large video games, he performs them, and they mean a lot, I inform a lot of under-19 boys, he is in a position to have the opportunity to play it adore it doesn't suggest a lot, obviously it method a lot.
"He is able to see a bigger picture in it and say – I'm not defined by this particular game. It is a hard thing to do," Dravid mentioned.
ICC World Cup 2019: Full Schedule
Alongside hosts England and Australia, India will input the ICC showpiece as favourites. The event kicks off on May 30 with the grand finale slated for July 14 on the Lord's.
"In a World Cup, I believe, having experienced some of the conditions in England last year with the A tour, it would be a high scoring World Cup. And in a high scoring WC, having bowlers who can take wickets in the middle will be very important. I think India is lucky in that regard," Dravid mentioned right here.
The former captain added, "People like (Jasprit) Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal... (We have) got bowlers who can take wickets. Teams that are taking wickets through those middle-overs in those high scoring games have a better chance of restricting the opposition."
India played their last global on March 13, and then the IPL kicked off. While the loss in the five-match sequence to Australia at house got here as a shock, India have performed well in ODIs during the last 12 months, scripting a historic sequence win in South Africa. They have additionally won in Australia and New Zealand.
Dravid took into issues these victories whilst talking about India's potentialities in the event.
"I believe we now have had a few really good years leading to the World Cup. For proper reasons, we are No. 2 in the World and that actually method that we have got consistently produced some successful results in the last two and part years. We may also be hopeful.
"I believe it will be a tricky World Cup. Every staff comes well ready and desires to compete. Everyone on the World Cup shall be hanging their best possible foot forward.
"So having said that I would say India is definitely one of the favourites into the tournament and all of us can be hopeful. Hopefully we make the semi-final and from there on there are four very good teams," Dravid mentioned.
"Bowling is going to play a very big role in this World Cup and the team that bowls best, probably will be closer to winning it."
The mythical batsman showered accolades on current captain Virat Kohli.
"Virat, you recognize he just helps to keep improving, helps to keep getting better. He is environment bars and requirements that perhaps we idea would by no means be achieved. Sachin (Tendulkar) scored 49-50 loads in one-day cricket. People idea that this may take a lot of time to achieve. Will it be ever achieved and now Virat is 10 clear of it or on the subject of it.
"One of the things about Virat is that even though he has a bad excursion, it is not that he hasn't had unhealthy tours, he had disappointing excursion of England in 2014, he wasn't as successful in Australia first time around, but each and every time he goes back once more he goes back as a better player. He kind of reinvents his game to a point the place he is repeatedly improving," Dravid mentioned.
Last but now not the least, Dravid additionally had phrases of praise for two-time World Cup successful veteran Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
"The beauty about MS is that he performs these large tournaments and these large matches and that is the reason why he reveals himself in such a lot of of those large video games, he performs them, and they mean a lot, I inform a lot of under-19 boys, he is in a position to have the opportunity to play it adore it doesn't suggest a lot, obviously it method a lot.
"He is able to see a bigger picture in it and say – I'm not defined by this particular game. It is a hard thing to do," Dravid mentioned.
Presence of wicket-takers in middle overs will benefit India in World Cup: Dravid
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