World Cup: England choke in the finals, says Monty Panesar

NEW DELHI: Since the inaugural edition of the World Cup in 1975, England have appeared in all 12 editions of the mega event played up to now. The Three Lions have made it to the World cup finals 3 times - 1979, 1987 and 1992 – however ended up as runners-up on all 3 occasions.

England have additionally hosted the World Cup greater than another crew - 1975, 1979, 1983, 1999 and the ongoing 2019 edition.

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But, England have never gained the coveted World Cup trophy.

After kicking off their World Cup campaign towards South Africa on a powerful note, crushing Proteas via 104 runs, the Eoin Morgan-led aspect suffered a 14-run defeat in a nail-biting mystery at the hands of Pakistan.

England are being tagged giant favourites to create historical past this time and spoil their World Cup jinx .

England have already got the World T20 identify to their title which they gained in 2010 below the captaincy of Paul Collingwood.

But the large query is why have England never managed to win a 50-over World Cup identify? England spinner Monty Panesar gives his tackle that during an exclusive interview to Timesofindia.com.


Excerpts:

Why have England never gained an ODI World Cup?

I think they only choke in the finals. They play in reality neatly all through the event. They enter a event as favourites, however choke in the final. You can take the example of the 2016 World T20. They entered the overall (vs West Indies), however the sixes in the final over of the overall took the game away from them. I think, England overplans for a large event. Sometimes, it acts as an added pressure. If I talk about this edition (2019), that is the best probability for them to win the Cup. This England crew is reasonably just like the Australian crew in the early 2000s.


Who do you assume will play key roles in England’s overall World Cup campaign?

England are favourites. England stipulations are too tough. You get flat wickets to bat and after a few hours, or could also be after lunch, you witness overcast stipulations. If I talk about the important thing avid gamers, for me, Moeen Ali is on most sensible of the record. Adil Rashid can improve him from the other end. He can spin neatly and bat neatly. Then they have Ben Stokes. He goes to be crucial in England’s campaign. I will select the intense skipper Eoin Morgan. When it's his day, no person can (get) him. He can hearth and simply hearth. Mark Wood will even do neatly in the pace division. These five avid gamers I will select as my key avid gamers.

Do you assume it’s good for avid gamers to play a gruelling IPL season simply prior to the World Cup?

It is determined by the person, how is he managing the workload. After IPL, you in fact get exhausted and then you want to be prepared for the large event just like the World Cup. If you'll be able to set up workload then why not play as much as you need?

You assume RCB’s bad show in the IPL up to now can impact Virat Kohli’s self belief & captaincy at the World Cup?

Not in reality. I don’t assume IPL efficiency will have an effect on a participant like Virat Kohli. I think he was once construction himself for the World Cup. A participant like Virat always plans in advance. World Cup was once already deliberate in his thoughts.