The 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup is the upcoming mega task for all the groups, and so they are specializing in constructing a top-quality facet to compete in the international occasion, which will likely be held in India later this 12 months.
Since the host nation captured the final three 50-overs World Cups, the stress will likely be on Team India to proceed the pattern. Though, different subcontinent groups, equivalent to Pakistan and Sri Lanka, may also do properly since the situations in India are not alien to these nations.
However, in the latest previous, abroad groups have cracked the code of doing properly on gradual tracks in Asia; therefore they will pose an enormous problem as properly. Speaking about the similar former Sri Lanka captain, Kumar Sangakkara reckoned that the abroad sides would do properly in the upcoming 50-over showpiece occasion.
Sangakkara even claimed that subcontinent nations like India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka would not be favourites to win the subsequent World Cup. The 45-year-old noticed that groups like England, Australia, and New Zealand have realized to play spin so much higher than the final time World Cup was hosted in Asia – 2011.
“I think cricket’s changed quite a lot since 2011; in those days, I would say that in Asian conditions, it favours the subcontinental players. But over the years, I think England, Australia, and New Zealand have learnt to play spin a lot better than even the subcontinental sides,” stated Sangakkara on Star Sports.
“You see a lot of reverse sweeps, paddle shots, and sweeps, all of these new strokes using their feet. I think that has revolutionized the way we look at cricket in the subcontinent. IPL has helped a lot in terms of exposure as well,” he added.