India are looking for their second World Cup crown of the decade. We examine how they are shaping up ahead of the tournament.
First published in issue 20 of Wisden Cricket Monthly. Subscribe here
ODI ranking: 2
World Cup wins: 2
Final appearances: 3
World Cup record
Tournament appearances: 11
Matches: 75
Won: 46
Lost: 27
NR: 1
Tied: 1
Ways they can win it
The triptych of Sharma, Dhawan and Kohli is incomparable (42 ODI hundreds between them since the last World Cup) and in Jasprit Bumrah they have the No.1 ranked ODI bowler. But spin could hold the key. The left-arm wrist-spinner Kuldeep Yadav showed last summer at Trent Bridge, when he took 6-25 in a rare England defeat, the damage he can do when there’s a bit in the pitch for him, and the leggies of Chahal and left-arm darts of Jadeja ensure they have all bases covered.
India squad
Virat Kohli (c), Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal, Shikhar Dhawan, MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Kedar Jadhav, Dinesh Karthik, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Hardik Pandya, KL Rahul, Mohammed Shami, Vijay Shankar, Rohit Sharma, Kuldeep Yadav.
Betfair Exchange odds: 4.2
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