Former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq reckoned that the Indian team are the favourites to win the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2021. Inzamam said that given the conditions and the experience their players have in the T20 format, India have a greater chance of winning the tournament than any other side.
Speaking about the tournament on his YouTube channel, Inzamam said, "In any tournament, it cannot be said for certain that a particular team will win. It's all about how much chance do they have of winning it. In my opinion, India have a greater chance than any other team of winning this tournament, especially in conditions like these. They have experienced T20 players as well."
Team India had an almost perfect build-up to their T20 World Cup campaign, beating two of the top sides in England and Australia in the warm-up matches and got most of the boxes ticked before their tournament opener against the arch-rivals Pakistan.
Taking Wednesday's example, Inzamam said, "India played their warm-up fixture against Australia rather comfortably. On subcontinent pitches like these, India are the most dangerous T20 side in the world. Even today, if we see the 155 runs they chased down, they did not even need Virat Kohli to do so.
Talking about the highly anticipated clash between India and Pakistan on Sunday, Inzamam said that it is the final before the final.
"The match between India and Pakistan in the Super 12s is the final before the final. No match will be hyped as much as this one. Even in the 2017 Champions Trophy, India and Pakistan started and finished the tournament by facing each other and both the matches felt like finals. The team winning that match will have their morale boosted and will also have 50 percent of pressure released from them," he signed off.
Pakistan, on the other hand, beat West Indies comprehensively in their first warm-up match but South Africa riding on Rassie van der Dussen's unbeaten century chased down 190 runs against them.
