Former Indian Cricket team skipper Krishnamachari Srikkanth stated on Wednesday that India is a very strong contender for winning the upcoming Twenty20 World Cup to be conducted in India next year.
“T20 World Cup is going to be a huge thing in India. India have always done well in T20 format. I am sure India will do very well…probably who knows India will win the World Cup also in 2016,” Srikkanth told reporters on the sidelines of an event on Wednesday.
Taking a dig at Indian team’s performance in the ongoing series against South Africa, the former Indian captain said the home team is doing really appreciable.
“The first Test match (in Mohali) we beat South Africa very comfortably. And in the second Test match (in Bengaluru), unfortunately for rain.. otherwise I think we would have probably won the second Test match as well,” he said.
Srikkanth pointed out that the Proteas team was outclassed in every department in the first Test and if the rain had not affected the second match, they would have met the same result in the second also.
“The confidence level of the Indian cricket team is always high and especially when they beat a team like South Africa so comfortably in the first Test match,” he said.
“They (Indians) were very comfortably positioned in the first day of the (second) Test match. Probably if there had been just three-days of Test match we would have had a result favouring India. Unfortunately, I think the rains spoiled everything,” he said.
The former flamboyant Indian opener said is very balanced and tremendously potential.
“We have a lot of youngsters who are doing very well which is a great sign for Indian cricket. Definitely I find the Indian cricket going in the right direction,” Srikkanth added.
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