“Team India is up against a big challenge against the mighty Australian team and I believe things won’t be the same as it were during our game against South Africa. Australia for me are one of the tournament favorites and the way Starc and Cummins are bowling they are bound to trouble Indian batsmen as the Oval pitch offers a generous bounce. The return of Warner too has added more meat to Australia’s batting line up and I believe Australia has a slight edge over team India. I have always believed that if any team has to win the ICC Cricket World Cup, they need to beat Australia. We won the 2007 (T20) World Cup and the ICC Cricket World Cup and in both these tournaments we beat Australia to advance. The Australian teams have traditionally performed well in the ICC tournaments irrespective of the form with which they are coming in because of their sporting culture and the mental strength. Hence I believe for India to go on and win the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 a win against Australia in this game is very important.”
Star Sports expert Gautam Gambhir picked his favourite team for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 on Philips Hue Cricket Live, here is what he said
