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Can anyone stop Indian Juggernaut from lifting T20I World Cup 2026?

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The title is self explanatory

India are an insane power house in T20 cricket.

Can any team stop this force of nature from lifting 2026 wt20 trophy ?
 
jnaveen1980 said:
They might not win as SA looks very strong as well. So is NZ.
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I agree - SA or NZ could pull one over if they win the toss and restrict Ind to a sub 200 total. Dew would be the best bet for teams to beat India I feel
 
Mr. Mohsin Naqvi

I believe he has given instructions to clean the side cupboard. In the event where India wins the tournament. He will be taking away the trophy and locking it in. Nice and hidden with the Asia Cup Trophy.
 
Anyone can win on a given day .... had it been a 3 match final , I would say IND will win .
 
T20 is the only format where India may do well moving forward.

They have become mid-tier in Test and ODI (real cricket). :inti
 
jnaveen1980 said:
They might not win as SA looks very strong as well. So is NZ.
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Not so sure. NZ is just an above average team which India can dispose off without breaking a sweat. SA are good but are no match to India plus SA are perennial chokers.

All other teams are garbage in this Wt20
 
Frankly, NO. Since last world cup India win% is around 87 if i am not wrong. And if we see their recent performances, + home pitches mostly batting wickets so they are definitely favourite to lift this one in front of their home crowd. I would have said Aus might give them tough time, but Aus performance against fragile Pak team was extremely poor.

NZ was also hammered by India in recent series, and i expect same pitches in World Cup. So nope, no one is capable (at least on paper) to stop this Indian team.
 
I was thinking Australia before, but looking at their spin playing capabilities, I don’t think they stand a chance unless pitches are completely flat.

A bad day can cost India in either the semis or the final, but I don’t see them losing a single game this World Cup.
 
I believe this Pakistan team has what it takes to stop the Indian team.

Too bad they won’t be fielding their team against us
 
No way unless they have a bad game at the worst possible time.
 
Short answer: no.
Long answer: Still no.

White ball cricket for India is set for at least next 3-4 years. By the end of this period, they may well be tied with Australia for the most ICC silverware. No other team is as all-condition as them & the batting is on another level with future players waiting in the wings that are even better than the current gen.

That's unreal depth.
 
imranq said:
Almost an unbeatable team. I would be shocked if they don't win the title and that too easily.
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Only pitch tempering and cheating can cause their demise...otherwise they are just in a league of their own at the moment
 
On a flat pitch with heavy dew - they can get caught if they bat first. Chasing 220 plus in such conditions wont be impossible for England / Aus
 
India dont win this t20 world cup at home it will be a massive shame. No icc event win at home since 2011?!
 
InshAllah. Someone will stop them, want Pakistan to win. Australia always turns up in icc events and won ct in india and odi world cup so can count on aussies to silence the indians too.
 
When they are hyped more is when they come down crashing which is the case this time again. A strong T20 side but will choke in semis and we will see sooog and tears before hyping starts before next international tournament :afridi
 
India has a Aus 2007 ish aura this time around. Batting a completely different game compared to rest of the folks. Highly unlikely that Ind will loose this WC. Will be surprised if we somehow manage to even lose 1 game
 
India are the favourites, but batting powerhouses such as Australia and South Africa are more than capable of beating them on the day. South Africa has shown in recent times (albeit in a different format: test series in Pakistan and India) that they can also play spin well
 
England are also there. They can easily out muscle India with their batting. It's the bowling for the Indian conditions which is the weakness of the SENA teams.
 
bk19xsa said:
England are also there. They can easily out muscle India with their batting. It's the bowling for the Indian conditions which is the weakness of the SENA teams.
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English bowling is too weak imo. Pace bowlers are wayward / not consistent enough + they lack quality spinners for these conditions.
 
bk19xsa said:
England are also there. They can easily out muscle India with their batting. It's the bowling for the Indian conditions which is the weakness of the SENA teams.
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lol, if it just comes down to muscling India will outmuscle all. I feel India will struggle in slow pitches and they will encounter one or two. I just hope not in knockouts
 
Azaad said:
Bro but you hope n pray every single match about this result - and are wrong 9/10 times.
Do you have anything other than 'hope n pray' to offer? May be some real ideas on how to win against the Indian t20 side?
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Imagine what kind of bored low life someone must be living if they spend majority of their day obsessively hoping and praying that their rival lose a cricket match. This comes from a fan of a team so pathetic that they have done absolutely nothing in 40 years of international cricket. Even today a win against a good team is an upset for that talentless mental midgets. May if they had spent the same amount time working hard on their game they would achieve something. Pathetic losers
 
On the other side of news, this is a video for the search of a women's pace bolwer from u 19 and u 23 level.

Someone have to imagine the background work carried out at every level for the success.
 
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bk19xsa said:
England are also there. They can easily out muscle India with their batting. It's the bowling for the Indian conditions which is the weakness of the SENA teams.
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For sure.

I think England and South Africa are contenders for winning the World T20. Even Pakistan is a contender in my opinion. Their T20 team now is pretty good.
 
AndayWalaAllRounder said:
Frankly, NO. Since last world cup India win% is around 87 if i am not wrong. And if we see their recent performances, + home pitches mostly batting wickets so they are definitely favourite to lift this one in front of their home crowd. I would have said Aus might give them tough time, but Aus performance against fragile Pak team was extremely poor.

NZ was also hammered by India in recent series, and i expect same pitches in World Cup. So nope, no one is capable (at least on paper) to stop this Indian team.
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Aus also lost the first 2 (or 3?) matches in the WC23, every match was a knockout for them, yet they were the eventual winners. We should not judge them on bilaterals because they don't really care about them and just use them for tinkering/testing some combos. Most Indian T20 pitches are also patthas so there won't be that match spin or two paced pitches unless the are specifically tailored like that for the Aussies.

Moral of the story is, never write off the Aussies in a WC/ICC tournament.
 
What surprised me is the athleticism in most of them.There are no more deepthi sharma kind of athletes who will violate the professional attitude principle. Most of them looks like a properly trained ones from young age at academies .
 
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Agree India's batting is strong.. but their bowling is not.. even Bumra seems off-colour lately..
 
hur rizvi said:
The title is self explanatory

India are an insane power house in T20 cricket.

Can any team stop this force of nature from lifting 2026 wt20 trophy ?
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If they play against Pak in Colombo I think they are vulnerable in those conditions and Pak will be stronger.
 
Never say never but yeah, the way things are going atm for India, they are in top form and seem unbeatable.
 
England for me can Topple india. Englands batting line up can take the game away from any team on any given day. If we can improve the Quality of the bowling by improving when fielding then I'm confident England has in them to lift the Trophy again.

Come on England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
 
Obaidd said:
If they play against Pak in Colombo I think they are vulnerable in those conditions and Pak will be stronger.
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Any one playing on sluggish surfaces will struggle and gap will be narrow. Even pak / ind vs afg/bng/Lanka will become a dog fight for every run similar to sharjah cup.
 
The Bald Eagle said:
I don't think so, but nobody expects them to make that far.
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Pakistan has a very good team for sri lankan conditions.

And if they qualify and make India play them in knockouts in Sri lanka, outside of india, it's already a moral victory for them.
 
Vikram1989 said:
Any one playing on sluggish surfaces will struggle and gap will be narrow. Even pak / ind vs afg/bng/Lanka will become a dog fight for every run similar to sharjah cup.
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Exactly, the gulf narrows in Colombo giving lesser teams a chance. Beating ind in India is a more difficult proposition. That’s just playing into India’s A game and frankly I see only Aus that could beat ind on ind pitches.

Run fests in ind: Favours ind massively.

Mid-scorer in SL: Pak batters get a chance to come in the game while their spinners are also effective in SL.
 
As I was saying, Pak has a higher chance of beating ind in SL than in Ind. A mid scorer keeps our batsmen in the game while sl conditions suit bowlers. We weren’t too competitive in ind in high scorers.
 
Although we are strong in the last 2 years, teams have massively caught up in the last few months due to SA20 and othe rleagues. Also teams have remodelled their structure. One of the biggest advantage most teams including Windies have over India is they have better lower order hitters. Teams can cover up in the end overs against India. If kuldeep plays and hits his mark then it is a whole different ball game. He is going through a rough patch.
 
It's very hard to see any other team winning the tournament. However in the knockouts surprises can happen. Any team that gets to the semis gets there based on some strong performances. Still on-paper India are hot favorites by a country mile.
 
As the US game showed, Ind are beatable. Teams with good bowling attacks (Pak have quite decent attack) can contain Ind batting. Feb 15 will be a 50:50 game.
 
AamchiMumbaikar said:
In a t20, anyone can win on their day
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yes. Any team can slip up in an important game. India has always been a fantastic tournament team not because of their batting. But because of their bowling. First time i see some weakness there due to Kuldeep's form.
 
Azaad said:
Bro but you hope n pray every single match about this result - and are wrong 9/10 times.
Do you have anything other than 'hope n pray' to offer? May be some real ideas on how to win against the Indian t20 side?
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Even a broken clock is right twice a day.
 
USA exposed these IPL hacks, if not for Sky drop, they would have lost against USA. They are beatable if you do the basics right, they could crumble when put under pressure as Kholi is not there to rescue them. Pakistan goes into panic mode against India, if they weren't such mental midgets, they would have won half of T20 games so far against India
 
Sharing thoughts in a local TV show, Mohammad Amir shared his honest assessment on Abhishek Sharma and ICT's chances of lifting T20 World Cup 2026 trophy:

* "Except for the Pakistan match, the Indian batting line-up collapsed in every game. The way South Africa and the West Indies are playing, they can beat any team."
* "By whatever little I have seen, if you ask me honestly, I feel he is just a slogger. He has to go hard at every ball. The day he gets going, it's fine; otherwise, uske failure ke chances zyaada hain (The chances of his failure are high)."
* "He scores once in 8 innings. Otherwise, his scores are 10, 15, 0, and 20. I don't think he is technically sound."
* "Same for Abhishek. He wants every ball in the slot so he can hit. But at the bigger stages, or in ODIs, har ball lapete mein nahi le sakte (you cannot slog every ball in pressure cricket). International cricket will expose you."
* "Strong bowlers will always test your weakness and push you out of your comfort zone."
* "Unless he improves his offside game, he cannot progress."
 
The pitches in this tournament are not the type of Cricket 07 pitches that India was batting on in the New Zealand and South Africa series. There is something for the bowlers, even in India. India can definitely be beaten on the day eventhough they are hot favorites to retain the title.
 
The Bald Eagle said:
Sharing thoughts in a local TV show, Mohammad Amir shared his honest assessment on Abhishek Sharma and ICT's chances of lifting T20 World Cup 2026 trophy:

* "Except for the Pakistan match, the Indian batting line-up collapsed in every game. The way South Africa and the West Indies are playing, they can beat any team."
* "By whatever little I have seen, if you ask me honestly, I feel he is just a slogger. He has to go hard at every ball. The day he gets going, it's fine; otherwise, uske failure ke chances zyaada hain (The chances of his failure are high)."
* "He scores once in 8 innings. Otherwise, his scores are 10, 15, 0, and 20. I don't think he is technically sound."
* "Same for Abhishek. He wants every ball in the slot so he can hit. But at the bigger stages, or in ODIs, har ball lapete mein nahi le sakte (you cannot slog every ball in pressure cricket). International cricket will expose you."
* "Strong bowlers will always test your weakness and push you out of your comfort zone."
* "Unless he improves his offside game, he cannot progress."
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He is wrong about abhishek, Abhishek was having a score of 1 50+ score every 3.5 matches before the world cup and other scores were 30+
 
Amir usually has some pertinent points and good mind for analyzing technical aspects of game but he does not really watch much of non Pakistan cricket and it shows.

Abhishek has high risk game and such players will always go through troughs but characterizing him as a slogger is lazy analysis. He is a very high quality ball striker who has done well on hard bouncy wickets and slow hold up pitches. In modern T20s there is little to no new ball swing and even where conditions support, the classic swing bowlers themselves have died out. Nobody will pitch it up to nick off a batter in PP anymore.

Shehzad said it best when he said that Amir feels Abhishek is a slogger because Amir looks at him and sees that he can go through Abhishek's bat swing in both directions off pitch with his bowling and Abhishek would be hard pressed to keep him out.

But the real mindset shift is that Abhishek has no intention of keeping the likes of Amir/Starc out. He views the contest as a success if he can get 15 off 8 balls i.e. flash at 8 balls and middle 3-4 of them. If that approach means getting out for a duck then so be it.

Whether Abhishek will be able to adapt to longer formats like ODIs which need different mentality and skillsets of defense is a question mark, but it is foolish to assess someone's defense when they have no intention of defending.
 
pratiktc said:
Amir usually has some pertinent points and good mind for analyzing technical aspects of game but he does not really watch much of non Pakistan cricket and it shows.

Abhishek has high risk game and such players will always go through troughs but characterizing him as a slogger is lazy analysis. He is a very high quality ball striker who has done well on hard bouncy wickets and slow hold up pitches. In modern T20s there is little to no new ball swing and even where conditions support, the classic swing bowlers themselves have died out. Nobody will pitch it up to nick off a batter in PP anymore.

Shehzad said it best when he said that Amir feels Abhishek is a slogger because Amir looks at him and sees that he can go through Abhishek's bat swing in both directions off pitch with his bowling and Abhishek would be hard pressed to keep him out.

But the real mindset shift is that Abhishek has no intention of keeping the likes of Amir/Starc out. He views the contest as a success if he can get 15 off 8 balls i.e. flash at 8 balls and middle 3-4 of them. If that approach means getting out for a duck then so be it.

Whether Abhishek will be able to adapt to longer formats like ODIs which need different mentality and skillsets of defense is a question mark, but it is foolish to assess someone's defense when they have no intention of defending.
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Amir showed his gigantic ignorance about what batting is all about lol He should stick to talk about bowling. Abhishek was part of under-19 world cup team. He was part of the ODI side. He also played conventionally for 5 years before upskilling himself. WIthout doing basic research these kind of clownish comments unfailingly blew up on their faces many times. They were making fun of Suryavanshi exactly like this. These pak experts shouldn't talk about batting at all. It is often insanely amatuerish when they talk about technique. Even in the commentary box battign technique is explained way better by Indian commie than these Pakistan commies who have no clue about things like head position, feet position, feet pointing. Ashwin has better knowledge about batting technique those entire clown panels they have.
 
India. Are favorites in most world cup but they don't always win because knockouts are one off matches...one slip and you are gone...so it's a probability game at this stage
 
straighttalk said:
India. Are favorites in most world cup but they don't always win because knockouts are one off matches...one slip and you are gone...so it's a probability game at this stage
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I don't think India will win as teamd like SA and NZ have played enough in India, also played with and against most of these Indian players they know how to win. In tournaments gap between SA/NZ/INdia is very very less almost negligible. On a given day they can trounce each other.
 
jnaveen1980 said:
I don't think India will win as teamd like SA and NZ have played enough in India, also played with and against most of these Indian players they know how to win. In tournaments gap between SA/NZ/INdia is very very less almost negligible. On a given day they can trounce each other.
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Ya and SA are no longer chokers...but India is as good a team as ever...it's funny once upon a time we couldn't find lefties and now our team is filled with lefties.. I would have made space for a right handed player in place of either rinku (jitesh) or tilak (samson or iyer). Tilak to me seems to be a odi and test class player not ideally suited for t20 ....
 
straighttalk said:
Ya and SA are no longer chokers...but India is as good a team as ever...it's funny once upon a time we couldn't find lefties and now our team is filled with lefties.. I would have made space for a right handed player in place of either rinku (jitesh) or tilak (samson or iyer). Tilak to me seems to be a odi and test class player not ideally suited for t20 ....
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With all the batting might most of the good wins are coming on the back of their bowling not batting. Even in this world cup Indian bowling is the best. Vastly under-rated because of their batting style

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The Bald Eagle said:
Sharing thoughts in a local TV show, Mohammad Amir shared his honest assessment on Abhishek Sharma and ICT's chances of lifting T20 World Cup 2026 trophy:

* "Except for the Pakistan match, the Indian batting line-up collapsed in every game. The way South Africa and the West Indies are playing, they can beat any team."
* "By whatever little I have seen, if you ask me honestly, I feel he is just a slogger. He has to go hard at every ball. The day he gets going, it's fine; otherwise, uske failure ke chances zyaada hain (The chances of his failure are high)."
* "He scores once in 8 innings. Otherwise, his scores are 10, 15, 0, and 20. I don't think he is technically sound."
* "Same for Abhishek. He wants every ball in the slot so he can hit. But at the bigger stages, or in ODIs, har ball lapete mein nahi le sakte (you cannot slog every ball in pressure cricket). International cricket will expose you."
* "Strong bowlers will always test your weakness and push you out of your comfort zone."
* "Unless he improves his offside game, he cannot progress."
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Yeah, if you have a high risk gain because of the intent you show then these low scores at times are expected. The same Abhishek scored over 1600 T20 runs at 2 runs a ball last year. In the end it doesn’t matter whether you are a slogger or not - what matters most are the results you deliver. I think he’s fine and he’ll be back to scoring runs, fast.
 
charlie007 said:
Yeah, if you have a high risk gain because of the intent you show then these low scores at times are expected. The same Abhishek scored over 1600 T20 runs at 2 runs a ball last year. In the end it doesn’t matter whether you are a slogger or not - what matters most are the results you deliver. I think he’s fine and he’ll be back to scoring runs, fast.
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Swinging from hip with no feet movement is slogging. ABhishek is all about feet movement. He just dances down and gives direction. Amir is fundamentally stupid with his take.
 
GLORY OF '92 said:
Let's see. Think will fail v SA and WI.
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He has already thrashed all the teams. In Australia when everyone struggled he was the only one who stood up. He has so far failed only against minnow teams that too after hospitalization. He is still world no.1 ranked T20 batsman. He also has the all time great T20 ranking pints in the ICC. He is not some random tully baaz.
 
jnaveen1980 said:
He has already thrashed all the teams. In Australia when everyone struggled he was the only one who stood up. He has so far failed only against minnow teams that too after hospitalization. He is still world no.1 ranked T20 batsman. He also has the all time great T20 ranking pints in the ICC. He is not some random tully baaz.
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None of that matters if you don't perform in ICC knockouts. He's mentally weak. He will choke. And it's beautiful to see a disgrace to punjab choke.
 
GLORY OF '92 said:
None of that matters if you don't perform in ICC knockouts. He's mentally weak. He will choke. And it's beautiful to see a disgrace to punjab choke.
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Mnetally weak are playing phattu cricket like they never played cricket. Mentally strong guys take risks even if it cost their wicket. It is the team choke i would be worried about. ALl the teams are chokers.
 
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