ICC World Cup 2019: Here is why Team India will win the trophy

Without any doubt, team India will enter the upcoming World Cup as one of the fan favourites. The Virat Kohli-led side has been phenomenal especially in the ODIs during recent times. From piping South Africa to knocking down Australia and New Zealand in their own den, India is on fire and all set to take on the field in England. There are several artifacts that reflect India can return home with the grand World Cup trophy. In this piece, we look at some of them.

Star-studded batting line-up

From openers to number 8, India is filled with the batsmen who can turn the tables against any strong opposition. The likes of Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma at the beginning of the innings means the side will find top starts more often than not. The duo has been the backbone of Indian batting since the last couple of years. Dhawan shows down to bowlers whenever they pitch it anywhere up or at legs, while as Rohit is known to leave no opportunity to find the fence. At number three, it is none other than the best batsman serving the world cricket presently. Kohli with two centuries to his name in the last four innings is undoubtedly someone who can win the match for India singlehandedly. However, it is the number 4 and 5, where the Men in Blue look a bit slim.
Though with the inclusion of KL Rahul, who looked in sublime touch in the recently concluded IPL, India will be hoping to get rid of the middle-
over crises. Up at number six, finisher, MS Dhoni will boss the back end of the innings alongside Hardik Pandya, who needs no introduction when it comes to power-hitting.

The magic of wrist spin

Spinners are handy only in sub-continent is history now. The effect of wrist-spinners in modern-day cricket is indispensable. They do their job irrespective of the pitch and conditions. Pertinently, India has a couple of astonishing wrist spinners, who have shown their magic over and again at both home and overseas venues. The combination of Chinaman, Kuldeep Yadav and leggie Yuzvendra Chahal will be a great boost for Men in Blue, considering English conditions will favour the slow bowlers as the tournament goes on. The pitches will be a lot drier and the boundaries are already huge, so India seems to have an upper hand here as well.

The Bumrah effect

A bowler who bowls with the new-ball gets you early breakthroughs. Can come back and break the partnership whenever required and most importantly makes batsmen thirst for runs at the back end of innings. This all sums up with one name and that's Jasprit Bumrah. The man who has been behind India's bowling success at overseas will surely be someone India will largely bank at the World Cup. After an unreal outing in Australia and New Zealand, the Gujarat-born was as lethal in the Indian Premier League. He played a vital role in handing Mumbai Indians the fourth title.

Spearheaded by Bumrah, India's seam bowling line-up seems quite extraordinary on paper as other two- Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mohammed Shami- have also been in the top form. These are a few reasons that give us an idea how strong a side India is and how they can be the world champions for the third time