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India: They will come good when it counts

- BY SAHIL SAJAN Special to Gulf News

There’s a lot of excitement coming into the T20 World Cup, as we are getting to witness it after five years. The defending champions West Indies yet again enter the tournament with a strong squad, but in my opinion, India look like the favourites. India made two surprise inclusions in the squad, which involve Ravichandr­an Ashwin and Shardul Thakur, who recently replaced Axar Patel, and in particular it raised a lot of eyebrows relating to Ashwin as most of the public were expecting Yuzvendra Chahal — who had a brilliant IPL campaign. Although the trump card for India is none other than Varun Chakravart­hy, who has been in outstandin­g form in the last two seasons of the IPL and has deservedly earned a place in the squad. He has many different variations which can dazzle the opposition, and it will be new to many of the players in the World Cup. Expect a happy Virat on November 14.

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