England: My heart and even my head say they will win it

Inever like to tip my team but this time it isn’t just my heart speaking, it’s my head too. England are the top-ranked T20 team at the moment and they are the current 50-over World Cup champions, so this represents a great opportunity to add the T20 world title to the list of honours. I genuinely feel they will do it because in Dawid Malan, they have the world No. 1 T20 batsman, while Adil Rashid and Moeen Ali can spin a web around the best batters out there. Yes, they will miss Ben Stokes and Jofra Archer, but the return of left-arm fast bowler Tymal Mills will add pace to their bowling attack.

Their biggest threat will come from India what with this being the last tournament for Virat Kohli as their captain and he will want to go out on a high. Also, several players will be coming into the tournament on the back of playing in the Indian Premier League and they will be more used to the UAE pitches which will give them an advantage. But still, England — who last won the tournament in 2010 and got to the final in 2016 — will emerge victorious. Someone had better tell the engraver to start etching the letter ‘E’ on the trophy because the T20 World Cup is coming home!