Sourav Ganguly thinks India has a team to defend their World Cup title.
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly has said India would be firm favourites to defend their World Cup title in 2015. "India have a very good chance of winning the [2015 ICC] World Cup. I'm not saying this just because there's media. I think whenever you play one-day cricket India will always have a chance," Ganguly told reporters on the sidelines of a book reading event Anticipating India: The Best of National Interestby Shekhar Gupta.
Indian bowlers might have come a cropper in the recently concluded Test series that they lost 0-2 but Ganguly said in ODIs they would stand a good chance. "You look at the batting, they have a strong line-up. Moreover, ODIs are a lot easier than Test cricket so bowlers will also do well."
Ganguly said the Indian World Cup contingent was the best possible one. "I've earlier said also this is the best possible team at the moment. They have to play well now. They are a much better team in ODIs than they are in Tests," he said.
Ganguly, under whose captaincy India had made it to the final of the 2003 World Cup, further said England too would be title contenders despite their narrow three-wicket loss to Australia in the Tri-series opener at SCG today. "England will be a tough team. It was a close game and they got 235 and took about seven wickets."
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