NEW DELHI: Former Indian batsman Gautam Gambhir on Friday stated that winning the cricket World Cup needs getting rid of Australia, offered their impressive performance history in ICC occasions.
In a discussion with Star Sports, Gambhir stressed the important significance of protecting triumph versus Australia in the mega competition.
“Look, I have actually constantly stated this, and there is no doubt in this, that if you wish to win the World Cup, then you need to beat Australia. In 2007 when we won the World Cup, we beat Australia in the semifinal. In 2011 when we won the World Cup, we beat Australia in the quarterfinal. Australia is the greatest group in any ICC competition. Get rid of the ranking, the ranking does not matter,” Gambhir stated.
Australia have the greatest variety of
ICC ODI World Cup
title wins, having actually clinched the sought after prize 5 times, strengthening their status as the most effective group in the competition’s history.
Following carefully behind, West Indies and India have actually both protected the prize two times each throughout previous competitors.
The present safeguarding champs are England, who emerged triumphant in the 2019 World Cup.
“You can be in any position in the rankings, however Australia, when it concerns those huge competitions, the World Cups, I believe Australia has actually got the gamers, they have actually got the self-belief, Australia has the capability to play those huge minutes actually well. And you can see this, the 2 World Cups that India won, we needed to beat Australia in the knockout phase 2 times. And the World Cups that we have actually lost, in 2015 we lost to Australia. I think that if we have to win the World Cup this year, Australia is going to be the most crucial video game, and we begin versus Australia, so there is absolutely nothing much better than that. Beating Australia is really, extremely crucial,” Gambhir even more stated.
India will start their World Cup project on October 8 versus Australia in Chennai.