The 2023 ICC World Cup, which will decide the champion of international cricket, begins in India in October with a bang. This is the 13th time in history that this series will decide the true champion of cricket, even if it comes to the T20 World Cup and the Test Championship. Earlier in 1987, 1996 and 2011, India jointly hosted the World Cup with other Asian countries like Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh.
India, which has generally been a strong performer at home, will be looking to end its streak of not winning the ICC trophy since 2011 and 2013. However, it is expected that England, who is the current champion and who has already won 5 trophies and shines as a successful team, will give India the biggest challenge.
Wasim Akram Hope:
Even if they lose to other teams, if it comes to the ICC World Cup, New Zealand, which has been giving away defeats for a long time, is also a team that poses a threat to India. Also, the cricket teams of South Africa, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and West Indies should not be underestimated, and the arch-rival Pakistan is preparing to defeat India on their own soil, which ignores them in many ways.
Pakistan’s captain Babar Azam, who said that they will not come early in the Asia Cup issue, recently said that one of their ambitions is to defeat India on Indian soil and win the World Cup. In this case, former captain Wasim Akram has expressed hope that Pakistan, which has the best bowling alliance in the world, will win the World Cup in India, which is expected to have a favorable pitch for batting.
Shaheen Afridi, who won the 2023 PSL trophy by performing extremely well in both the batting and bowling fields, is in top form, and Captain Babar Azam and some other young players are in good form, so he is confident that his team will win the trophy, as follows in a recent interview. “Both teams, India and Pakistan, are excellent. Our team captain is the best player. And we have the best fast bowling line-up in the world. Shaheen Afridi in particular is in top form at the moment.”
“He has captained his PSL team for the second time in a row to win the trophy. He is now developing into a good all-rounder as well. Along with him are Haris Raoob and Naseem Shah. Also, there are quality young fast bowlers like Mohammad Hasnain and Isanullah in the Pakistan team. So I think the team with the strongest bowling alliance will win because the World Cup will be held in India. Because the pitches there are mostly favorable for batting,” he said.
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Wasim Akram assured that Pakistan has a bright chance of winning the World Cup held in India due to the fact that they have a quality fast bowling alliance that can control the opposition batsmen at low runs on batting friendly grounds. It is remarkable that Pakistan went to at least the finals in the last 2022 Asia Cup and T20 World Cup as India exited the knockout round.