Delhi: The eyes of the cricket world are once again fixed on India. After hoisting the tricolor in Barbados in 2024, the ‘Men in Blue’ are set to defend their title in 2026. This tournament is also special because India is its co-host. After the retirement of stalwarts like Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, this tournament is a new litmus test for the young Team India.

If we look at cricket experts and statistics, India seems to be the strongest contender for the title this time too. Let us know those 3 main reasons, which can make India the world champion again in 2026.

Tremendous advantage of home conditions

In cricket, ‘home advantage’ holds a huge importance for the host team. The 2026 T20 World Cup will be played jointly between India and Sri Lanka. This simply means that the Indian team will get a chance to play on those pitches, which they know like the lines of their hands.

Indian pitches generally favor spinners, and scoring runs in the middle overs here proves to be a difficult task for foreign teams. Indian players have played a lot of matches due to IPL on grounds like Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai. Indian players will know in advance when the effect of dew will be there, when the pitch will be slow, and what is the direction of the wind from which end. Apart from this, the immense support of the home crowd fills the players with a different energy, which puts immense pressure on the opposition team.

A new and aggressive batting style

After the departure of Rohit and Kohli, there was a big question that who would replace them? But, this new team under the captaincy of Suryakumar Yadav has abandoned the role of ‘anchor’ (one who plays carefully) and has completely adopted aggressive cricket.

India now has openers like Abhishek Sharma and Ishan Kishan, who believe in striking with the very first ball. Abhishek’s T20 strike rate is close to 190, which shows that India is no longer working on the strategy of saving wickets in the powerplay, but of pushing the opposition bowlers on the backfoot. In the middle order, there are ‘power hitters’ like captain Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya and Shivam Dubey. This batting order is so deep that till number 8 there are players who can hit sixes. This fearlessness will help India score big and chase big targets.

Variety and balance in bowling

To win any tournament, good batting alone is not enough, you need wicket-taking bowlers. The Indian bowling attack is one of the most balanced attacks in the world at present.

The command of fast bowling is in the hands of the world’s best bowler Jasprit Bumrah, who is supported by left-arm specialist pacers like Arshdeep Singh, but India’s real weapon will be its ‘spin trio’. The spin of Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakraborty and Axar Patel can destroy any batting order on Indian pitches. It will not be easy for foreign batsmen to break Varun’s ‘mystery spin’ and Kuldeep’s ‘cleverness’. Apart from this, all-rounders like Hardik Pandya and Axar Patel provide the balance to the team, due to which India can afford to play an extra bowler or batsman.

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