In a dialog with Star Sports activities, Gambhir emphasised the essential significance of securing victory towards Australia within the mega event.
“Look, I’ve all the time mentioned this, and there’s no doubt on this, that if you wish to win the World Cup, then it’s a must to beat Australia. In 2007 after we gained the World Cup, we defeated Australia within the semifinal. In 2011 after we gained the World Cup, we beat Australia within the quarterfinal. Australia is the strongest group in any ICC event. Take away the rating, the rating doesn’t matter,” Gambhir mentioned.
Australia have the best variety of ICC ODI World Cup title wins, having clinched the coveted trophy 5 instances, solidifying their standing as essentially the most profitable group within the event’s historical past.
Following carefully behind, West Indies and India have each secured the trophy twice every throughout previous competitions.
The present defending champions are England, who emerged victorious within the 2019 World Cup.
“You might be in any place within the rankings, however Australia, in relation to these large tournaments, the World Cups, I believe Australia has acquired the gamers, they’ve the self-belief, Australia has the power to play these large moments very well. And you’ll see this, the 2 World Cups that India gained, we needed to beat Australia within the knockout stage two instances. And the World Cups that we have now misplaced, in 2015 we misplaced to Australia. So I consider that if we have now to win the World Cup this 12 months, Australia goes to be an important recreation, and we begin towards Australia, so there may be nothing higher than that. So beating Australia could be very, crucial,” Gambhir additional mentioned.
India will kick off their World Cup marketing campaign on October eight towards Australia in Chennai.
