Seasoned Australia batter Steve Smith says a “terrific” Indian group is filled with some severe match winners going into the T20 World Cup, alluding that Virat Kohli’s aspect will probably be one of many favourites to carry the title.
India thumped Australia by eight wickets in a warm-up recreation with Rohit Sharma (60), Okay L Rahul (39) and Suryakumar Yadav (38) all getting some runs beneath their belts.
Kohli didn’t lead the aspect however got here out to bowl as India had been nonetheless determining their sixth-bowling possibility.
“They’re a terrific side, they have got all bases covered and some serious match winners in there,” Smith was quoted as saying by ‘Sydney Morning Herald’.
“They’ve obviously been playing in these conditions during the last couple of months with the IPL so they’ll be used to that,” he added.
Smith himself scored 57 off 48 balls within the recreation, crossing the 50-run mark for the primary time since he struck 86 for NSW towards Queensland in March.
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“It was good to spend a little bit of time within the center once more. It’s by no means straightforward once you’re three down.
“You have to rebuild for a period there and I thought we did that pretty well. The partnerships with Stoin (Marcus Stoinis) and Maxi (Glenn Maxwell) were obviously important.”
Smith, who had given the excursions of the West Indies and Bangladesh as a result of an elbow damage, mentioned he’s feeling “good and ready to go now”.
He featured in two video games for the Delhi Capitals within the second leg of the just lately concluded IPL.
“I haven’t obviously played too many games with the IPL but I’ve spent a lot of time in the nets and getting used to the conditions, which has been nice,” he mentioned.
