T20 World Cup: India and England look most balanced groups, says former Pakistan Test skipper Rashid Latif

Pakistan’s former Test captain Rashid Latif believes India and England seem to be essentially the most balanced groups heading into the T20 World Cup this month. The occasion will get underway within the UAE and Oman from October 17. Players of India and England shake palms after the match (Image Courtesy: Reuters)HIGHLIGHTSIndia and England look most balanced groups, says Rashid LatifPakistan crew not balanced attributable to some perplexing inclusions and exclusions, says LatifThe T20 World Cup occasion will get underway within the UAE and Oman from October 17Former Pakistan Test captain Rashid Latif has tipped India and England as two favourites heading into the T20 World Cup this month.

In an interview with PTI, Latif mentioned: “India and England appear to be the most balanced sides in the tournament, while West Indies always remain a dangerous side.”However, Latif mentioned he won’t rule out Pakistan as they would be the actual darkhorse within the event.“I would not write Pakistan off as in the event that they click on they may acquire momentum and shock many individuals,” he added.Latif said since T20 is an unpredictable format, one could not write off the Pakistan squad and it could achieve anything in the mega event.Pakistan’s World Cup squad, which will leave on a chartered flight for Dubai on October 15, has come under a lot of scrutiny after some of the selected players have failed to click properly in the ongoing National T20 Championship.When the 15-member squad and three reserve players were announced, there was criticism over the selectors’ decision to not pick senior players Shoaib Malik and Sarfaraz Ahmed and even the naming of opener, Fakhar Zaman, in the reserves.Latif questioned the selection of young Azam Khan as reserve keeper-batsman over former captain Sarfaraz as well as the exclusion of Zaman and pacer Shahnawaz Dahani from the main squad.The T20 World Cup gets underway in the UAE and Oman from October 17.The former wicketkeeper-batsman said he could sense there would be some changes in the World Cup squad as it did not come across a balanced outfit and there were some perplexing inclusions and exclusions.”Now in the event that they go forward and make modifications in the principle 15-member squad, then the chief selector should ethically resign and so ought to the opposite selectors,” Latif said.”Because they’re chargeable for deciding on the squad and if modifications are made, it means they didn’t do their jobs correctly the primary time round.”Click right here for IndiaImmediately.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.