Sehwag labels India as favoruites to win T20 WC with game-changer Pandya back in squad

Former Team India opener Virender Sehwag on Wednesday picked Virat Kohli & Co. as frontrunners in race to lift upcoming ICC T20 World Cup in September this year. Sehwag also heaped praise on ace all-rounder Hardik Pandya and stated that Vadodra lad's return to squad after an injury will make a huge difference. This comes after several sporting events were severely hit by vel Coronavirus outbreak but ICC on Wednesday confirmed that re would be change in scheduling of upcoming T20 World Cup. 

Speaking to a leading news daily, Sehwag said that it was extremely difficult to pick one favourite in a T20 tournament due to its unpredictability, however, Team India are frontrunners in race as whole combination of team will change with presence of an all-rounder of Hardik Pandya's calibre. 

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ICC to conduct Men's T20 World Cup as scheduled

Despite Coronavirus pandemic, International Cricket Council (ICC) is positive that this year’s Men’s T20 World Cup will go ahead as scheduled. In an official statement, ICC said that in response to ongoing coronavirus crisis, ICC T20 World Cup 2020 Local Organising Committee is monitoring situation closely with relevant authorities and will continue to do so. statement furr read that ICC Men’s T20 World Cup is scheduled to take place from October 18 to vember 15 in seven venues across Australia and ICC was planning for event to go ahead as scheduled.

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2020 edition of Men’s T20 World Cup is set to commence from October 18, with a six-day pre-qualifying st, out of which four teams will qualify for Super-12, starting October 24.

India’s ODI series against South Africa was cancelled midway last week. BCCI and Cricket South Africa decided to reschedule India vs South Africa series due to coronavirus outbreak. England also called off ir two-match Test series in Sri Lanka before Australia called off ir ODI and T20I series against New Zealand.

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