Top 5 Best Bowlers to look out for 2016 ICC T20 World Cup

The T20 championship league has started in 2007 with its first edition in South Africa. We have already got to see five editions of Icc T20 world cup and this year its the sixth edition, taking place in India. There would be a few bowlers to watch for this T20 World Cup. Here I am listing "Top 5 T20 Bowlers" who have performed out of the box till now and might offer in the upcoming T20s buffet.

1. Mitchell Starc, an Australian player titled as the most terrifying fast bowler on the earth. Starc is currently ranked at No. 6 in the ICC T20 rankings for bowlers. With his swinging yorkers and accuracy he is easily get a good batsman out. He can easily swipe off the tail enders who are not that good technically. Starc is a good limited overs bowler, owns the best strike rate of all bowlers and without a doubt he is a top bowler in the T20 format.

2. Lasith Malinga is the best death overs bowler in T20 cricket history. He has unique "sling" bowling style that becomes effective in getting batsman out so It is difficult for other to emulate his bowling actions. He is the only bowler in the world to have two World Cup hat-tricks and the only bowler to have taken three hat-tricks in ODIs. His bowling variations and accuracy make him a difficult bowler to score runs off.

3. Ravichandran Ashwin is the best ever off spinner of India. He has become first Indian bowler to top ICC's year-end ranking in 42 years.He has many variations in his repertoire, which make it difficult for the batsmen to line him up and attack him.He is very consistent and long lenght bowler. All these quality make him a top bowler in this short format of cricket.

4. Trent Boult is a left-handed swing bowler of New Zealand team. He has better line and length. he is more patient and does perform well for his team. He has the ability to swing the ball, both ways at pace.

5. Dale Steyn is a right arm South African fast bowler. He has mastered almost every art to bowl well in all kinds of pitches. He is known for his deadly out swingers at 150 kmph. He is capable of pitching the ball in the right channel. His ball often lands on the leg stump and swings to go outside off.

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Shane Watson reveals India as biggest threat for Australia in ICC World T20 2016

Ahead of the upcoming World Twenty 20 scheduled to start on March 9 in India, Australian all rounder Shane Watson has identified that the hosts India will be biggest threat to his team Australia as india is tough to beat at its home ground. He believes that India have the firepower to go the distance on their home turf.

Watson, who has extensive experience of playing in India thanks to the Indian Premier League (IPL), praised both India’s batting and bowling depth and consider MS Dhoni's men as a major hurdle for Australia team.

Watson was quoted as saying "I think India will be the toughest team because it's in their home conditions, They know their conditions better than anyone and have performed well in big events at home."

Watson believes that the Indian team have quality players in every department. "India have a good all-round team; their batting has firepower all the way through, bowling-wise, their spinners are world class and they have some good quicks," the 34-year-old said.

"Ashish Nehra is bowling really well and (Jasprit) Bumrah has been a great find for them. They have a really well balanced team so I think they will be a big challenge."

India have wood over Australia in the shortest cricket format recently, having won 3-0 away from home in last month’s KFC T20 series.

If we see the records, India have won the T20 tournament once in 2007 and they made it to the finals in 2014 but lost to Sri Lanka by six wickets.

Predictions: Biggest Threat for India in Champions Trophy T20 World Cup 2016

The sixth edition of the ICC Twenty 20 World Cup is scheduled to take place in India from 08 March to 03 April 2016, the first to be hosted by India. This tournament will feature 16 teams. Ten teams qualified automatically as full members of ICC and another six affiliate members chosen through the 2015 World Twenty 20 Qualifier.

In all the teams, there are some best international teams who are battling to be crowned as the champion of the biggest cricket tournament T20 World Cup 2016. Taking a look at the all the teams performances in the T20 world cups so far, Team Australia, New Zealand and in-form South Africa look as the biggest threat to India.

Although Australia has not won any of the t20 world cup till now but it will certainely keep india worried as this team has talented players in all the department. Skipper Steve Smith work good as the tournamnet batsman. Its batting unit has players like David Warner, Glenn Maxwell and the dangerous James faulkner leading a good bowling attack.

Warner, Smith, Maxwell, Aaron Finch and stand-in skipper George Bailey make Australia a formidable batting line-up with Shane Watson and Mitchell Marsh's all-round abilities. While Starc and Josh Hazlewood add variety to the attack.

Looking to the South Africa team, skipper De Villiers, batsman Hashima Amla, finisher like David Miller and bowlers like Dale Steyn- kangiso rabada may give tension to team India.

T20 world cup prediction at this early stage is hard because alot of things change leading up to the tournament. I think in T20 cricket home advantage sometimes go against you as the expectations are higher and teams have more to lose at home. So India will have to play out of their skin to repeat their 50-over 2011 World cup win at home.