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.
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