Asia Cup 2018: Pakistan are favourites to win title, not India - Sanjay Manjrekar

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“I think Pakistan start as favourites more than India, because they have been playing in those conditions (in the UAE) for a while now and it’s a team which is on the surge.

 

“India, of course, are resting Virat (Kohli), which takes a lot of strength away from the team,” Manjrekar said.

 

“India are obviously one of the contenders, but when you look at favouritism, (question arises) which team can be rated as the strongest.

 

“It’s Pakistan because of where it (the tournament) is being played,” explained Manjrekar.

 

“India is a very good 50 overs outfit. India in the Test matches struggled a bit overseas, but if you look at their 50-over record, its very good in all conditions.

 

“Earlier, India had batting strength but the bowling did not quite measure up.

 

“At the moment Ambati Rayadu, Dinesh Karthik and Manish Pandey are in the fray. Kedar Jadhav is also there, but I would like to see Shreyas Iyer get a look-in before the World Cup. K L Rahul will get (to bat at) number three, because Virat is not there,” he said.

 

“We will have a look at him (Rahul) and he is also another middle order option for India. So it is very important (to settle middle order woes).

 

“Because India need a couple of in-form reliable middle-order batsmen. So every match from now on would actually be about settling that (middle order) issue and most of the other areas are taken care of,” he signed off.

 

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