An Asian team will win the ICC World T20 2012, predicts Russel Arnold – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 World T20 2012, which is being played in the Island, and believes that spinners will play a huge role in the tournament’s outcome.
India and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 today or avoid defeat by a big margin in order to make their way to the last eight. The Green Shirts looked convincing in their opening match
against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754, defeating the Black Caps by 13 runs.
During the group matches, the pitches at all three venues, Colombo, Hambantota and Pallekele, favoured the seamers, offering additional pace and bounce to the fast bowlers. However, the 38-year-old former cricketer is of the view that the tracks will become
low and slow as the tournament moves forward.
"Any subcontinent team will lift the title this time," said Arnold. "It will be difficult for the pitch curators to maintain the pace and bounce of the wicket in the later stage of the tournament and thus spinners will play a huge role."
The former left-handed batsman thinks that the three major Asian teams have the services of quality spinners, who can make a huge impact on a T20 game, especially if the pitches are offering some spin and bounce.
"http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Ashwin-c2228 are there to deliver for the subcontinent teams and they are the favourites to win the title," said the former Sri Lankan cricketer.
There are however, some question marks about India’s overall bowling strength, but in the presence of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028, the Men in Blue possess one of the world’s
strongest batting line-ups, having the ability to chase down any total.
Some of the former cricketers want India to play five specialist bowlers, but Arnold does not agree, and thinks that the 50-over champions should focus on their strong point.
He added, "India's strength is batting and 7 batsman formula is the best for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 because then they can bat any opposition out of the game."
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