T20 World Cup 2022: Kapil Dev gives Team India a mere 30% chance of qualifying for semis

The
Rohit
Sharma-led
Indian
side
is
being
grouped
with
Pakistan,
South
Africa
and
Bangladesh
in
the
Super
12
stage
of
the
multinational
tournament.
It
could
very
well
turn
out
to
be
a
group
of
death
should
Sri
Lanka
and
West
Indies
qualify
for
the
Super
12
stage
from
round
one
in
this
group.

While
interacting
with
media
persons
in
Lucknow
on
the
sidelines
of
an
event,
Kapil
shared
his
opinion
about
Team
India’s
chances
in
the
showpiece
event
Down
Under.

Kapil
said,
“In
T20
cricket,
the
team
winning
a
match
can
lose
the
next…
It’s
very
difficult
to
talk
about
the
chances
of
India
winning
the
World
Cup.
The
issue
is
can
they
make
it
to
the
top
four?
And
I
am
concerned
about
their
making
it
to
the
top
four,
only
then
anything
can
be
said.
For
me,
it’s
just
a
30
%
chance
of
India
making
it
to
the
top
(last)
four.”

When
asked
about
all-rounder
Hardik
Pandya
and
the
impact
he’s
going
to
have
in
the
tournament,
the
legendary
all-rounder
said,
“Even
in
our
days,
we
had
plenty
of
all-rounders
in
the
India
team.
In
our
days
too,
we
had
idols,
and
we
used
to
follow
them.
It’s
good
that
new
benchmarks
are
being
set
by
young
cricketers.
It’s
a
very
good
sign
for
a
team
and
I
believe
that
everyone
should
keep
working
hard
to
set
much
higher
benchmarks.”

Commenting
upon
Suryakumar
Yadav’s
impact
on
the
current
Indian
side
in
the
white-ball
format,
the
World
Cup-winning
captain
said,
“No
one
ever
thought
he
would
be
such
an
impact
player
when
he
came
into
the
scene,
but
he
has
worked
hard
on
his
batting
and
forced
the
world
to
talk
about
him.
Now,
we
can’t
think
about
India
without
him.
Having
a
batter
like
Suryakumar
in
the
team
in
the
company
of
Virat
Kohli,
Rohit
Sharma
and
KL
Rahul,
makes
the
team
automatically
strong.”