India
Without a doubt, India go into the World Cup as the pre-tournament favourites and it is safe to put the money on Virat Kohli and his men to go all the way in the World Cup. This Indian team easily have the best top-order with the likes of two of the best ODI batsmen at the moment, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan is not far behind the duo in the format.
With the ball, they have a strong attack led by Jasprit Bumrah and have two of the world's best spinners, Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav in the XI. The only concern for them will be the misfiring middle-order and the team management will be hoping that their batsmen will come to the party in England this June.
Strongest India XI: Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli (c), Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni (WK), Kedar Jadhav, Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah.
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