Dhoni and Yuvraj will be trump card for India Team : Chappell

Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s brilliant captaincy and Yuvraj Singh’s aggression make defending champion India the “strongest contender” to lift the Twenty20 World Championship title in England, feels former coach and Australian captain Greg Chappell.

“It is very hard to predict who will win the trophy. But I think India is the strongest contender to retain the title. Pakistan is unpredictable and Australia too has improved a lot in this format. It will be quite open this time,” Chappell told PTI from Brisbane.

“India has slight edge over other teams. It has trump cards like Dhoni and Yuvraj. Dhoni is among the best captains today. Yuvraj was out of colour in IPL but according to me he is one of the most dangerous batsmen in the shortest form of cricket. He will give headaches to rival captains,” opined the veteran.

Yuvraj smashed six sixes in an over of English pacer Stuart Broad in the inaugural T20 World Cup in South Africa two years ago.

Chappell said the Indian Premier League experience will be an added advantage for Indian players.

“Indian players are very well prepared after the IPL. But I don’t think that performance of players like Yuvraj and Dhoni, who have performed in patches during IPL, will get affected by this so called lean patch.” PTI