Cricket-Party without host? Jaded India risk early exit from T20 Cup


  • Cricket
  • Monday, 01 Nov 2021

Cricket - ICC Men's T20 World Cup - Super 12 - Group 2 - India v New Zealand - Dubai International Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - October 31, 2021 India's Virat Kohli with New Zealand's Kane Williamson after the match REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

DUBAI (Reuters) - The business end of the Twenty20 World Cup risks becoming a party without a host with timid India staring at an early exit from the tournament they were expected to dominate.

England captain Eoin Morgan was merely voicing the popular perception last week when he described his team and Australia as the "joint second favourites" in the tournament behind Virat Kohli's India.

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