AlthoughIndia’s records in ICC knockouts have been a little dicey, the team isconsidered one of the favorites of all time. But former batsman SureshRaina still warns that there are 3 teams that the Indian Team must be aware of.
Forthe first time in history, Suresh Raina seems to be worried about theperformance of team India against certain teams. The first one of them is the teamWest Indies who are also known as defending champions. He added that “WestIndies are going to play fearless cricket. India will have to take wickets,especially in the powerplay, when we face them. The Windies have batsmen fromNo. 1 to 10 and they have the six-hitters.”
Apartfrom West Indies, Raina was also worried about Afghanistan because of theirbest spinners that could be trouble for the Indian team. The third team thathe is worried about is Sri Lanka. This is because in the T20I series in July, SriLanka managed to defeat India since the Indian team was unaware of the strength andcapabilities that the young players of the Lankan team.
Hefurther said, “Both Afghanistan and Sri Lanka have updated their game and stillnobody is even talking about them. Although the Indian team has played some matchesagainst this new team of Sri Lanka, we still haven't seen many players of theirteam performing.”
"Therefore,teams like Sri Lanka and Afghanistan should be considered as a threat as wellbecause their spinners are more aware of the conditions of the pitches of UAE. Indianeeds to learn their strategy after every single match in order to get a clearvision, positive intent towards the matches,” he explained further.