Team India are favourites in the T20 World Cup is a well-established fact and both the fans and experts deemed them the team to beat citing tier valuable experience of the conditions present in the UAE where they are scheduled to play most of their games.
However, if their experience will be compared to their arch-rivals Pakistan, whom they will face in their tournament opener, they are well below on the list of teams to have played T20 internationals in the country.
Among the Test-playing nations, India are the only side that have not played any international T20 games in the UAE while Pakistan are the most experienced international side in these conditions with having played as many as 36 games.
However, although India, as a team, have not played any T20 international games in the UAE, the amount of experience they have had at the individuals level having played one and a half season of the Indian Premier League can’t be discounted one bit.
Both India and Pakistan are firm favourites to qualify for the semi-finals of the tournament from Group 2 but Team India are the best team on paper to win the tournament, in the eyes of experts.