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The world cup T20 will start in less then 24 hrs and the discussion is hot now who will won the cup. This format is so unpredictable that its very difficult to predict or come out with calculation which will say, X team is more likely to win the cuppa. But since we are human we used to predict who will win. I am going to do the same. As a Indian i always want India not only win the Cup but win convincingly.

But facts says in a different way. I feel New Zealand is the team who has the upper hand comparing the other teams. The biggest thing supporting them is they always do well in big tournaments. They have the best all rounder team. They have the freshest of the players in the team since they are not playing competitive cricket for sometime. But since their domestic season is almost over they have the match practice. Some of them have played in the IPL and they have done decently.

Batting is really strong with Ross Taylor, Martin Guptill, Jesse Ryder and the explosive Branden McCullum. They have experience in batting with Styris and Vettori. Taylor, Ryder and McCullum can make any bowling ordinary and are match winners on their day. Most important thing is all of them are very much consistent as well. The biggest plus is they bat till no-9 which means they can win match from no where. 

Bowling has variety with Bond providing the fire power and vettory the best left arm spinner in world. They have pretty useful bowlers in the name of Miles, Butler and Nathan McCullum. Since the team is full of useful all rounders the captain has lots of option for bowling. 

Fielding is the best asset they have. Probably the most athletic fielding unit in the world cup. They always save more then 20 runs by good fielding. The discussion is incomplete without mentioning about Jacob Oram and Jasse Ryder. Both are very useful all rounders can hit long distances at will and their slow medium pace will be very handy in the slow pitches of Windies.

Normally they pickup slowly in the tournaments and in this tournament they have 2 such matches to get the momentum going. Everything is favouring the NZ side to win this cup. lets see.

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