Former Test player Sanjay Manjrekar put his money on defending champions India but pace great Wasim Akram reckons Pakistan, mostly bereft of international cricket, would be hungry for success in next month's ICC World Twenty20 in England.
Manjrekar had no doubt that Mahendra Singh Dhoni would lead the most formidable squad to try and defend the title they won in 2007 even though he was candid enough to admit it doesn't necessarily mean they would win the title again.
"India certainly look the strongest team on paper, even though that does not mean they would win the title again," Manjrekar said.
Reminded that India could not defend the ODI World Cup title which they had won in 1983 under Kapil Dev, Manjrekar said Dhoni's men were a much stronger unit and stood better chance to lift the trophy again.
"Soon after the 1983 World Cup, West Indies toured India and hammered us. Unlike them, Dhoni's team is strong enough to defend their title," Manjrekar said in a programme in which ESPN-Star Sports announced that the Twenty20 World Cup would be viewed in 216 countries across the globe.
Manjrekar felt this Indian team is stronger than the side that won the inaugural tournament in 2007 and dismissed notion they would be bogged down by the pressure of defending the title.
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