Rohit Sharma’s side must live up to the tag as super World Cup favourites at home with their success also vital to boost the ODI format.
There hasn’t been a World Cup in 30 years where India haven’t been favourites. At home though, it doesn’t stop at that. 1996 teases with memories of that epochal high at Bangalore before India nosedived in the semi-finals as the stands of Eden Gardens went up in flames once defeat was imminent at the hands of a once-in-a-generation Sri Lankan side. In 2011, victory came as a vindication of talent and passion the size of a billion, riding the most photographed moment in Indian cricket history. India had finally seized the day, triggering the evolution of a behemoth that knows no bounds.
