'India will not be able to win the T20 World Cup…' The veteran gave the statement by taking the name of Kohli!

• T20 World Cup 2024 will start from June 2
  
• India won the T20 World Cup for the first time in 2007.
  
• Team India will not win this World Cup: Team Paine
  

Under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, India won the T20 World Cup for the first time in 2007. It has been 17 years since then, but the team has not received this trophy. However, once again the opportunity came in 2014, but Team India lost to Sri Lanka in the final. Now once again this 'Maha Kumbh' of cricket is going to be held in West Indies and America and the country is hopeful that Rohit Sharma's team will end this wait of 17 years. India will return with the trophy this time. But the former captain of Australia believes that Team India will not be able to win this World Cup.

Virat Kohli is the main reason

On one hand, it has been 17 years since Team India won the T20 World Cup. The Indian team has not seen the ICC trophy for 13 years. Now former Australian Test captain Tim Paine has pointed out one thing for India's victory. While talking to Aaron Finch and Michael Clarke, he said that if Virat Kohli does not score runs then it will be difficult for India to win the T20 World Cup. He said that there is a direct connection between Kohli's runs and India's World Cup.

How true are Tim Paine's words?

India has explosive openers like Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal. There are players like Suryakumar Yadav and Shivam Dubey to hit sixes in the middle overs. In such a situation, fans will question that with these batsmen, why will India depend only on Kohli for the World Cup? Tim Paine cited the current poor form of the Indian batsmen as the main reason behind this. In India's top-4, only Virat Kohli has been seen in full form in IPL. Apart from this, he has always performed brilliantly even on a big stage like the World Cup.

Great performance in IPL

Virat Kohli is in dangerous form in IPL 2024. On the strength of his batting, Royal Challengers Bangalore can again join the race for the playoffs. This season, he has scored 661 runs in 13 matches at a strike rate of 155. This also includes 5 half-centuries and 1 century. Whereas Kohli has batted with the best strike rate of his entire career this season. In such a situation, if he continues this form then India can become a contender for the World Cup this time.