ICC World Cup 2019 | England have got lots of confidence, reveals Sunil Gavaskar

“England are the favourites. Simply because of the way they are playing cricket, the complete turnaround in their cricketing attitude and approach after their disastrous 2015 World Cup. England have got a very good team, they have got lots of confidence. You have seen them in all the recent matches and they have been playing outstanding cricket,” Gavaskar told Reuters in an interview.

Morgan & Co. have impressed in their brand of cricket in the last couple of years and have come out on top in bilateral ODI series against defending champions Australia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and India.

“This should be a very, very interesting tournament and I think the format is the best you can have because you are playing every team unlike in two groups. You can have a bogey team with whom you lose in bilateral matches but they could be in another group and you might never play them. So you can win without having played your bogey team (in the past) while this format, where each team plays each other, I think is the best.”