ICC World Cup 2019 | India will go to England as one of the favorites, says Paddy Upton

"I think the Indian team is an exceptionally good team at the moment, very balanced in terms of the batting options they have got, the bowling options… both the seamers and the spinners… very good fielding side…. So India go to England as one of the favourites that are playing away from home. We don’t know what those English wickets are going to be like, if they are going to be fairly spicy or slightly tired from being in the middle of the season. They’ve also got England and Australia who are going to be huge competitors for that top spot, but India are definitely in the running," Upton said in a recent interview with The Telegraph.

The Rajasthan Royals coach also heaped praise on Indian captain, Virat Kohli, who is truly one of the best batsmen in the world at the moment across all three formats. Upton said that the Delhi-born cricketer is the first Indian captain who is a ‘fitness fanatic’.

"It is the first time in Indian cricket history that you’ve got a captain and a senior player who is really a fitness fanatic and what’s happened is that the other players in the team have followed that lead and what has transpired is you’ve got a very fit Indian cricket team. You’ve always had really good fitness trainers in the Indian team… now for the first time you have someone from inside in the leadership position who is driving it. So, there is so much more natural bind," Upton added.