ICC World Cup 2019: Kevin Pietersen Picks Transformed England and India as his Favourites

The ICC World Cup 2019 is set to undergo later today when host England will take on South Africa at the Kennington Oval in London. Ahead of the tournament, former England cricketer Kevin Pietersen has picked transformed England and India as the favourites to win the trophy.

Pietersen reveals his favourites

Meanwhile, England and India will enter the tournament as the two-top ranked side. They have played some outstanding cricket in the last few years and have stamped their authority in this format. England have lost only five series out of the 22 they have played and have looked invincible in this format. On the other hand, India have defeated South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand away from home. However, the recent snubbing against Australia raised doubts over their team combinations. However, they defeated Bangladesh in the last warm-up to fine tune their playing XI.

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Former cricketer Kevin Pietersen heaped praise on both the side and picked them as the probable finalists. Besides, the dashing batsman also named Australia as the darkhorse while Windies will be unpredictable in the tournament.

“India and England are probably the favourites. But the dark horses are Australia and the unpredictables are West Indies.” Pietersen said.

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Furthermore, Kevin Pietersen showered praise on former teammate and England skipper Eoin Morgan. Pietersen didn’ seem surprised with the transition and admitted that he had the belief on Morgan. He also seemed happy with the brand of cricket England are playing recently. The players are not thinking about their failure as the management has backed the players really well. Pietersen who had a love-hate relationship with English Cricket Board said it is satisfying to see how the England players are playing now.

“Eoin Morgan has transformed them. I’m not surprised because I was sat on a train with him years ago, talking about the way we need to play positive cricket,” he concluded.