Watson also said Australian teams "know how to turn up in big tournaments" even though they will be without regular skipper Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood.
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Indian Premier League: Delhi Capitals succumbed to their fifth consecutive defeat on Saturday when they lost to Royal Challengers Bangalore by 23 runs, which has severely hampered their chances of making it to the playoffs.
With serious question marks over the availability of the injured Jasprit Bumrah for the ICC event, India's pace attack seems like their weakest link.
One of the premier batsmen of his era, Kohli has endured a prolonged run drought and is without a century in international cricket since his 70th in a test match in November 2019.
Shane Watson named five cricketers as his top picks. Two among them are Indians.
While Shane Watson has not made any official announcement, it has been learnt that after CSK ended their IPL campaign on November 1 with a win over Kings XI Punjab, the senior player told his teammates about the decision to retire from all forms of cricket.
Some powerful hitting, innovative bowling and breathtaking fielding saw people getting enthralled everyday
Despite most of its players aged 30 or more, CSK has managed to outclass everyone else and become the fastest to reach the IPL final this year.
India's Yuvraj Singh wasn't third-time lucky in terms of being the biggest buy but Sunrisers Hyderabad entered late into the fray to buy him for Rs 7 crore (USD 1.03 million). Sunrisers Hyderabad also bought veteran pacer Ashish Nehra for Rs 5.50 crore (USD 810,000) pipping Kings XI Punjab and Gujarat Lions.
AB de Villiers combined with Mandeep Singh for a game-changing partnership as Royal Challengers Bangalore eliminated Rajasthan Royals from the IPL-8 with a splendid 71-run win, here Wednesday.
Pakistan had themselves to blame for the World Cup ouster as they dropped two easy catches, allowing the hosts to wriggle out of a precarious position.
The match was evenly poised in the final session - with India needing 189 runs in 33 overs and Australia an improbable eight wickets away. An Indian win or a draw seemed the most likely results but the dismissals of Murali Vijay (80) and Virat Kohli (46) opened the floodgates.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni topped the list of the world's highest earning cricketers compiled by Forbes magazine, followed by Sachin Tendulkar, as six Indians made it to the list's top-10.