'Sar pe chadhaate hain aur baad mai India haar jaati hai' - Fans react as former England skipper names India as favourites in ODI World Cup 2023

Former England skipper Eoin Morgan has advocated for India as the favourites to win the upcoming ODI World Cup 2023 in their own backyard. Notably, the marquee international tournament will be played in India after 12 years since 2011, when the hosts clinched the title after defeating Sri Lanka in the final.

Meanwhile, the former World Cup-winning England skipper Eoin Morgan believes that India will have a ‘golden opportunity’ to win the world cup in their home conditions. Morgan was in an interview with WION where he spoke about all the possibilities for different teams in the upcoming 13^th edition of the ODI World Cup.

“The enthusiasm and passion displayed by Indian fans are unparalleled, which makes this special. The team (India) has formidable skills, and can, indeed, be strong contenders in the upcoming World Cup. They also need to engage with and learn from the experiences of those who participated in the 2011 World Cup,” said Morgan during the interview with WION.

Home advantage is quite a key thing - Eoin Morgan

“Home advantage is quite a key thing, but if you were to advise anything, you would say engage with the people who were there and were leaders throughout that journey and pick their brain. The like of Virat Kohli played in that team and have first-hand experience of what it is like, it is going to be a hell of a tournament that I am looking forward to,” said Morgan.

Apart from this, Morgan also spoke about the veteran players of various teams who might hang their boots in international cricket after the conclusion of the ODI World Cup 2023.

“For some, the World Cup will be the stage to announce their arrival at the grandest level, while for others, it might mark the end of illustrious careers,” he added upon being asked about the veteran players who are nearing the end of their respective glorious cricketing careers.

Reacting to Morgan's prediction of India being the favourites, some cricket fans took the opportunity to come up with some interesting reactions on social media.

Here’s how fans reacted:

Ye log ,iss tarah ke baate bolkar ,humare alleged cricketers logo ko sarr pe chadhaate hain aur baad mai India haar jaati hai, we all know we won't win WC this tym also. 🥲 Reaching KO stage will be a huge thing fr us.

— Manniya Sadasya (@UseMaskPlease) August 2, 2023

With this team and management? We'll be lucky if we make it to the knockouts

— Prakhar Khanna (@Parkyprakhar) August 2, 2023

Honestly speaking, india are not favourites. Put home conditions aside, England and Australia are favs with both very settled sides. England have 2 good spinners too. India 3rd favs for me

— Arup Ghose (@arup_ghose) August 2, 2023

I feel England are favourites. They have a very strong team. Butler, Bairstow, Brook, Stokes, Wood each player is very strong. India are far behind man to man.

— Thomson Dcruz (@DcruzThomson) August 2, 2023

But we have Rohit this time who doesn’t contribute with bat and as captain he is blank looks flat STARC SHAHEEN BOULT will get him in first 3 overs then again VIRAT vs opposition if virat fails we will be struggling to get even 250 🤣🤣

— 🕉Zeel Patel (@ZeelPat61562640) August 2, 2023

I don't think India will be fev. Somehow India can manage to reach semis but it's tough to enter final and win with this type of management. Players which are actually going to play in WC are not playing. Bumhrah,KL,Rohit,Virat not getting many ODI matches to play.

— Swanand Nilakhe (@extremist_one8) August 2, 2023

Ab De Villiers In 2022 .

India Is Favorite To Win World T20 Meanwhile Butler Xi Kicked Out India😂

Ricky Ponting In 2022 .

Australia Is Favorite To Win World T20 kane Xi Kicked Them Out..

So I request don't say anything early because every team have guts to win Wc.

— ❤ (@shaheenfan88) August 2, 2023

In every icc tournament India is favourite but we all know the outcomes 😂😂

— mahesh_suthar (@i_mahesh_) August 2, 2023