Australian all-rounder Mitchell Marsh has predicted Pakistan and Australia as the finalists of the upcoming ICC Men’s World Cup in India.
Marsh recently appeared in a YouTube podcast, co-hosted by Adam Gilchrist and Michael Vaughan, and was asked to predict the finalists of this year’s World Cup, excluding Australia.
“Who is going to win it? India, Pakistan or England?” asked Vaughan.
The all-rounder, however, displayed confidence in his side’s abilities and insisted that Australia would indeed make it to the final of the mega event and would face Pakistan.
“I honestly think that it will be Australia v Pakistan in the final,” Mitchell Marsh replied.
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Pakistan is currently the top-ranked ODI side in the world, followed by Australia. The two former champions are also among the favourites for this year’s World Cup.
Pakistan and Australia will come face to face on October 20 in the group stage of the World Cup.
The two sides will also lock horns in the warm-up match, scheduled for October 3.
The ICC Men’s World Cup 2023 commences on Thursday, 5 October when 2019 finalists England and New Zealand clash at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, with the event culminating in the final at the same venue on Sunday, 19 November.
The tournament will be played in ten different venues – Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Dharamsala, Delhi, Chennai, Lucknow, Pune, Bengaluru, Mumbai and Kolkata.
Guwahati and Thiruvananthapuram in addition to Hyderabad will host the warm-up matches from 29 September to 3 October.
Australia squad for the ICC Men’s World Cup: Pat Cummins (c), Steve Smith, Alex Carey, Josh Inglis, Sean Abbott, Ashton Agar, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Mitch Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, David Warner, Adam Zampa, Mitchell Starc.
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