WHIPLASH: The World Cup has no real favourites?

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Every four years, it is the same teams that are touted as 肩書を与える 競争相手s. But if India's Virat Kohli (pictured), Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan catch 解雇する／砲火／射撃, the batting can more than （不足などを）補う for the feeble bowling attack

The Cricket World Cup comes every four years, but each time it is the same teams that are touted as 肩書を与える 競争相手s.?

Australia are considered perennial favourites, and South Africa tipped to go 深い before 滞るing.?

But this time, New Zealand is a 本物の 脅し, while the sub-大陸の 巨大（な）s are a match for anyone にもかかわらず the 条件s not 存在 in their favour.?

What’s more, even Engla nd seemed to have taken the tournament with a 真面目さ not seen in １０年間s.?

The 判型 of the World Cup is such that a major 味方する will have to mess up very 不正に to 行方不明になる a ４半期/4分の1-final 寝台／地位.?

Once there, the 栄冠を与える is just three good matches away.?

And each of these 味方するs has a few 本物の match-勝利者s who can turn a game on its 長，率いる singlehandedly. In short, the 2015 版 is too の近くに to call.?

As far as India is 関心d, their 最近の form doesn’t 奮起させる much 信用／信任.?

But if Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan catch 解雇する／砲火／射撃, the batting can more than （不足などを）補う for the feeble bowling attack.?

It is this thought that gives the team’s 信奉者s hope that the defending 支持する／優勝者s’ （選挙などの）運動をする will not be a total 災害.?

The tournament also features eight lower-階級d teams, derisively called minnows, but on the 証拠 of the warm-up matches, it will be foolhardy for the big guns to take them lightly. Ireland have made 早い strides in the last few years, and beaten Pakistan and England at the last two 版s.?

Zimbabwe have also 発表するd their 意向s by 敗北・負かすing Sri Lanka in a pre-tournament fixture.?

The World Cup 供給するs these unfancied teams their day in the sun.?

With the next World Cup featuring just 10 teams, and the International Cricket 会議 admitting it cannot 保証（人） ODI （危険などに）さらす to Associate Members, a good 業績／成果 by these teams may 井戸／弁護士席 軍隊 a rethink from the sport’s 治める／統治するing 団体／死体.

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