‘India’s ODI home record is impressive’- Ravichandran Ashwin on India’s chances of winning the upcoming ODI World Cup 2023 on home soil

India’s premium spinner Ravichandran Ashwin believes Team India have the ability to win the 2023 ODI World Cup given their spectacular record on home soil. India will host the mega 50-over event later this year. He said India have won against all the teams that travelled to India.

“India’s ODI home record ever since the 2019 World Cup finished is extremely impressive. India has won against every team that’s travelled to India in this space, which are West Indies, Australia, England, South Africa, and Sri Lanka. India’s home record is 14-4 in this space [since the 2019 World Cup], which is a 78 to 80 per cent win record in India.

“All of these 18 ODIs have happened in different venues every single time (14 venues). If you have to compare the same spree with Australia or England, the venues are pretty stock standard. They play all their Test matches at 4-5 venues, the ODIs are played in 2-3 venues and so they know their venues are the back of their hand,” he said on his YouTube channel.

This is no rocket science, knowing your conditions is extremely important: R Ashwin

Ashwin further added that the three-match ODI series against New Zealand will give a fair idea of where the team stands ahead of the mega event. He said India does not have a stock standard Test, ODI, or T20I season.

“Since the 2011 World Cup, all teams have managed to win their home World Cup – India, then Australia in 2015 and England in 2019. This is no rocket science, knowing your conditions is extremely important. However, for India, in this regard is going to be a bit of short-changed because of the number of venues we play these games in. Every single time you play in some of these venues the wickets are going to be different. India does not have a stock standard Test, ODI or T20I season. You don’t know how the FTP is going to pan out but it gets hard from the team or player’s perspective,” he said.

“The four losses that I mentioned have happened in Chennai, Mumbai, Pune and Lucknow. It’s all evening in the evening. Largely, India have batted first and posted a score that they believe is par and par-plus.”