Tournament co-hosts India are banking on form and familiarity with conditions as they seek to be the first team to successfully defend the Twenty20 World Cup title in a tournament which finds itself in the eye of a geopolitical storm.
Indias golden generation of cricketers, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja, quit T20 Internationals immediately after their World Cup victory in the Caribbean two years ago in a coordinated exit that could have destabilised a lesser side.
While the occasional banner pops up in the stands mentioning how much fans miss them in this format, the team look in safe hands.
