New Delhi, Feb. 15 -- Former India captain Sourav Ganguly believes India start as the stronger side against Pakistan in their group-stage encounter of the ongoing ICC T20 World Cup at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Sunday.

India holds a dominant 7-1 head-to-head record over Pakistan in the Men's T20 World Cup. However, Ganguly said he does not believe in statistics or the "favourites" tag in the shortest format of the game.

Speaking on JioHotstar, Ganguly said, "I don't believe in head-to-head figures. I don't believe in the favourites tag, especially in T20 cricket. What I believe is that India starts as a much stronger team than Pakistan. India is a very good team. They are very well balanced in batting, bowling, seam bowling, ...