India, Feb. 5 -- What makes India the team to beat at the ICC Men's T20 World Cup? It's not just about being the defending champions and the home advantage. Rather, it is their current form that has placed everyone on high alert.

Rohit Sharma's batch of the 2024 edition played flawless cricket on the way to the T20 World Cup title two seasons ago. The benchmark set then could not have been easy to match especially after the retirement of top pros Rohit, Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja.

But Suryakumar and coach Gautam Gambhir have not just continued the team's successful run, they have even managed to raise the standard. New Zealand will vouch for it.

Certainly no pushovers, the Kiwis found themselves out of depth against a scintillatin...