India, Feb. 4 -- India's performance in the recent series against New Zealand showed why the defending champions would be extremely tough to beat in the T20 World Cup beginning on February 7, said former Australian cricketer turned coach Michael Klinger.

India's aggressive top-order core makes them arguably the strongest unit going into the ICC event, according to Klinger, the head coach of WPL franchise Gujarat Giants. "With the form they're in and what I saw recently against New Zealand, India are going to be extremely difficult to beat.

A team will probably have to catch them on a bad night in a final to beat them," Klinger told PTI Videos in an interaction. Klinger said Abhishek Sharma's rise has been a standout feature of India's n...