Former cricketer Mohammad Kaif asserted on Monday that the Indian workforce has the aptitude to win the World Cup at house this 12 months and it shouldn’t be judged on the premise of two T20I losses within the West Indies. India, after successful the two-Test collection and ODIs within the Caribbean, are trailing 0-2 within the five-match T20I collection, resulting in criticism over the facet’s preparations forward of two main competitions — the Asia Cup in Pakistan and Sri Lanka and the ODI World Cup at house.

However, Kaif stated at a perform right here that the fears of India under-performing within the World Cup have been unfounded, though he indicated that tempo bowler Jasprit Bumrah should be absolutely match for the hosts to finish the title drought.

“India has lost just two matches (T20Is against West Indies), so we do not need to get overly concerned. I am seeing a lot of negative reaction after the two losses. But I will only say that our team is extremely competitive. I am not going to judge (India) on two back-to-back losses (in the West Indies). The only thing is that key players are missing,” Kaif stated.

“Bumrah missing is the biggest factor. If he recovers fully… one aspect is to complete the recovery and the other aspect is to gain match fitness. If he regains that (match fitness), it will be a massive gain for Team India. If Bumrah is fully fit, we have a great chance of winning the World Cup at home,” stated Kaif.

Bumrah might be staging a comeback throughout the T20 collection towards Ireland after being out of motion for nearly a 12 months following a again surgical procedure, and Kaif attributed the 29-year-old fast’s absence for India’s string of losses in main competitions throughout that interval.

“A lot of people are discussing that the (India) team under (chief coach) Rahul Dravid lost the (T20) Asia Cup (last year), the (T20) World Cup in Australia, the World Test Championship in England (recently).

“I perceive all that, errors have occurred. But I believe, is it not straightforward to play with Bumrah not within the facet. He is the largest match-winner and Rohit Sharma did not get his companies, so take into consideration all that.

“I believe, as soon as Bumrah returns fully fit… he wins 50 per cent of the matches for the Indian team. I think if Bumrah is in the team and a few others like KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer additionally return, we’ve the gamers who can win the (World Cup) trophy,” added Kaif.