Predictions for Cricket World Cup 2019 Trophy winners

ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 is not even a year away. It will be held in England and Wales. While every team is busy preparing and selecting the perfect playing XI for the team, each team is somewhat reliable on a homegrown talent. The expectations from them are really high. Time will say whether they will be able to live up to the expectation or not.

But it has to be kept in mind that cricket is a team game and the team which will perform as a whole will tend to lift the trophy, leaving aside the performance of a single talented player.

While it is really difficult to predict who will win the World Cup or maybe who will get the highest score, but looking at the current form of the players we can make a quick guess.

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Champions:

England v India - 2nd ODI: Royal London One-Day Series

With the current form of the cricket teams, it seems that India, Pakistan, England and Australia will find a berth in the Semis. The form of Australia in the English soil in the recent series was not up to the mark. Though England will have home advantage, the pressure on them will be too high. Besides this, the Pakistani team doesn't have a destructive batting line up. On the other hand, Team India has a very balanced side. So we can expect India to lift the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Trophy.

Runners Up:

England & India Net Sessions

With the current form of the English team and the home ground advantage, it is always expected that England will perform well in the World Cup. With the like of Joe Root, Buttler, Stokes the home team is always favourite. But the home pressure will act as a negative force on the team. So we can expect them to be the runners-up in the tournament.

Player of the tournament:

England & India Net Sessions

Well, ICC Player of the tournament goes to the player who is efficient both with the bat and ball. According to the current form of the players, it seems Hardik Pandya and Ben Stokes will be in the race to snatch the trophy. But Ben Stokes has an edge because of the home soil advantage.

He has an average of 35.5 with a strike rate of 93.61. He has played 61 innings and adds an experience to the team. This bowling statistics speak even better. He has taken 58 wickets in 58 innings with an economy of 6.09.

Highest Run Scorer:

England v India - 3rd ODI: Royal London One-Day Series

Predicting the highest run-getter will not be a very stupendous task. We can expect Virat Kohli and Joe Root in the top 2 spots and they will clash against each other to become the highest run-getter in the tournament. But obviously, Virat has an advantage because of his form in the past few years and we can expect him to lift up this trophy.

Speaking of his scores, he has scored 9779 runs in 203 innings with an average of 58.21. Inevitably he is the best in the world!

Highest Wicket Taker:

India v South Africa - ICC Twenty20 World Cup Warm Up

The Indian pace sensation is among the best in the world and he has to play a pivotal role if India is to lift the World Cup in 2019. And looking at his current form in the English soil tells us that he will be among the top contenders to become the highest wicket-taker.

Adding to it, his accurate yorkers, swing, and pace will give a hard time to the opponent batsman and it is quite expected that he will win this trophy. Speaking of his ODI stats, he has 64 wickets in 37 innings with an economy of 4.65. What a bowler he is!