As expected, the ongoing five-match T20I series between India and England turned out to be a blockbuster. The series currently stands at 2-2, with the decider to be played on Saturday (March 20) at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
Reflecting on the highly competitive series, former Pakistan skipper Ramiz Raja on Friday (March 19) said it is a "trailer" for other teams to improve their skills and strategy ahead of the T20 World Cup.
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Notably, the 2021 edition of T20 World Cup is slated to be held in India later this year.
"I think it is a trailer for other teams on how to improve their skills, strategies for this format before the World Cup," Ramiz said in an interview on the Cricket Baaz YouTube channel.
"We have two of the best teams playing and I think England is the team to beat in the World Cup."
Ramiz showered rich praise on the Eoin Morgan-led England team for their spectacular rise in white-ball cricket.
"Their rise in white ball cricket has been massively impressive given the fact that until some years back they didn't even give priority to ODIs or leave alone T20 cricket," he said.
"England are fearless now and playing attacking cricket in white ball format."
Ramiz Raja also shared his thoughts on the inaugural World Test Championship, the final of which is set to be played between India and New Zealand in Southampton from June 18 to 22 with June 23 acting as a reserve day.
According to Ramiz, India and Pakistan not playing a series during the World Test Championship didn’t make any sense.
"The current format was lopsided and prolonged and it made no sense not having India and Pakistan series,” he opined.
"Teams didn't play the same number of matches and even the points system was weird. Next time when the WTC is held no cricket should be held at that time, No ODIs or T20s, if you want to promote test cricket and infuse life into it and also attract sponsors to this format," Ramiz further remarked.
(With PTI inputs)
