All-rounder Moeen Ali believes that it is wrong to assume that this year’s T20 World Cup will be a two-horse race between England and hosts India, who are the number one and two ranked T20I sides in the world at the moment, respectively.

Moeen has stated that teams like Pakistan, Australia and New Zealand also stand a good chance of lifting the elusive trophy.

“It would be wrong to assume that the Twenty20 World Cup will be a battle between India and England. You can’t write off teams like Pakistan, New Zealand and Australia. The Twenty20 format is such that anyone can beat any opponent and teams like Bangladesh are also dangerous,” Ali said while talking in an interview with isport.

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He also backed his team, England, to do well if they play to the best of their ability during the event.   

“We [England] are a strong team but it’s important that we nail our skills, and the results will then take care of themselves. If we play to the standard that we can, we feel we can beat anybody,” he said.

The 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup is scheduled to be the seventh ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament, scheduled to be played in October and November 2021 in India.