England oozing in talent: Morgan

“I think the favourites for the tournament is India. Simply because they are very good in home conditions and they had a rich run of form lately. But outside of that it is a very open tournament,” said the 29-year-old Dublin-born hard-hitting batsman at the pre-tournament media conference here. 

England, winners of the title once (in 2010) before in its history, are pooled together in Group 1 with Sri Lanka, South Africa and West Indies, plus a qualifier from the first round which commenced on Tuesday. 

Morgan, who led England’s disastrous campaign in the 2015 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, said the team has come along nicely and had a lot of players who can turn around the match.

“We are reasonably confident. Within the group there’s a lot of talent and match-winners. It (winning run) did not necessarily happen in South Africa (on their recent tour in which they lost T20 rubber 0-2 and the ODI series 2-3). But we are positive which is very good coming into this tournament.” 

He pointed out the fact that the team had scored in excess of 300 six times in recently in ODIs as a pointer to its aggressive intent of late. “I would say yes. It has been the most expressive for a long time. It is evident with the significant totals we have put on board with the bat,’’ Morgan said.