India Missed World Cup Home Advantage due to IPL

South Africa coach, Corrie van Zyl said that India had lost the advantage of home World Cup due to Indian Premier League, largely due to the experience of playing conditions that the best players in the world and acquired with the intensity of the most passionate crowds in the cricketing world.

“India is traditionally a difficult place to visit, but recently, teams have learned to win the Indian and sub-continent conditions”, he said.

India, in particular, where most of our preliminary games will be played, is a wonderful place to play cricket and people love the game and the support is phenomenal. The teams have learned to embrace the atmosphere Indian and sub-continent conditions he said.

South Africa prepares for the tournament ODI series against Zimbabwe, Pakistan and India and van Zyl said he wants his wards to win the series same as the World Cup.

50-overs of Cricket World Cup co-hosted in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in February-March next year.