The cash-rich IPL is finally over and now the focus of Indian cricket fans will be shifted back to international cricket. One of the biggest ICC tournaments, ICC Champions Trophy will commence in a matter of a week.

A true cricket fan is well aware of the fact that in a tournament like this, the teams will put a lot of things at stake. The Indian team will certainly start the tournament as hot favorites and with good reason that they are defending champions. However, apart from that, there are some more reasons because of which Indian team can defend their title. Here are those reasons why Indian team can certainly clinch the title once again:

1. Virat Kohli’s eagerness to win

ICC CT 2017 will be the first major test for Virat Kohli, especially as a skipper. He is by far one of the best batsmen in the world and now he needs to prove a point – both to himself and his critics. From the last couple of months or so his blade has been pretty quite and it seems like it’s raring to go all out again.

This is also the first test for Kohli as skipper of the limited overs team and he is someone who loves such kind of challenge. It will be interesting to see how he sets his team up.