“I think India and Pakistan could feature in the semi-finals; Australia and England are another two teams,” Gilchrist was quoted as saying by news agency PTI.

Speaking about Australia’s chances in the ODI World Cup 2023, Gilchrist said that he is hopeful that the five-time champions will do well in India.

“Australia will learn a lot from their efforts in South Africa when they come to India. They have three games before the World Cup against India, so they will have a bit more of a full-strength squad there, so that might tell us a bit about where they are at, so it’s a bit hard to tell who’s going to win it (the World Cup), but I think there are probably four semi-finalists there,” he said.

Australia, which will face India in a three-match ODI series this week, recently suffered a shocking 2-3 ODI series defeat against the South African team. The Kangaroos were 2-0 up in the five-match contest but lost the last three matches to concede the series.

The ODI series against India, which starts on Friday (September 22) in Mohali, will be Australia’s last ODI assignment before the ODI World Cup 2023, in which they will begin their campaign against India itself on October 8 in Chennai.