India on Saturday completed a 3-2 series win over England in Ahmedabad. They played the five-match series without all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja and fast bowlers Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami.
"Put all those things together, and the fact that they are playing at home, they are the team to beat. It won't be a cakewalk -- England is a very good side and the West Indies and other sides are dangerous as well -- but if you price it up, you would say India are the favorites," Atherton said.