Its 630pm and India just won the toss and elected to bat. This would be a toast for millions of Indian fans to see India bat and go to sleep in peace (thats assuming India bats very well).
India is playing 6 batsmen, 1WK and 4 bowlers...same concept they used in 2003. I am really hoping Sehwag would get into some sort of form very early in the WC. If Pathan was in good bowling form he would have made the 11 - unfortunately there are no ifs and buts in cricket or rather any sport.
Am happy Dravid has chosen to bat. For sometime India has been looking to chase given their strong batting line up (compared to bowling). This shows that Dravid is ready to change that and be flexible and make necessary changes depending on conditions. For today, I am hoping India can score somewhere around the region of 300.
Key players for Bangladesh will be Mashrafe, Habibul Bashar, Aftab Ahmed and to an extent Ashraful. They are all highly talented along with the veteran bowler Rafique. They have the ammunition to upset good teams...and I guess they might give a scare to India or Sri Lanka. Whether they can apply themselves on the field for 100 overs will be crucial to their team's success.
Man to man India's batting line up is best on paper compared to any team. Thats more or less obvious due to the fact that 3 of them have more than 10k plus runs. How much more would they add to it will shape India's chances ? Whos bowling is going to blow away the opposition consistently (like Nehra against Eng in 2003) will determine if India will win the World Cup.
Come on India !!! Show the World that you are not paper tigers !!!
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