Men In Blue ! Can they bring back the Glory?
Leaving all the controversies behind and laying to rest all the speculations , Team India for World Cup Cricket 2007 was announced today. These 15 men will have to bring back the world cup last won by Kapil Dev and team in 1983. The biggest question is do they have it in them to bring it back ? Lets just sit and pray for their success.
The Squad:
| 1. | R Dravid (captain) |
| 2. | SR Tendulkar (vice-captain) |
| 3. | AB Agarkar |
| 4. | MS Dhoni (wicketkeeper) |
| 5. | SC Ganguly |
| 6. | Harbhajan Singh |
| 7. | KD Karthik (wicketkeeper) |
| 8. | Z Khan |
| 9. | A Kumble |
| 10. | MM Patel |
| 11. | IK Pathan |
| 12. | V Sehwag |
| 13. | S Sreesanth |
| 14. | AR Uthappa |
| 15. | Yuvraj Singh |
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Match Fixing resurfaces!
Match Fixing scandals have been haunting many players in various teams of the past. Just prior to the biggest event in the history of cricket , The World Cup 2007 it has again resurfaced in the form of Marlon Samuels. The West Indies team have always known for their integrity on and off the field always.Will this be the first taint in their cricketing history? Lets wait and find out...
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Morale Booster
The win against West Indies at the recently concluded Pepsi Cup will be a morale booster for Team India.With world cup round the corner, many people feel that the team has sorted it's batting woes and can give a good performance at the world cup.
Lets pray that Team India performs well at the world cup and also hope that there aren't any team selection goof up before the world cup.
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Is Indian cricket going the hockey way ?
"India dealt a Durban drubbing" was the headlines which cricinfo carried today it is the similar story that has been happening for the past 6 months now. Match after match Team India's performance had been going from bad to worse,Board has seen lot many controversies in the recent past and I can confidently tell that Team India is not capable of winning the world cup atleast for next 4 years.Reasons for this low are many and it makes no sense to speak about it again and again as no one seems to be bothered about it in the Board.Fingers are being pointed at Greg Chappel , Kiran More , Sharad Pawar , Jagmohan Dalmiya , Lalit Modi , Rahul Dravid , Middle Order - Yuvaraj/Kaif/Dhoni/Raina and ofcourse the current bunch of selectors Chappel has always been in the limelight ever since his tussle with Saurav Ganguly.His coaching methods were considered to be faulty by many of yesteryear cricketers of Team India but the big question is whether Team Indian players are mentally and physically competent to accustom themselves to the caoching methods of Greg Chappel. Raina was touted as the player for future and his future now is surely uncertain.Many thought he was a Tendulkar in making and I sincerely hope he doesn't end up like Parthiv Patel.
I would not like to talk about kaif and Yuvaraj , It would be better if they start playing proper cricket rather then spending time for shooting Ad's. Our very own Vice Captain Viru is another big let down so unfortunate that in Tennis we normally have a non-playing captain for Davis Cup but these days Captain of our Indian Davis Cup team Leander Paes is a match winner always and our Indian Cricket team has a non playing vice captain for more than a year now.
Indian bowling has also never been so low with Irfan Pathan is no where near to finding his lost form and the lost magic which he displayed in the tour of pakistan.Munaf/RP/VRV have never matured to the International arena yet.Munaf did a good job yesterday but will he sustain is the big question.Agarkar ahs been good and bad in shades , he has never been a match winner at all.India has lost many toght matches when he has come to bowl the dying overs.Zaheer and Balaji need to come back, give good performances and stay without injuries to strengthen our bowling department.Kumble and Bajji have been good in almost all occasions.
M.S.Dhoni ne sirf 2-3 baar Dho daala usko baad voh bhi fuse ho gaya.Kirmani questions his basic wicket keeping technique , leave alone his weakness to the rising ball.Dinesh Karthik is undoubtedly Team India's best wicketkeeper and also a beter batsman when it comes to crunch situation.
All's not wrong but the road to this world cup has almost ended for Team India with absolutely no hopes of improving it's performance.Hopefully better administration and a mature selection policy could prove vital for Team India's preparation for next World Cup. As the saying goes "Kapil nahin to CUP nahin" , all we need is a charismatic player like Kapil Dev who can double up as a batsman , bowler , 'playing' captain and most importantly a potential match winner.
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