World cup is only 8 months away and India has to play 11 TEST MATCHES (4 series)

well first of all,the indians got a ready made excuse if they get knocked out in the first round itself which has a probability of 72 %. but there are other things to look at. dravid and laxman plays only test matches these days so they wont be bothered at all.infact,they will be jumping with joy considering they played in only 2 series last year. next sachin loves test matches .if it is a bangladesh series,he will get rest but look at it.srilanka,newzealand,australia and south africa. sachin may have world cup as his topmost priority but given this much temptation,he will go for it. the major worry will be bowlers.our bowling spearhead zach plays all three format and very prone to injury just like now.we dont have a quickie who can finish of the tail like zaheer these days. so that leaves players like sehwag,gambhir,dhoni and bhajji. never take out sehwag.you will lose quarter of the battle. may be try another opener giving gambhir rest and probably another spinner to rest bhajji a match or 2. if the management knows how to play the players,then there should be no worries and hopefully no complaints.

no dont think like that , these are all good training for india to play long matches and chances for the young stars to play for their country, and as we are the world no 1 in tests we have the responsibility to keep it and that is why. but 8 onedayers are not enough , i think with newzeland too we can play 5 one days and thus we can increase the number of one days

Well friend if too many ODI's played M S Dhoni will say team is tired. So, it is better not play many matches before World Cup so that team will be fit and with some form before the World Cup. In my view India chances of Winning World cup in 2011 is just 1%. I do not think India has that much ability win a World Cup. Whenever a major tournament comes India will come up with some excuse and lose. So, I am sure that this time too nothing new happens. I hope test matches will bring Sehwag and Yuvaraj into some sort of batting form. Let us hope for best, what else can we expect more.

i agree with you.Indian selectors can help indian team.indian selectors can do some favour by making some ODI players to sit for test matches.with that sittings our players can avoid unnecessary injuries our players can concentrate on one type of game can give oppurtunities for upcoming players.

Too many Test series and one day matches will surely strain the players senior players have to take some kind of rest after playing some matches and give chances to the youngster players. Players like Sachin have to play minimum matches to focus more on the world cup matches.