Do you think we are dependent on Sachin to win World Cup 2011?

Cricket is a Team Game. True, some matches are turned head on by one Big Performance....but, still all the eleven players have some role to play. Sachin has been an icon and a true performer and is a great influence on the Team. His mere prescence is a threat to the opponents...but is India wholly dependent on Sachin to win the World Cup???.. my answer is NO.... The one player in Indian Team who can win Matches for India on his own is Virender Sehwag..

unfortunately,thats the truth. winning a bilateral series or asia cup or some trination series is nothing because people just forget it if you lost all the matches and won all matches in the next series so sachin opted out but world cup is alltogether a different phenomena. the 2007 team was a good one but all it took is one bad to take out such a good team. the strategy is always be the same for world cup. bat around tendulkar because the team doesnt have anyone else who can bat for almost 30 overs .only gambhir has the talent while other are the bang mens.cant trust them for more than 10 overs

Dear Ajay, Gone are the days that we depended on Sachin. ( Thankfully). Today, India is one team that has plenty of match winner. I feel that if any two players from our team have a good day, India will win the match. With the risk of backlash from Sachin fans, may i also add that Sachin's insistence on opening the innings in ODI's is actually hampering India's balance. Gambir is less effective with the field spread out. However, it will be nostalgic to see Sachin finishing his ODI career with a world cup win for INDIA. That will be fairytale stuff for Indian Cricket !

There was a time during the 90s when Sachin was an indispensable figure in the ODIs but now he is no more that much a wanted man. There is no doubt he can still play his strength but it has been long 21 years and if a baby was born then he too would be playing with Sachin now. How many people get such a long playing career. For Sachin this itself is a record. Since '83 many World Cups passed but we , even in the presence of Sachin could not lift it for the second time and now looking for the 2011 edition. They say Sachin would help bringing the cup. But I am not so optimistic.

Thankfully gone are the days when each one of us used to conclude the fate of a match considering if sachin in the crease or not.Indian team was too dependent on sachin and dravid back then.As of now its soo good to see players who can win matches single handedly ... Suresh Raina,Virat Kohli,Sehwag can bring in nightmares on any given day which only increases the chance of india to get hold of the triumph this season!great day.

I would say, it depends on the venue and the pressure of the situation. As the world cup is going to be in Indian sub-continent, I am sure others will also perform well and therefore, there will not be that much dependency on Sachin, however, in pressure situations, I am sure others will look up to Sachin for a good start. Also, all of us know, when you say World cup, Sachin will always be in form and perform anywhere in the world. Let's hope he completes his 50 centuries in ODI matches in this world cup.

No we are not dependent on Sachin tendulkar though Tendulkar is outstanding player,no doubt.Of late India is very good one day team without Tendulkar,though definately Sachin has its role to play in this world cup.His presence obviously gives confidence to his team....

I think it has been quite some time since when our dependence on Sachin has reduced. More so in the shorter forms. He does not play in T20s at all. And team has been winning without him in ODIs quite often as well. When he is there, he gives the team a more definite edge, but the team does pretty well without him as well. Cheers! Ram

Hi Sachin is one of the greatest player and i think i should say of this century,so definitely indian team is dependent on him,but other player must also play there role for win,but there is no doubt that he is match winning player.....