pick the indian cricket team for the world cup
By jaish1974
@jaish1974 (84)
India
January 30, 2007 8:31am CST
My choice
the 11 would be
1.Rahul Dravid
2.Sourav Ganguly
3.Sachin Tendulkar
4.Robin Uthappa
5.Yuvaraj singh
6.Mahendra singh dhoni
7.Harbhajan singh
8.Irfan pathan
9.Zaheer Khan
10.Munaf Patel
11.Ramesh powar
next four......
12.Suresh Raina
13.Dinesh karthik
14.Goutham Gambhir
15.Mohd. Kaif
justification for the selection---
opening -
Robin uthappa & Sachin Tendulkar
Robin utthappa & sourav ganguly
Robin uthappa & gautham gambhir -- Preferred
Gautham Gambir & Sourav ganguly
sourav ganguly & Sachin Tendulkar
The mix of right & left combination
The aggression of young minds
The mix of youth and experienced
It is preferred that Dravid to come in the first down.
He will know the responsibility and his ability to stay on the grease and rotate the strike.Even here is quick break in the opening partnership, he will patch the break.
Tendulkar to be as the second down to consolidate the innings
Sourav to be the third down, as he is an expert of tackling the spin bowling, and he is havingthe ability to change gears to accelerate the scoring
Yuvaraj to further accelerate the scoring and give finishing touch.
Mahendra singh dhoni - handy in final overs to jetify the scoring rate and finish
Pathan as an allrounder comes in handy in the final overs of his big hitting capability and also based on the situation he can be sent as a pinch hitter to upset the bowlers rhythm
Munaf patel is justified b'cos of his line ad length and the ability to control the scoring rate.
Zaheer as an experienced and also the spearhead ofthe fast attack.his accuracy and his ability in the final overs to finish off
Bhajji - break partnerships and control the run rate
ramesh powar - break partnership
how do you feel about the selection--
put ur views and comments and also select the team of your choice and justify the same
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2 responses
@kdno421 (12)
• United States
19 Feb 07
dude !! u dont have sehwag in your team ?? surprising !!
i think the playing 11 would essentially be the team that played the last one day against Sri Lanka. But if i had it my may then the 11 would be :
Virender Sehwag
Sourav Ganguly
Sachin Tendulkar
Rahul Dravid
Yuvraj Singh
Karthik
Mahender Singh Dhoni
Irfan Pathan
Harbhajan Singh
Zaheer Khan
Munaf Patel
Yeah ... kaif was much better option than karthik and it sad that robin has to sit out.
But if irfan pathan doesnt play upto the expectation then he will be replaced by Sreesanth.
@Lydia1901 (16351)
• United States
19 Feb 07
Well, it is hard for me to pick because I wasn't following up on the games and don't really know who is good to win the world cup. But, whoever gets to I wish them all the luck in the world.