The world cup squad? satisfied???
By cultoffury
@cultoffury (1283)
India
February 12, 2007 8:42am CST
The world cup squad has been declared.
Dravid (c)
Sachin (vc)
Dhoni (wk)
Kaarthick (wk)
Ganguly
Sehwag
Yuvraj
Uthappa
Irfan
Agarkar
Zaheer
Munaf
Sreesanth
Kumble
What do you think about the playing 11? I heard Irfan would sit out. And 3 seamers would be in and so would be kaarthick. I think Irfan should be preferred to Kaarthik. Also what about sehwag and sachin? should sehwag open? or Uthappa or sachin?
Harbajan
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17 responses
@mridula123 (734)
• India
12 Feb 07
well..i think the team is quite ok...the main players i admire are there!!..am happy abt that..as forirfan, i agree with you!!and i always prefer sachin not to open!!..i always feel he does better when he comes the third or somthing...
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@cultoffury (1283)
• India
12 Feb 07
Yeah, the whole India is divided over the matter whether sachin should open or come two down. Personally I feel sachin should use up the full quota of 50 overs..
@mridula123 (734)
• India
12 Feb 07
lol..50 overs for sachin..i used to enjoy those matches when he used to stay there till the end not out!!!:)
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@nishant_022 (395)
• India
12 Feb 07
You've omitted Harbhajan Singh from your list.
My batting order would be:-
1. Sourav Ganguly
2. Sachin Tendulkar
3. R. Uthappa
4. R. Dravid
5. M.S. Dhoni
6. Virender Sehwag
7. D. Kaarthik
8. Ajit Agarkar
9. Zaheer Khan
10.Harbhajan Singh/ S. Sreesanth
11.Anil KUmble/ Munaf Patel
OR
1. Sourav Ganguly
2. Sachin Tendulkar
3. M.S. Dhoni
4. Rahul Dravid
5. Virender Sehwag
6. Dinesh Kaarthik/ Irfan Pthan
7. Irfan Pathan/ Dinesh Kaarthik
8. Ajit Agarkar
9. Zaheer Khan
10.Harbhajan Singh
11.Anil Kumble
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@cultoffury (1283)
• India
12 Feb 07
Hey, I did not omit, his name is last, after the paragraph, again sorry for the error.
@nishant_022 (395)
• India
12 Feb 07
I've assumed that Yuvraj is injured. If he plays, he will be in my team instead of Kaarthik.
@banta78 (4326)
• India
12 Feb 07
I am satisfied with the selection of Indian team. As i didn't expect any major surprises from the team that is playing sri lanka just before world cup. As there is no scope for major experiments just before the world cup.
I too feel like selectors that we should go with tried and tested, players who have won matches for india in the past. and hopefully now these players can stand up and be counted during the world cup and do india proud.
@cultoffury (1283)
• India
12 Feb 07
Do you one more stunning fact? Greg Chappel was always talking about experiments, and youngsters and all those stuff. But, surprisingly the world cup squad has 9 players who played the last world cup, the zaheer, ganguly, agarkar and all are still there.
@hariharan2503 (127)
• India
12 Feb 07
i feel very sorry for harbajan......
i would have preferred harbajan for sreesanth......
i think 4 seemers r enough and we now have only only regular spinner (Kumble)......
otherwise the team is gud.......
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@pix_trix (447)
• India
12 Feb 07
i am surprised that bhajji hasnt been kept in the team, he may not have had performed to his optimum level, but he is indeed a great player and knows how to make the ball hit the wicket!
otherwise i feel the team is really good. with experienced players like sachin, dravid and ganguly and fresh blood like dhoni, yuvraj and irfan, we will surely go a long way!
@cultoffury (1283)
• India
12 Feb 07
Harbajan is in the team, it is written last, sory for that error. He is definitely in there.
@chintan_inc (224)
• India
13 Feb 07
well i did not like sehwag included in the team.... i am not satisfied with sehwag;s performance...its complete dismal performance from last two years... i would like utthapa and ganguly to open..then rahul then sachin then dhoni , yuvraj (or kartick) to follow. then harbhajan , agarkar , zaheer , and sreesanth to come. i will chose pathan instead of munaf coz pathan can bat in time of crisis. one can also choose kumble instead of harbhajan...but one spinner is max. one spinner and four fast bowlers should be included. instead of kartick....yuvraj singh can be included because yuvraj is a good fielder and can also bowl.
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@cultoffury (1283)
• India
13 Feb 07
I would rather choose Irfan at the cost of a batsman. Maybe, Kaarthik, or Sehwag. Because he is very good with his bat.
@Bhutto (741)
• India
13 Feb 07
i am not satisfied with the selection i feel shewag should have been left out but who knows he may perform after getting a chance,even if he iis not performing.One more thing players 100% fit should be taken,unfit players should be left out no matter who they are.
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@kreacher (15)
• India
13 Feb 07
i am satisfied with the team except that ,sehwag has been given a chance and VVS LAXMAN has been neglected in spite of being in a good form . i am not saying that laxman is better than sehwag ,but i mean that sehwag has lost his form and it is not wise to test him in such crucial stage of indian cricket
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@p3halliwel2005 (3156)
• Philippines
13 Feb 07
What country are this guys playing? Well, I don'tknow this guys but I was just curious about the names...and I guess whoever plays as long as their good then that would be it.
@koolraj_inlove (842)
• India
13 Feb 07
I THINK pATHAN SHOULD BE TAKEN IN THE SQUAD,kARTHIK IS A BATSMAN, INFACT iRFAN CAN BOWL AND BAT BOTH, sACHIN AND SEHWAG SHOULD OPEN,HARBHAJAN SHOULD BE USED AS A KEY TO OPEN THE DIFFICULT LOCKS I.E AUSTRALIA,PAKISTAN.. HARBHAJAN PERFORMANCES IS NICE WITH THEM..!
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@cultoffury (1283)
• India
13 Feb 07
Even, I echo your opinion. But the opening combination should see Ganguly in. I have a split opinion about Sachin's position. And, don't use all caps, you could get negative rating.
@smartpk (193)
• Pakistan
12 Feb 07
according to my point of views it is bestes combination ever in indian cricket history where many players are all rounger performances and having each one world records and they can make troubles for oter cricket teams specially for world-campion australia.
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@coolsid2007 (1030)
• India
12 Feb 07
i think it could not have been better - bad luck for harbhajan but there was not much of a luck there
@pujithareddy (32)
• India
13 Feb 07
they have no other choice but to pick up these 15 ...
but it is bad to see VVS LAXMAN BEING Ddropped.......
he has saved india many a times....
the pitches in england suit him well......
as the ball comes on well to the bat he is capable of scoring runs......as we have seen him do it in australia....where the pitches r qiute similar to there in west indies....its time for selectors to put in some thinking...and to analyzie the palyers capability after the first 2 matches......
@HumsafarMandeep (691)
•
13 Feb 07
well i dont prefer karthick playing,and i prefer 3 seamers including irfan, and according to me Kumble shud not be ever selected in palying 11, as it gives a weak point in fielding also and his bowling is never economical as harbhajan, another thing is bhajjis fielding ability , striaght throws and a few nasty hits he can make down the order