We are just 24 hours away for the clash of the titans, from what would be an exciting game of the World Cup Group matches before Australia takes on South Africa.
India has the potential to beat any team in the world on a given day and at the same time can lose to a minnow team. I believe it is more to do with the confidence factor rather than the technique.
It was good to see Veeru among runs and also all the top guys scoring some shots against Bermuda. I hope Ganguly continues his form on Friday and I hope Robin and Dhoni saved their explosive shots for Friday.
It was our bowling, which is a major area of concern in the group matches. In the warm up games, all of us were worried about the batting, but now its back to the bowling basics. Against, Bangladesh, Zaheer did not get good rhythm as he did against South African and home series agains Windies and Lanka. Sreesanth definitely adds firepower and the motivation factor. Pathan would be good to the batting line up, but he is lacking confidence in his bowling. I definitely don't want to see Agarkar opening the bowling again and we need Munaf in the middle overs and break crucial partnerships. Kumble should be lone specialist slow bowler.
If India wins the toss, they should bat first and score atleast 285 . Who knows, batting second would be questionable when D/L method comes into effect. If we bowl first, they should be motivated with the performance against Windies in the warm-up game.
Let us pray that India scores max runs and get the big man Sanath and the top order for some cheap runs.
All the best to team India - there are over a billion people supporting you all over the world. We all want good cricket from you and hope to see you play next saturday too.
