The only thing in the minds of indian players is "Money from Ads". They cannot beat a local team of mumbai like harris sheild etc. those young boys play very well.
Everyone saying India is favourite, Dhoni if you remember... in 1996 world cup in india, we had a very similar format. If you remember, from 1999 to 2007, there was super 6 and super 8... so some good teams got eliminated...
In 1996, we had quarter finalist team. Ind, Eng, SA, West Indies, Pak, Sri Lanka, Aus, NZ... all top 8 teams... this time it would be no different since good team will get chances even if they loose some early matches...so we assume the 8 teams in quarter final will be same as it was in 1996. Also few quarter final and semi final matches are played in sri lanka and history suggest it is difficult to chase in dambula and sri lanka
Also everyone saying india being favourites, but india's bowling is still a concern, we dont have allrounder and world class fast bowler
So knockout round begins from quarter final where it can be anyones world cup.. dont be overoptimistic. This time world cup is played under lights and chasing in second innings sometime can be risky in lights, so there is no favourite and underdogs... just have to play 3 game well quarter final, semi final and final to win world cup.. it can be anyones worldcup... as format is for everyone. this time the format requires any team to play well in 3 games to win world cup... 1) quarter final, 2) semi final 3) final
Re: da
by Rajesh Gupta on Feb 04, 2011 05:15 PM
Why you people do not understand that as we are Indian, so we are optimistic for our team.. Whats wrong in it? Everybody knows that which team will play better cricket on the particular day, that team will win.
