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World Cup, India v Zimbabwe: How the teams stack up


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Unknown
Be Careful - Mr. Dhoni
by Unknown on Mar 13, 2015 01:37 PM  | Hide replies

There's a disaster in waiting which most are unable to see..
In a world cup like this, there are 2 aspects:
1. Better bowling side has the edge, but
2. Better lower order batting will be the winner.

India is a good bowling side now. When two good bowling sides clash, top orders of both sides are usually decimated. It all comes down to the strength of their weakest link.

In India's case, that is the lower order batting.

In remaining match, if Mr. Dhoni could give his lower order batsmen (i.e. effectively the bowlers) the confidence to bat or bail out the team chasing huge scores (under pressure) i.e. somewhat flipping the batting line-up, or seeding the bowlers well in between with specific roles; they will not have to face the same shameful loss situations of 2003 (no support to Sehwag), or T20 2014 (misfiring yuvraj). India was lucky to have Dhoni firing in 2011 final, since the top order main batsmen: Tendulkar and Sehwag collapsed.

Law of averages will probably catch up with the top order batsmen in the final. Then, you will need support from the lower order.

Aussies/Whites have and will attack 'below the belt':
a. since India's lower order batting has not clicked even in this world cup.
b. personal sledging: they know India's strength lies in their Brains & Anger blows away the cool and calm required to be inventive and skillful in trying situations.

Don't take on White people with sledging back - they need chirping to keep themselves focused.

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Unknown
Re: Be Careful - Mr. Dhoni
by Unknown on Mar 13, 2015 01:40 PM
Don't take on White people with sledging back - they need chirping to keep themselves focussed. It works opposite for them. Silence distracts them.

Importance of a strong lower batting let New Zealand win over Aussies recently.

Mr. Dhoni, please come out of the shell of chasing fame. Prepare only 2 things for final victory:
a. Strong lower order batting.
b. No Sledging.

Please prepare soon; those who don't do so, prepare to lose.

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Narayan Muralidharan
Re: Be Careful - Mr. Dhoni
by Narayan Muralidharan on Mar 13, 2015 03:00 PM
Unknown writes good essay and replies,suggests etc.. in his/her own style.Unknown you are truly great..

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Amod Karnik
Re: Be Careful - Mr. Dhoni
by Amod Karnik on Mar 13, 2015 03:26 PM
You should get a nobel prize for literature and a Man booker prize for great fiction work...

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sonu
Kindly share your views
by sonu on Mar 13, 2015 11:30 AM  | Hide replies

Top 8 nations should be divided into 4 groups. 4 weak teams should also be in the same group. (Thus we will have a world cup of 24 teams.) These teams will play with each other. Now top 2 test playing teams and 2 weak teams from each group will move further.now in second round we will have 16 teams which will further be divided into 2 groups. Now from one group 2 teams will reach SF. By this format weak teams will get an opportunity to play with strong teams.
Kindly share your views here so that we can discuss how weak teams can get an opportunity of playing with top test plaing nations.

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Narayan Muralidharan
Re: Kindly share your views
by Narayan Muralidharan on Mar 13, 2015 03:02 PM
Hope your suggestions would be considered by ICC.

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