Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Injured Players

There are 2 or 3 players are injured
during the 1st round.Supper 8 is about
to start.

Do and die for India

Now it’s do and die situation for India tomorrow. India is in a must win situation to go to Super eight. They require to beat Sri lanka on Friday at Trinidad & Tobago, Port of Spain, Oval. All Indian need to show , must show their character tomorrow. They can do it, they can very well do it. They have beaten Sri lanka in the past in India .They need to repeat the same level of competition to win against them.It’s not easy as Sri lanka knows that India is under pressure. They would like to dominate. Srilanka also won’t like to lose, otherwise they may not go to super eight. India need to repeat their performance in 1999 when they beat them black and blue. Both Dravid and Sourav went on to score big hundred in England. They need to draw inspiration from these games. They have the players who can make that difference. India need to be cool and at the same time does not forget their mission- “ Vision World Cup-2007”.Indian bowlers require to bowl well. They haven’t bowled that well till now barring the practice match against the host when they bowled out West Indies for a paltry 85 runs only.They themselves are to be blamed for the situation in which they are in now. They have the best batsmen in their line up from Sehwag, Sourav, Dravid, Sachin,Yuvraj and Dhoni who can do their job easy. Looking at the schedule, no body should have thought that India will be in such darkness in so early part of the tournament. But , never mind. They need to go ahead for the sake 100million fans who are supporting them and giving them inspiration to march forward. They should go all out and blast Sri lanka away. Vaas and Malinga and later Murali, they need to be careful initially. Jayasuriya and Sangakkara should be kept in check and bowlers must bowl wicket to wicket, no width at all. Whole of India will be praying for an Indian win. I am sure we will come out victorious. Tomorrow we should enjoy watching a fantastic contest between bat and ball. That’s why cricket is so popular in India. But we should not consider as our religion and should not think our cricketers as God. If India wins the toss, should bowl first and keep Srilanka in check within 225 and get the runs as quickly as possible. Kumble should bowl well to get some wickets and keep batsmen in check. Agarkar is not that impressive. They should opt for Zaheer, Munaf and Kerala express Sreesanth who may be expensive, but can be penetrative. Hope they consider this aspect as well. Zaheer need to bowl well and Munaf also. Me: I think Indians have fly back home.