tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17123057.post7717105703391871936..comments2024-03-02T16:06:31.067+10:30Comments on music and miscellania: India Team for the World CupMohan Krishnamoorthy : :http://www.blogger.com/profile/04134738096860402373noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17123057.post-66621055923495184232007-01-13T00:08:00.000+10:302007-01-13T00:08:00.000+10:30I think India have to do something radical to get ...I think India have to do something radical to get out of the ODI rut. Here is my team - <br /><br /><B>Open with Dhoni and Tendulkar</B>. I would have liked to have opened with Dhoni and Ganguly, but Tendulkar will never agree to it and there is no point debating about this. <br /><br /><B>Ganguly at one drop</B> - Like it or not, Dada is back. At the fall of an early wicket, Ganguly can come and hit a few balls over the head while power-play (whoever came up with that name?) still exists.<br /><br /><B>Dravid the wall at number 4</B>. I think this should depend on the game situation. If the first two wickets have fallen within the first 15 overs, I think he should come in at No. 4. Otherwise, he should bat down the order.<br /><br /><B>Sehwag</B> should be back in the team and he should come in at <B>No. 5</B>. <br /><br />If <B>Yuvraj</B> is fit, then he would naturally take the <B>No. 6 </B>spot. If he is still not fit, someone from my list for No.7 would take up his spot.<br /><br /><B>No. 7</B> would be taken up either by Uthappa, Kaif, Raina or Dinesh Mongia . My top choices would be <B>Uthappa </B> and Raina. If Yuvi does not recover from his injury, I think Dinesh Mongia should go and if he goes, he should also bowl a few overs. Although he hasn't done much in the recent past for India, I think he has potential.<br /><br />Although I like Kaif and he is a great fielder, he will just have to miss out...<br /><br />India need <B>Pathan</B> to come in at <B>No.8 </B>. I hope he finds his Swing and rhythm, as he cannot find a place in the team on his batting skills alone (which is good, but overrated)<br /><br /><B>Agarkar, Zaheer and Shreesanth</B> at numbers <B>9, 10 and 11</B>.<br /><br />So my starting XI is<br />1. Tendulkar<br />2. Dhoni<br />3. Ganguly<br />4. Dravid<br />5. Sehwag<br />6. Yuvraj<br />7. Uthappa<br />8. Pathan<br />9. Agarkar<br />10. Zaheer Khan<br />11. Sreesanth <br /><br /><br />What no spinner? Obviously, the 11 players listed are not going to play each and every game - <B>Bhajji</B> should go and he will definitely get a chance. Yuvi, Veeru and Sachin would chip in with a few overs. <br /><br />I haven't seen Joginder Sharma play and I am not too thrilled with his choice. I don't think he is going to set the game on fire - When he played against Bangladesh a couple of years ago, he didn't make a big impact. I hope I am wrong and he turns out OK, but we need to get him to play in the WI one dayers first. <br /><br />I am also not convinced with the fast bowling of the two Singhs - VRV and RP; I agree with you Mohan - Munaf should get a nod ahead of these two. But if we need to pick yet another bowler to make up the numbers, I would pick RP - he bowled well (in patches) in Malaysia. However, I feel that Ramesh Powar may get the nod ahead of RP Singh mainly because he is from Bombay.<br /><br />If I were a selector, I would pick another batsman to go on the tour and my choice would be Dinesh Mongia.I know, no one will agree with me on this one - but hey, its my choice :)<br /><br /><br />The following make up my 15 -<br />12. Bajji<br />13. Munaf Patel<br />14. Raina<br />15. Dinesh Mongia.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17123057.post-42662963038572463232007-01-12T17:35:00.000+10:302007-01-12T17:35:00.000+10:30I agree with most all your selections with the exc...I agree with most all your selections with the exception of Ganguly. Munaf Patel and Raina should be included. Ganguly and Sehwag should be dropped.Prakashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13574605279018994218noreply@blogger.com