" Indian Team for World Cup "

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Sixteen teams, forty seven days, fifty-one matches and one CUP, welcome to the 2007 world cup cricket in Caribbean. Sixteen members squad of India, riding high on the hopes and prayers of millions Indian cricket fans is confident enough to win the World Cup, thanks to the recent series win of Indian team over Sri Lanka..Selectors have tried to chose the best from what the good they had. In fact they have nothing much to chose from. Selectors lead by Dileep vegsharkar has shown their confidence in experience over the young blood this is pretty averred with the inclusion of Kumble, Zaheer and sehwag. There has been some question raised over noninclusion of kaif , who could have been an asset at the fierce newlymade pitches of west Indies.India has indeed a best batting lineup in the world and the very experienced one. Undoubtedly the maestros like Tendulkar, Ganguly and Dravid can turn the outcome of any match. In addition to this If Dhoni and yuvrajhas cracked, it's the doomed situation for opponents. In fact Dhoni and Yuvraj are turning out to be a good finishers.Bowling, the recent form of Zaheer is looking promising with the add of aggressiveness of Srisanth can be good combination of pacers. Whereas the spinners like Kumble and harbhajan has proven their wirth at many occasions. However the bowling attack of India has some loopholes and fifth bowler will be problem. It will be interesting to see how Skipper overcome this problem and how judiciously he use the options available.Come to fielding, this is the area where Indian team seems to be vulnerable. There is dearth of young blood in Team and only few are world class fielders. Kaif is not in the team and Yuvraj is coming out of injury. So it will be loophole again.Bottomline is India can win the cup provided the batsmen have to click and score high. And prayer of millions of cricket fans can work what a eleven players' team cannot, so destiny and toss can play a vital role too. If the ace three members of the team to be believed, India is going to win the cup second time. Wait and watch .

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