INDIA WORLDCUP PREVIEW:
YuvraJ Singh,Virender Sehwag,Gautam Gambhir,Zaheer Khan will have been absent from INDIA'S side for more then a year by the time they begin their World Cup challenge but the after-effects of these departure have been evident in the build-up to the tournament.
If the sense is that India's batting has been performing below capacity, especially as a preponderance of allrounders allows them to bat deeper than many, there are more doubts about their bowling. There is no spinner of repute (for all of Axar Patel wonderful introductionto to international cricket) nor a proven death bowler. Even if the batting catches fire, those weaknesses will linger.
PLAYERS TO WATCH OUT FOR INDIA:
Virat Kohli : At 26, V.Kohli's reputation is now at its highest. Too often he has seemed at odds with the safety-first philosophy of India's ODI game,often coming to the crease with a heavy responsibility to stoke up the innings Now he has a chance to tweak the tempo. His meagre batting form and poor ODI form at Australia have a problem for Team INDIA So, for India to succeed, V.Kohli must be at the centre of their success.
Suresh Raina: Predictions that Raina will become a world star in one-day cricket do not please everyone because there is no strut about his game. Yet frankly, after the drawing of swords over Yuvraj, an ego hidden under a layer of modesty is no bad thing. Raina is the sort of star everybody can admire. His ability to strike a cricket ball is special, he has more confidence than he might at first suggest and the range of his game is growing.
PREDICTIONS: India's prospects of finishing in the top two in Pool B are undermined by the presence of both Asian nations in the same group, but if they can avoid "Australia" in the quarter-finals that experience might hold them in good stead. If they can address a few glaring issues, they can press for the semi-finals and even that will outdo many forecasts. #WorldCup #CWC15
TEAMS: Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Virat Kohli, Ambati Rayudu, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni(c/w), Stuart Binny, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, Mohit Sharma
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