Indian Team for the World Cup 2007

Caribbean Calypso is just 2 months away..yeah!.. I am talking about the world cup in West Indies.

India as usual starts as one of the favourites.Lets check out who r all going to fly to West Indies..

Opening slot:
The contenders include Gautham gambhir,Robin Uthappa,Virendar Sehwag and Saurav Ganguly.

Ganguly is sure to hold one end up.Then i would prefer sehwag as he has the xperience and he is a proven match winner and would have Uthappa as back up.sorry Gambhir.

Middle Order

Sachin Tendulkar,Rahul Dravid,Yuvraj Singh pick themselves.So the contenders for the lone spot would b Suresh Raina,Mohammed Kaif,Dinesh Mongia.Going by their performances in the past and their ability to handle pressure,I would prefer Mongia or Kaif.Both can fit the spot well.As for Raina nowadays his performance doesn't merit a place int the team for world cup.


Spinners
As of now the toss up is between Harbhajan and Ramesh Powar.It is the very difficult decision to make.Harbhajan,nowadays enjoys being a miser not giving away too many runs.On the other hand,Powar is always looking like he is going to take a wicket,but in short form of the game a bowler who bowls 10 overs and costing not more than 40 runs is considered better than a bowler bowls 10 overs give away 60 runs and pick up 2 wickets.
On that aspect ,I would prefer to fly with Harbhajan Singh.

The first choice is who else - Anil Kumble

Wicket Keepers

The first choice will b M.S.Dhoni and Dinesh Karthik will also board the flight.Karthik can fill in the middle order if there is a void.


Fast Bowlers

Zaheer Khan,Sreesanth will b the automatic choices.Even if he gives 100 runs in 10 overs these idiotic selectors would definitely not miss Ajit Agarkar .
The rest two places will b taken care by Munaf Patel and Irfan Pathan

So the final 16 will b

Saurav Ganguly
Virendar Sehwag
Robin Uthappa
Sachin Tendulkar
Rahul Dravid
Yuvraj Singh
Mohammed Kaif/Dinesh Mongia
M.S.Dhoni
Dinesh Karthik
Anil Kumble
Harbhajan Singh
Zaheer Khan
S Sreesanth
Irfan Pathan
Ajit Agarkar
Munaf Patel