When Dravid took captaincy, things looked so difficult for India. The Ganguly-Dravid episode was hot, Sachin was out, Ganguly was out, the team had a new captain, the coach hadnt spent enough time with the team, there were new players in the team. Not many of us expected India to do well. What happened was unexpected. Dravids team started winning and went on to make a world record of victories. Then everyone expected them to win some matches that looked easy for India. The team looked like a champion team. Then what happened? We lost badly.

Basically, in the last 6 months, the Indian team has been very unpredictable. Cricket itself is an unpredictable game and on top of that, our players have been more unpredictable than ever.

On paper, the Indian team looks solid. Sachin is in form. Sehwag is looking out of form but has been playing the odd 30 runs innings. I believe home pitches will help him regain form. I hope to see Sachin and Sehwag come out to open. The middle order looks formidable with Dravid, Yuvraj and Raina. Though Mongia scored runs in the last match, I dont want to see him in playing 11. Dhoni has been hitting some good shots and on his day he is capable of tearing apart any bowling order.....especially on Indian pitches. Harbhajan looks in good touch. The pace lineup looks ok but can be better if we bring back Balaji.

We do have a chance of winning this CT.

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