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Originally Posted by Rachael These polls should be answered honestly, without favouring a side out of alliegence or faith: on that basis... I see no problem with restricting the options to just three. |
For once Rachael, I totally agree. I'm Indian and by living in the UK horribly fail Norman Tebbitt's 'cricket test'. But for all the patriotic support I give the Indian Team, I do not believe that they have any chance of winning this World Cup. The batting is strong, which is fine. But the bowling is just above average and with the exception of the in-form Zaheer Khan and maybe the occasional inspiration from Agarkar, I do not expect anyone else to really threaten the other strong teams. Kumble is now little more than mediocre at ODI level, the Caribbean wickets will not suit Harbhajan Singh and the likes of Sreesanth and Pathan will get thrashed silly. But the real problem will be Dravid's totally uninspiring and unimaginative captaincy; he will not have a clue as to how to handle the already suspect bowling attack.