Thread: Favourites for the World Cup: pick 2 or 3.
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Old 11-03-2007, 04:39 PM in reply to John's post starting "There chief run getter Tendulkar is..."
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Originally Posted by John
There chief run getter Tendulkar is past his best, Schwag has lost form. The bowling attack is poor in the seam department. They just don't have players to be called favourites. They could possibly win it but you would have to be an ardent Indian fan to think they are favourites.
I agree that India arent the team of 2-3 years ago. Tendulkar has lost his invincibility but is still a good bat. Dravid is class, Ganguly has found some form and if Sewag hits form he will be very dangerous. If their batting fires though they could have every chance.

In my mind Aus, SA and Sri Lanka will make 3 of the 4 semi finalists the 4th could be from anyone. I would slightly place NZ ahead of Eng, India and Pakistan.
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