1) Virender Schweg - Opener (all rounder) 2) Saurav Ganguly - Opener (all rounder) 3) Robin Uthapa - 1 down 4) Sachin Tendulkar - 2 down (all rounder) 5) Rahul Dravid - 3 down (Wicket Keeper) 6) Yuvaraj Singh - 4 down (all rounder) 7) Irfan Pathan - 5 down ( all rounder) 8) Zaheer Khan - 6 down ( all rounder) 9) Ajit Agarkar - 7 down ( all rounder) 10)Harbajan Singh- 8 down(all rounder) 11)Munaf Patel - 9 down (pace bowler)
You can there are 8 all rounders in the above. If they practice batting as well as bowling well, we can have no problems. Why Australia, England, Pakistan,West Indies, New Zealand, and Srilanka are giving fight till the end because they are very good in fielding, bowling and then only batting. If you take Australian team, Mcgrath,Bret Lee,Clarke,Hogg, Bracken, they bowl well to all out the opponents to see that their team wins. Then it is very easy to bat for Hayden,Gilchrist,Ponting,Symonds and others to chase the run very easily. Take West Indies, Chris Gayle,Brian Lara,Chandrapaul, Marlon samuels play well. If you take any side there are only 4 or 5 batsman play well. But bowlers win matches. Moreover they are all very good fielding side when compared to India. I am very sorry to say that there are only few Players who field well for India. Take Pakistan,they are also same like our side,they got 7 good batsmen including all rounders, and four best bowlers to win matches for their side. They are a very good fielding side than India. We have to improve a lot in fielding as well as we have to rotate the strike always instead of waiting and hitting for fours and sixes. When others are taking two for the throw, we should also run fast for the 1st run and go for the 2nd run quickly.
If you take into consideration of all these, definitely I can say that our Indian Team will play well and win World cup.
Tku very much for the opportunity given to me in writing this message to the Board.
You may also publish this issue in Hindu columns pls.
RE:perfect 11 Indians for the world cup
by Ayappan Subramanian on Feb 14, 2007 12:10 PM Permalink
rubbish . how can there be a team with dhoni . dravid is a club level keeper and he cannot keep for kumble, harbhajan etc.
RE:perfect 11 Indians for the world cup
by Pratap Patil on Feb 14, 2007 12:11 PM Permalink
how far Shewag is not making big scores, it is not worth to send him to open the inning !
RE:RE:perfect 11 Indians for the world cup
by ramandeep Singh on Feb 14, 2007 12:13 PM Permalink
surely u will have 8 all rounders in your team if u count harbhajan also as an allrounder idiot !!
RE:perfect 11 Indians for the world cup
by narendran theertharaman on Feb 14, 2007 12:05 PM Permalink
Raman sir...ur article is good....Indian team is performing well in the home country..is it possible for indian team to shine in west indies 07 world cup
RE:RE:perfect 11 Indians for the world cup
by Smiriti Mohanty on Feb 14, 2007 12:07 PM Permalink
Dravid (as in previous WC) and Uthapa will share the responsibility
RE:perfect 11 Indians for the world cup
by rakesh vrindavan on Feb 14, 2007 12:05 PM Permalink
hello...huw u can imagine current Team India with out Dhoni....
RE:perfect 11 Indians for the world cup
by narendran theertharaman on Feb 14, 2007 12:06 PM Permalink
raman sir,...u hvn't included doni in the 11 squad
