Many teams are performing well now a days. It might make an interesting WC. It wont be a one horse race like 2003 WC. But dont expect anything from India. They might at best beat Bangladesh and Bermuda. They will need a lot of luck and help from other teams (I mean other teams need to perform badly) to reach semi finals. They won two back to back series alright but in flat pitches in home conditions. We all saw what a sound hiding they received in West Indies and South Africa last year. India would be lucky not to be embarassed be suffering largest margin of defeat or anything like that. But the contest between SA, Aus, NZ, WI, SL would be interesting and if Pakistan continue their usual "cornered tigers" behavior then that adds more competition. I anticipate and SA vs West Indies final and the best team on that day would take the cup.
RE:World cup 2007
by KAUSTAV DASGUPTA on Feb 24, 2007 06:33 PM Permalink
India will just have to defeat England,New Zealand,and 2(or 1 if they r lucky and most of the other teams except any 3 do badly) more teams in the Super 8 series(given the fact that Ind and WI are the only teams to have played recently in the Caribbean,that might be easy),to reach the Semis,and then they`ll just have to win 2 matches,and we have the World Cup!!
