RE:India can never win the WC cause...
by Girish on Feb 27, 2007 11:33 PM Permalink
Sorry, I dont agree with you dude! It's not necessary you have to be consistent throughout the tournament. In sudden deaths matches one must win. In 1983WC India was not one of the best and consistent teams. If you see in 1992 world cup pakistan's performance was pathetic but they beat SA and England in crucial matches. England were performing consistently but lost in finals. In 1996 WC, SA was consistent throughout but knocked out by WI in penultimate match when WI was very inconsistent. I think WC is wide open for any team going into semis. It is performance which matters most on the particular day of the match.
RE:RE:India can never win the WC cause...
by vishal jadhav on Feb 28, 2007 10:14 AM Permalink
Yes Girish I agree with you... but now the days are gone. What about last two WC? was aus team performance not consistent? Hmmmmm.....
RE:RE:RE:India can never win the WC cause...
by Girish on Feb 28, 2007 05:59 PM Permalink
Not convincing again. In 1999 WC, NZ and PAK defeated Aussies in league matches. SA was more consistent than Aussies. In semis Aus defeated SA and they won WC from there. In 2003 WC Australia was consistent by looking at points table but their victories were not very comfortable and I remember they won most of the matches because of middle order allround performances. They won from losses on couple of occassions. There top order batting flourished in crucial knock out matches. After all cricket is game of chance. India's performance was excellent and had they won finals they would have bettered Australia's points tally. India had chance in finals but they didnt had faith on themselves and lost.
RE:RE:RE:RE:India can never win the WC cause...
by Girish on Feb 28, 2007 08:01 PM Permalink
Small correction in Semi of 1999 WC SA vs AUS was tied and Aus went into finals as they had defeated SA in Super six.
RE:India can never win the WC cause...
by vipin mehrotra on Feb 27, 2007 07:31 PM Permalink
Not quite.You are out if you loose one match in semifinals.
