A Germany like setback awaits Indian fans

[Bhaijaan]

There is talent in Indian cricket but the way selectors/coach/captain have managed their World Cup squad has been quite dumb.

India is the best cricket nation today overall and had they addressed World Cup strategically they would have been genuine hot favourites.

However all signs point to a very ordinary journey for India.

This team has big fat question marks on players and their playing positions.

Just like Germany messed up big time in football World Cup last year, India’s about to do the same.

DK has been playing since one and half decades and he hasn’t learnt a thing.

Dhoni is a mere shadow of the beast he once was.

Vijay Shankar is being billed as a world class AR and he will most probably be a huge failure.

Jadhav is ordinary at best.

Rahul is world class but hot and cold.

India are well and truly screwed.

The expectations of any are misplaced. We are not going to be disappointed in later stages but we will be served humble pies in round robin matches.

4-6 is what india is realistically looking at. They will be happy to merely qualify as 4th entrant after which it is all about being better in that given day.

 

[JattMaula]

At least Germany won in 14.

 

[ElRaja]

the only selection i failed to understand was the exclusion of pant, he walks into this batting line up for mine.

 

[Bhaijaan]

At least Germany won in 14.

India won in 2011, 2013

SF-2014,2015
Final-2017

They have been among the top teams in last many tournaments and hence expectations are there.

But this time, Indiana must prepare themselves for a setback.

I don’t think this team is going to be that great in this Cup.

All the signs point to this.

 

[barah_admi]

India are quite settled though and have plenty of batting depth. I don't think they win the tournament but they are definite semi finalists.

 

[Mean&Green]

This thread makes no sense India were never favourites and neither were Germany it was France and now England so fail jinx thread cause India were never favourites to begin with

 

[Bhaijaan]

This thread makes no sense India were never favourites and neither were Germany it was France and now England so fail jinx thread cause India were never favourites to begin with

Yes Germany weren’t favourites but they went into the cup with all the hype and fan support just like with India at the moment.

It’s one big hot air balloon that is going to crash in first few matches itself.

Heart breaks and reality checks await Indian fans.

 

[Mean&Green]

Yes Germany weren’t favourites but they went into the cup with all the hype and fan support just like with India at the moment.

It’s one big hot air balloon that is going to crash in first few matches itself.

Heart breaks and reality checks await Indian fans.

No not really I watch that show called sports tak and read those comments on YouTube yes Indians are happy and believe there team will win because they have been playing really good cricket recently but they are not delusional they know top three is India’s only hope so not really maybe some if your talking about a certain Indian fan called [MENTION=90888]Itachi[/MENTION] than you maybe right but other than that they are pretty neutral on India’s chances

 

[Sin Nombre]

I think most people don't rate this Indian team.

The 5 Asian countries + WI are likely to be the 6 teams to not make it to the KOs.

I expect something like
5. Ind
6. BD
7. WI
8. Pak
9. SL
10. Afg

 

[MMHS]

This thread makes no sense India were never favourites and neither were Germany it was France and now England so fail jinx thread cause India were never favourites to begin with

Germany is Germany- only 8 teams have won Soccer WC in 88 years, so it’s not easy; but they made QF 18 times & SF 13 times out of 20 times they participated. In 2018, they were among top few favourites and odds in favour (lower than 1:1) to make a SF - ended up as bottom in group losing to the Mex & Koreans!!!

Most appropriate example for what OP is trying to hint.

 

[CrIc_Mystique]

Good analysis...
"Vijay Shankar is being billed as a world class AR and he will most probably be a huge failure.

Jadhav is ordinary at best."
very true...VS is a product of the indian media hype monster, Jadhav, Bhuvan similar - worring is Kuldeep's loss of form-the same with bhuvan who's serving pies since CT 2017, shami /rahul who tends to blow hot/blow cold....Frankly there is no one like yuvi of vintage 2011 or anyone with that X factor who can do a crazy diamond 45 off 10 or take 4-12 other than Hardik and even he is inconsistent....as an indian i feel a massive setback is in store for us-cue our hysterical, rabid screaming media...all in all we still should have a few good matches in which we blow the opposition out of the water...but to go real deep and deliver in the knock outs...lets see..

 

[jnaveen1980]

Reason why India will lose badly because india has 10 one dimensional players. They do nothing outside their specialist area. If a 1960 team had played ODI this is how the balance would have been. Also they all field very badly with an exception of 1 or 2. Since i have made peace with the fact India will get ejected. I want them to lose exremely badly so that these morons will wake up and work on picking a team that is suitable for modern day cricket.

 

[SensiblePakFan]

Indeed.

 

[jadaja]

Reason why India will lose badly because india has 10 one dimensional players. They do nothing outside their specialist area. If a 1960 team had played ODI this is how the balance would have been. Also they all field very badly with an exception of 1 or 2. Since i have made peace with the fact India will get ejected. I want them to lose exremely badly so that these morons will wake up and work on picking a team that is suitable for modern day cricket.

Who are those players who have not been picked other than Pant.Don't start giving Shaws and Gills they are not great right now and also they are also one dimensional.

People need to stop being delusional, players are not manufactured in some factories. You need to have talented players to choose.I don't see any great talent which has been left out.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Who are those players who have not been picked other than Pant.Don't start giving Shaws and Gills they are not great right now and also they are also one dimensional.

People need to stop being delusional, players are not manufactured in some factories. You need to have talented players to choose.I don't see any great talent which has been left out.

34 year old Rayudu was a fixed no.4 not long ago. Then there is this Dinesh Karthik who was not part of 2007, 2011, 2015 world cup suddenly became a back up keeper for Dhoni who himself is not exactly in good form. Karthik has a career average of 30 with a strike rate of 73. He drops simple chances. How is he an automatic choice. What did Rayudu do to be backed? Did he play domestic? No. From IPL -> ODI team. Guys who actually slogged in the one dayers were Agarwal, Gill and other domestic players. No effort to give chances to youngsters even in T20 matches.Why is Dhoni still playing T20? Where are the all rounders? These guys will be lucky to get to semis. Probably some individual performances might help them win a match or two.

 

[Yezir]

congrats you made no sense . we have been winning series after series with those " so called " worries you are talking about. Indian team is more settled in the bowling department than any other team. We have top 3 best batsman in the world cricket. A settled calm head in the name of dhoni. a good all rounder as in pandya. Jhadav & Both Dk has played enough sensible knocks in australia to make sure that they can be trusted & same with shankar. Stop going too deep in the trauma & look at the current picture & if you are gonna be one of those pin point pickers then make sure to have a list of all the teams bc i dnt see a perfect team in this world cup

 

[topspin]

Disagree, India will finish top 3 in the group as they're one of the 3 favourites to win the competition.

As the tournament progresses, I expect pitches become more low and slow - in essence offering more to do the spinners. The par scores will decrease also because the matches in the latter half of the tournament (especially the knockouts) will have more at stake. On the whole this suits India very nicely, so no one should be writing them off.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Absolutely no depth. No team wins a world cup with zero batting depth. That too at a time when teams post 300 for fun. Teams like Australia, England even Pakistan, Srilanka, BD can collapse at the top and still end up with a decent total. Not India. India relies totally on 3 batsmen. Same situation in CT. Same situation now.

 

[Kaptan]

Other than Pant. This squad is the best squad possible. People are behaving as if we have prime Yuvis and Rainas waiting to be selected in the middle order.
They all got chance in IPL and guess what ? all failed miserably. Even Pant was overshadowed by grandpa Dhoni.

 

[jadaja]

34 year old Rayudu was a fixed no.4 not long ago. Then there is this Dinesh Karthik who was not part of 2007, 2011, 2015 world cup suddenly became a back up keeper for Dhoni who himself is not exactly in good form. Karthik has a career average of 30 with a strike rate of 73. He drops simple chances. How is he an automatic choice. What did Rayudu do to be backed? Did he play domestic? No. From IPL -> ODI team. Guys who actually slogged in the one dayers were Agarwal, Gill and other domestic players. No effort to give chances to youngsters even in T20 matches.Why is Dhoni still playing T20? Where are the all rounders? These guys will be lucky to get to semis. Probably some individual performances might help them win a match or two.

Are you for real,Where are the allrounders? Are allrounder made in some factory? who are those who missed out. Why is Dhoni still playing t20s talk about this world cup and this 50 overs .

Agarwal or Gill are not greater than who are selected.Rayudu was selected because there was nobody there.

Only guy who should have been in the squad is Pant even that selection is not a big blunder.

You got some nerve to say where are allrounders as if they can picked up in some shop.

 

[Swashbuckler]

Perfect analogy, my thoughts exactly. But luckily Germany had only 3 matches, we will suffer for a whole month against 9 different teams. Torture, torture, torture.

 

[Sin Nombre]

This jadaja fella thinks Kohli was the finished product at 19 when he played his first match for India.

The biggest crime of Kohli-Shastri TM is not playing the likes of Gill, Agarwal and Shaw over the last 12 months.

Young players develop when they are played, as it happened with Kohli.

Older proven failures like Rayadu and DK will continue to be one irrespective of how many chances you give them.

 

[90MPH]

It’s all about getting to the knock out stages. After that anything is possible.

India will probably get to the semis. The bowling looks decent, if anything it’s the batting that might be vulnerable. If the ball doesn’t move much they will do well.

 

[jadaja]

Some people are severely lacking common sense here, it is like WI fans asking where are our Joel Garners Micheal Holdings and Malcolm Marshals. WI board also thought same thing in 1980s they thought players are so replaceable and they started mistreating the players gradually the talent pool got lesser and lesser.Now they have none to even choose from.

Talented players are not produced in some factories, you need to have youngsters who are talented avialable to pick for selectors. Sometimes you just don't have talent.There was a reason why Yuvraj singh played in 2017 CT for India, there is no good no4 batsman there in domestic cricket in India.

This is the least batting talent I have seen in decades in Indian cricket and none of batsmen who are playing have ability to bowl even few overs.India used have Sehwag,Sachin, Yuvraj and Ganguly all of whome could bowl few overs if needed , now India has batsmen who cannot bowl and bowlers who cannot bat.

That makes Indian team so one dimensional.Thats why bits and pieces player like Pandya is treated as some great player.

 

[jadaja]

This jadaja fella thinks Kohli was the finished product at 19 when he played his first match for India.

The biggest crime of Kohli-Shastri TM is not playing the likes of Gill, Agarwal and Shaw over the last 12 months.

Young players develop when they are played, as it happened with Kohli.

Older proven failures like Rayadu and DK will continue to be one irrespective of how many chances you give them.

All the players you have mentioned are openers and they are not better than current Indian top three .They are as one dimensional as they come, they are not adding anyvalue to this team.Stop living in lala land.

 

[PakLFC]

Lets wait and see how they get on before Indian fans start sharpening their lives. All fans are very fickle, when their favourites are not kept they'll start cutting their wrists! The batting is powerful where as the pace bowling seems dependent on Bumrah. Shami is an average bowler from where I am sitting. The fielding will be good no doubt about it like it mostly is these days. I think the Indian tail is longer then most sides, not much to come after Pandya.

 

[Realromeo]

India won in 2011, 2013

SF-2014,2015
Final-2017

They have been among the top teams in last many tournaments and hence expectations are there.

But this time, Indiana must prepare themselves for a setback.

I don’t think this team is going to be that great in this Cup.

All the signs point to this.

Comparing 30 team WC to a niche sport that too only played by less than 1% of the country's population is a weird comparison. You work with the talents you have. You can't magically drop players with expected skills. Everyone knows we are in for a major collapse in 1 or 2 of the games. Lets just hope it isn't in Semis or Finals.

 

[Sin Nombre]

All the players you have mentioned are openers and they are not better than current Indian top three .They are as one dimensional as they come, they are not adding anyvalue to this team.Stop living in lala land.

The only la la land is where teenagers magically become finished products without playing.

Gill and Shaw were the best batters at the u19 WC amongst all nations. Gill batted at 3 or 4.

Mayank has been a star performer in domestics for many years. As he showed in Australia, he is ready for international cricket.

 

[JattMaula]

Lets wait and see how they get on before Indian fans start sharpening their lives. All fans are very fickle, when their favourites are not kept they'll start cutting their wrists! The batting is powerful where as the pace bowling seems dependent on Bumrah. Shami is an average bowler from where I am sitting. The fielding will be good no doubt about it like it mostly is these days. I think the Indian tail is longer then most sides, not much to come after Pandya.

If you check shami's record in any and I mean any context or parameter you will not dare call him average. He is a beast.

 

[PakLFC]

If you check shami's record in any and I mean any context or parameter you will not dare call him average. He is a beast.

What did Sidhu say about statistics? I am a believer!

 

[jadaja]

The only la la land is where teenagers magically become finished products without playing.

Gill and Shaw were the best batters at the u19 WC amongst all nations. Gill batted at 3 or 4.

Mayank has been a star performer in domestics for many years. As he showed in Australia, he is ready for international cricket.

Under-19 stars mean nothing. Unmukt Chand was also best under-19 star, where is he now. What the hell did mayank do in Australia did he score a 100 or 200 which I missed, he was playing because Rahul and Vijay stunk not because he was some Bradman.Mayank is 29 and he is an opener who is he going to play replace in this team.

Gill and Shaw were never going to be ready for this world cup.

India does not have top three problem, India has no 4 problem, all the names you mentioned are not no4 and Rahul current is better than all of them. What India needs is batsmen who can bowl and bowlers who can bat to make the team more balanced but that cannot happen with current players.

Stop living in lala land.

 

[JattMaula]

What did Sidhu say about statistics? I am a believer!

What the duck is a Sidhu?

 

[Kaptan]

Addition of Shaw, Gill and Mayank in place of (Rohit, Dhawan, and Rahul) will only make the squad weaker.
The problem is with middle order. The bitter truth is, except Pant (in place of Kartik) not a single unselected player deserves to be in the squad.

 

[PakLFC]

What the duck is a Sidhu?

I can only assume you are taking Baseball as Cricket if you don't know who Sidhu is!

 

[cr7great]

kohli single handly made indian team like rcb team..
heavy top 3
then weak middle order
medicore bowlers other than bumrah.

 

[JattMaula]

I can only assume you are taking Baseball as Cricket if you don't know who Sidhu is!

I really don't sorry.

 

[asfandyar]

India will win #CWC19 and prove you wrong.

 

[Iffitheking]

What are you talking about, India will make it to Semi Finals, don't you think India will beat Pak, WI, SL, and Afghanistan? and India need to win only one game from NZ, AUS, SA, and Eng. So for me India will make it to Semi Final, after that you never know.

 

[JattMaula]

kohli single handly made indian team like rcb team..
heavy top 3
then weak middle order
medicore bowlers other than bumrah.

RCB doesn't have 'heavy' top 3. And India have got better bowlers than RCB. In fact India has the best bowlers.

And team india unlike team rcb has occasionally won some matches despite kaptaan's captaincy. So he still hasn't managed to convert team India into team RCB.

 

[jadaja]

Addition of Shaw, Gill and Mayank in place of (Rohit, Dhawan, and Rahul) will only make the squad weaker.
The problem is with middle order. The bitter truth is, except Pant (in place of Kartik) not a single unselected player deserves to be in the squad.

Pant is the only guy who had a xfactor about him and was not selected.One more fast bowler could have been selected but this batting lineup is so weak that they had to select Jadeja for his bat, some fans have no understanding on how teams are constucted, they just think any player can fit into any slot.

Gill was looking useless when he was made to bat in middle order by his IPL team but the moment they made him an opener he looked okay.Some people just throw out names.

England is powerful not due to one or two players, they are powerful because they bat down to no11.That gives the openers freedom to go for leather from ball one.

Then they have Butler and Morgan in middler order.Butler is the best WK batsmen in world.England is lucky to have all the talent at the same time like WI or Australia even though they have not won anything yet.England's bowling is still very weak unlike WI or Australia.

 

[Sin Nombre]

Under-19 stars mean nothing. Unmukt Chand was also best under-19 star, where is he now. What the hell did mayank do in Australia did he score a 100 or 200 which I missed, he was playing because Rahul and Vijay stunk not because he was some Bradman.Mayank is 29 and he is an opener who is he going to play replace in this team.

Gill and Shaw were never going to be ready for this world cup.

India does not have top three problem, India has no 4 problem, all the names you mentioned are not no4 and Rahul current is better than all of them. What India needs is batsmen who can bowl and bowlers who can bat to make the team more balanced but that cannot happen with current players.

Stop living in lala land.

Virat Kohli was the last hyped u19 star, where is he now?

He was given enough chances to be ready for the 2011 WC. He also played later in the batting order in his early years, despite eventually batting at 3.

That's how young players are developed. They don't fall completely ready off a tree.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Are you for real,Where are the allrounders? Are allrounder made in some factory? who are those who missed out. Why is Dhoni still playing t20s talk about this world cup and this 50 overs .

Agarwal or Gill are not greater than who are selected.Rayudu was selected because there was nobody there.

Only guy who should have been in the squad is Pant even that selection is not a big blunder.

You got some nerve to say where are allrounders as if they can picked up in some shop.

Dubey is a big hitter and can chip in with a few overs. He picked 13 wickets in 9 matches last season. Rayudu was selected because there are nobody? You are seriously delusional. Rayudu is probably not even the top 50 batsman in India. Agarwal, Gill have been doing well in domestic, India A matches. Yet useless Rayudu who is from 2004 batch along with KKD are preferred players? You are seriously out of touch with Indian talent. There are so many guys who could have been groomed over the last 2 years. Giving 2 chances at the last second and saying they are not good is stupid.

 

[jadaja]

Virat Kohli was the last hyped u19 star, where is he now?

He was given enough chances to be ready for the 2011 WC. He also played later in the batting order in his early years, despite eventually batting at 3.

That's how young players are developed. They don't fall completely ready off a tree.

Kohli is an exception , don't use it as if it is very common occurance.Kohli will end up as one of greatest batsmen who have played this game.Kohli played under-19 worldcup in 2008 and the next senior world cup was in 2011.

Gill and Shaw played under-19 in 2018, and this is 2019, Shaw and Gill have already played for India. Shaw was injured in Australia.Do you really think these two are not being developed.Get real and don't expect miracles.Don't blame lack of talent on captain or coach.

 

[jnaveen1980]

kohli single handly made indian team like rcb team..
heavy top 3
then weak middle order
medicore bowlers other than bumrah.

That is correct. Kohli can never build a side that is evenly balanced. His captaincy should be stripped off. Worst captain ever. Dhoni is still playing only because of his incapability to do the captaincy on his own. For every single move he relies on Dhoni who should have retired some time back.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Using Dubey shows how much you know, no need to talk further with you.

Building a balanced team requires research, backing, scouting, encouragement. Backing CSK clans and friends and family members who are on the verge of retirement is not building a team. Moment you said there was no one better than Rayudu i decided you have no clue about Indian talents.

 

[Bhaijaan]

It’s not about of this is the best possible team but about the overall feeling.

In 2011, there was a genuine feeling about the squad being a threat to all. That team carried an aura.

In 2015, we are uncertain about he form of openers.

We don’t know where Kohli should bat.

We don’t know if Rahul will win MOTT with 600+ runs or he will collectively score 100 runs in 9 matches

We don’t know how Dhoni will do

We don’t know how DK will do.

We don’t know if Vijay Shankar will be the AR we wish he is.

We don’t know how Jadhav will do.

From 1-7 all I see is question marks over this batting line up. Not the signs of a team going to do great in the World Cup.


The only players I feel confident about going into the World Cup are Pandya, Bumrah and surprisingly Jadeja!

NZ showed just where things stand. On pitches where people are hitting 350 we couldn’t even bat 40 overs or hit 200 runs.

This team is all hype right now and like I said we could be in for a massive disappointment.

With all due respect, I see us struggling to win against some of the lesser teams even.


Of course I am proven totally wrong India goes on to win it all. I pray for it. I am totally fine in being proven an idiot here.

 

[Bhaijaan]

This is all I could think of while imagining India’s possible journey.

1 year ago I told all my friends new to football to watch out for Germany. They play the most attacking football. One of the most fierce competitors.
A generation of great footballing talent etc etc. Unbeaten in the qualifiers.

Germany ditched young talent and went to the cup with a lot of hype and history.

No one saw it coming how badly they would struggle and looks so out of place and ordinary.

 

[Faisalabadimunda]

India will top the group with england second australia 3rd and pakistan fourth

 

[Bhaijaan]

You look at England or Australia. They are going into the World Cup as red hot favorites and it’s not hype it’s the form.

You get that feeling that any of these two will turn up and destroy everyone in their path.

England will be pushing for 400+ totals maybe even 500 on a good day.

Australia will score heavily too. Take a lot of wickets.

India is under pressure. Their top 3 have to fire and score heavily. There is nothing below top 3/4 for India.

 

[Bhaijaan]

India will top the group with england second australia 3rd and pakistan fourth

Amen!

We hope so.

 

[Ronaldo7]

The middle order is weak but due to the quality top 3 which India has, more times than not they'll fire especially on dead pitches and the bowlers are world class too so don't think India should have a problem getting into the top 4.

 

[TracerBullet1]

So people expecting team which is ranked no 2 and consistently winning series to have real bad worldcup..and the other hand many expeceting a team which is on 10 match loosing streak to come back strong and have a fairytale worldcup...

 

[Mp812]

So people expecting team which is ranked no 2 and consistently winning series to have real bad worldcup..and the other hand many expeceting a team which is on 10 match loosing streak to come back strong and have a fairytale worldcup...

Seems like that is the trend and expectation

 

[Afhan Ali]

Surely they will play Semifinal
They are good enough to lift the trophy
They have a problem with no4 spot but Rahul or Shanker is good enough to play at no 4
Their fast bowling is second to Australia and their spinners are best

They have a genius in MS dhoni and 2nd best fast bowling All-rounder in the world Currently

 

[Afhan Ali]

Surely they will play Semifinal
They are good enough to lift the trophy
They have a problem with no4 spot but Rahul or Shanker is good enough to play at no 4
Their fast bowling is second to Australia and their spinners are best

They have a genius in MS dhoni and 2nd best fast bowling All-rounder in the world Currently

Pandya is second best all-rounder after stokes

 

[Syed1]

Depends on the form of Kohli, Rohit and Dhawan. Honestly if even 2/3 are flourishing then India will breeze their way to the semis.

This year Dhawan averages 35 @ 88, Sharma averages 42 @ 79 and Kohli averages 55 @ 94. Recent past record is not indicative of how a player will perform in the next match specially when said player has excellent performances in his career, but having said that Dhawan and Sharma records this year are very mediocre and several rungs below their own career records. If they maintain same performance India won't go very far in the WC.

 

[hadi123]

Depends on the form of Kohli, Rohit and Dhawan. Honestly if even 2/3 are flourishing then India will breeze their way to the semis.

This year Dhawan averages 35 @ 88, Sharma averages 42 @ 79 and Kohli averages 55 @ 94. Recent past record is not indicative of how a player will perform in the next match specially when said player has excellent performances in his career, but having said that Dhawan and Sharma records this year are very mediocre and several rungs below their own career records. If they maintain same performance India won't go very far in the WC.

Dhawan always steps up in ICC tournaments

 

[Syed1]

Dhawan always steps up in ICC tournaments

Congratulations for the excellent insight.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

There is talent in Indian cricket but the way selectors/coach/captain have managed their World Cup squad has been quite dumb.

India is the best cricket nation today overall and had they addressed World Cup strategically they would have been genuine hot favourites.

However all signs point to a very ordinary journey for India.

This team has big fat question marks on players and their playing positions.

Just like Germany messed up big time in football World Cup last year, India’s about to do the same.

DK has been playing since one and half decades and he hasn’t learnt a thing.

Dhoni is a mere shadow of the beast he once was.

Vijay Shankar is being billed as a world class AR and he will most probably be a huge failure.

Jadhav is ordinary at best.

Rahul is world class but hot and cold.

India are well and truly screwed.

The expectations of any are misplaced. We are not going to be disappointed in later stages but we will be served humble pies in round robin matches.

4-6 is what india is realistically looking at. They will be happy to merely qualify as 4th entrant after which it is all about being better in that given day.

Hardik Pandya not Vijay Shankar.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Hardik Pandya not Vijay Shankar.

Pandya will deliver with the bat. You can bet on that Ganju Patel.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Depends on the form of Kohli, Rohit and Dhawan. Honestly if even 2/3 are flourishing then India will breeze their way to the semis.

This year Dhawan averages 35 @ 88, Sharma averages 42 @ 79 and Kohli averages 55 @ 94. Recent past record is not indicative of how a player will perform in the next match specially when said player has excellent performances in his career, but having said that Dhawan and Sharma records this year are very mediocre and several rungs below their own career records. If they maintain same performance India won't go very far in the WC.

Yes, we need 2/3 to have a good world cup to have a shot at the semis.

Rahul's form will be crucial. If Rahul gets it right, he is potentially the most dangerous batsman in that line-up.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Yes, we need 2/3 to have a good world cup to have a shot at the semis.

Rahul's form will be crucial. If Rahul gets it right, he is potentially the most dangerous batsman in that line-up.

Rahul is mentally weak. Don't expect too much from him. Not used to playing at no.4 position where you need to rotate the strike avoid dot balls.

 

[The Viper]

Bumrah and Top three will lead them to the semi finals even though the middle order is weak.

 

[pakpassfan]

If this world cup is a run fest(which it might pretty well be) kohli along will win you the cup..you can play Kohli vs 11 other players it wont matter..

No need to create a jinx thread

By the way who is this vijay shankar? I never saw him so went on to look at his stats and the stats dont look that awesome..how is this guy being built as one of the best All Rounders???

 

[Hasan123]

I don't think India will win the WC but all these doom and gloom threads may backfire.

 

[SportsWarrior]

Most of my friends don't believe India will win. I am talking about more or less whole club. It is also not reverse jinxing as many have bet considerable amount of money. I personally feel they will go to semi final and lose which is a fair result.

 

[troodon]

To OP, we all know where the problem is right now.

Our fortunes depend on 3 players. Rohit, Dhawan and Kohli.
If these 3 fail, we will struggle to even score 200.

Nothing has changed since 2015 WC. We were looking amazing in 2015 WC until the top 3 failed.

Same with 2017 ct. we were looking pretty good until top 3 failed.

The solution for our problems according to selectors is replacing Raina and Yuvraj with Rayadu and DK. Of course Rayadu was ditched in the last second and Rahul was roped in.

India did not seem to notice how England built their team in the last 4 years they became a champion team from a joke team.

 

[gazza619]

A lot will depend on the weather. Cloudy, cold and wet, and India in big trouble.

 

[Sin Nombre]

England would be in much worse trouble if it is cloudy, cold and wet.

Actually, India will likely reach the finals and lose to NZ if it was so.

 

[WengerOut]

I have always said and will reiterate , spinners will be tonked out of the park. They are meek characters and don't have an iota of clue when batsmen go after them. I mean, look at Kuldeep, crying after getting hit!!. He is not suitable for professional cricket let alone WC team.

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

Keeping in mind the history of your various threads, i think India will now win the world cup.

 

[cr7great]

dhoni is misbah of india nowdays.

 

[Mean&Green]

Keeping in mind the history of your various threads, i think India will now win the world cup.

Lol is his name freelance something he’s the biggest jinx thread maker he’s doing his level best so India wins lmao and still comes back to defend his threads when deep down there he’s exploding with excitement cause he thinks India will win the World Cup

 

[ftbno1]

The problem with Indian team is that selectors and management had put themselves in corner. The core of team is so scared of trying something new that they will not move until something drastic happens. Imagine Prithvi, Maýank & Rishbh playing since tour of S Africa. Not only would they have cemented their spot in test they could even have made bid for ODI spot. But they didn't try Rishabh in ODIs until very last series so they had to go with DK bcoz of small sample size.
Its mindboggling that no one is talking about shreyas gopal who is better version of Imran tahir.
This team may still scrap through on back of Bowling lineup and top 3 but it will be despite of selector not bcoz of they.

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

Lol is his name freelance something he’s the biggest jinx thread maker he’s doing his level best so India wins lmao and still comes back to defend his threads when deep down there he’s exploding with excitement cause he thinks India will win the World Cup

I can assure you that majority of indians do not think that india will win the world cup but yeah we are sure that we"ll reach semis.

 

[JattMaula]

I can assure you that majority of indians do not think that india will win the world cup but yeah we are sure that we"ll reach semis.

Format is forgiving for style of game our team plays. Semi finals will be fair result.

 

[Mean&Green]

Format is forgiving for style of game our team plays. Semi finals will be fair result.

I agree because of so many games and everyone playing everyone makes it extremely easy for India to qualify as they will obviously atleast win 6 out of 9 games looking at their team but I think again Australia will probably beat come in their way to stop them in the semis also this style goes totally against Pakistan’s game as they thrive on groups and rain and points and dependant on other teams losing

 

[Mean&Green]

I can assure you that majority of indians do not think that india will win the world cup but yeah we are sure that we"ll reach semis.

Btw I was gonna ask you what do you make of kuldeeps form I beleive not only him but all spinners will be taken apart in this World Cup except nabi I think he’s the best off spinner out there he has a great cricketing brain and without even any help from the pitch he can grip and turn the ball and always keeps it wicket to wicket other than that all spinners have been getting smashed so far

 

[Bhaijaan]

Lol is his name freelance something he’s the biggest jinx thread maker he’s doing his level best so India wins lmao and still comes back to defend his threads when deep down there he’s exploding with excitement cause he thinks India will win the World Cup

I can assure you that majority of indians do not think that india will win the world cup but yeah we are sure that we"ll reach semis.

Indians aren’t very excited going into the World Cup. We are very much prepared for a setback.

Of course you always expect things. Even in 1999 when we were an okay team we were hoping to win the cup.

Realistically speaking, most Indians know they are among the good teams going into the tournament but England is clearly at another level right now followed by Aussies.

 

[Mean&Green]

Indians aren’t very excited going into the World Cup. We are very much prepared for a setback.

Of course you always expect things. Even in 1999 when we were an okay team we were hoping to win the cup.

Realistically speaking, most Indians know they are among the good teams going into the tournament but England is clearly at another level right now followed by Aussies.

Man I just hate Australia even their worst team is better than all the other sides like they were just getting drilled by everyone until all of a sudden they beat India at home and than haven’t stopped losing since than