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Does India have the bowling to do well in the WC?

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Name: Kashan Saeed
Message: In order for India to perform well in the world cup, they have to drastically improve their bowling performance. That means making right selection decisions to start with. Kumble and Agarkar should not be part of the starting eleven in the World Cup, but instead backup bowlers. The starting bolwing lineup should be Zaheer Khan, Srinath, Nehra, Harbhajan and another pacer, maybe Ganguly can bowl his medium pacers. Shewag, Tendulkar and Yuvraj can all be used as fifth or sixth bowlers depending on the kind of day they are having. But the four top bowlers Zaheer, Srinath, Nehra, and Harbhajan should be starting line up, until and unless one of them has been hammered around in few matches. I dont think Kumble is the strike bowler in South Africa. He is going to get hit all over the place. Harbhajan also will not play the role of strike bowler. His role will mostly be for changing the pace of the game, containing some runs etc. The strike bowlers are going to be Zaheer, Srinath and Nehra. Agarkar can be used if any one of the bowlers is not fit, otherwise I dont see him playing in first eleven. India should not be putting in lot of average bowlers just for the sake of having options. Even though it's very tempting in South Africa to do that. Since India's strength is not bowling, so it doesnt make any sense to beef up the team with average bowlers. I would rather see a very strong and deep batting line up, whereas having four full time bowlers is good enough. I think how India bowls will depend a lot on how Zaheer Khan bowls. If he is able to contain the batsmen and get on an average two wickets a game, that would set India in right direction during the World Cup.

Name: Krishna Bhairo
Message: I don't think India bowling is good enough for the world Cup. India must bring in or produce top class fast bowlers or fast medium bowlers if they are to win next year world cup matches. India may have the world best batting line up but the key to winning matches are the bowlers and especially in South Africa you must have fast bowlers who can bowl a good line and length India need someone like McGrath on it's team for next year world cup. Zaheer is good and getting better Srinath need rest if he is going to be ready for World Cup duties and Nehra need a little more speed and a better line and length. Agarkar should never play for India any more he is a loser, spinners Harbhajan and kumble need rest if they are to be for world Cup duties, I think India should be experimenting with new spin bowlers for emergency back-up to Harbhajan and Kumble. Allrounder India definately need one or two I hope India can find one in future I can't believe one billion people and India can't come-up with great fast bowlers/allrounder fast bowlers. The Carribean don't have a billion people but they have at least six fast bowlers and soon they will be bowling like McGarth. India think about world Cup and great fast bowler Kapil Dev and you will have World Cup in your hands. Bye Krishna

Name: manish kumar
Message: yes, india has such a tallent to tackle the situation and ability to do well in the wc, and once again taking the wc

Name: Nikhil Jadhav
Message: No not yet. They need one more Consistent seam bowler like Zaheer. Nehra can be that guy if we persist with him till the WC03. Kumble should not allowed with in a mile of the cricket field, we need to accept that KUMBLE's ODI CAREER IS OVER. This is the team that should go to WC03 (In this batting order): 1. Sehwag 2. Tendulkar 3. Ganguly 4. Kaif 5. Laxman 6. Dravid 7. Yuvraj 8. Harbhajan 9. Srinath 10 Zaheer 11. Nehra 12. D. Mongia 13. Agarkar 14. Yohanan We don't need any more that 1 spinner in SA as all the pitches are gonna help the seamers. If any any game we need extra slow bowler than Bajju then we can use Yuvraj/Sehwah/Sachin

Name: Nikhil Jadhav
Message: No not yet. They need one more Consistent seam bowler like Zaheer. Nehra can be that guy if we persist with him till the WC03. Kumble should not allowed with in a mile of the cricket field, we need to accept that KUMBLE's ODI CAREER IS OVER. This is the team that should go to WC03 (In this batting order): 1. Sehwag 2. Tendulkar 3. Ganguly 4. Kaif 5. Laxman 6. Dravid 7. Yuvraj 8. Harbhajan 9. Srinath 10 Zaheer 11. Nehra 12. D. Mongia 13. Agarkar 14. Yohanan We don't need any more that 1 spinner in SA as all the pitches are gonna help the seamers. If any any game we need extra slow bowler than Bajju then we can use Yuvraj/Sehwag/Sachin

Name: Anand
Message: I think Tinu Yohanan will be a good choice to open the ball with Zaheer Khan.

Name: Matt Lowes
Message: This is whom India shd play (I am including Ganguli pnly because you guys are stuck with him, else I wud have included Laxman) 1. Sehwag 2. Sachin 3. Dravid 4. Kaif 5. Ganguli 6. Y.Singh 7. HB SIngh 8. Srinath 9. Khan 10. Nehra 11. New Medium Pacer

Name: sam
Message: it seems to be ok.. but one more penetrating bowler will be perfect..

Name: Vidyadhar
Message: If Zaheer, Srinath, Harbhajan are fit for th game then India has reasonable bowling attack with Sachin,Sehwag,Ganguly,Yuvraj covering for 5th bowler. Fourth bowler place has to be filled with a fine allrounder, this could be filled from one of Bangar, Balaji, Agarkar, Yadav, Kartik, etc. I think Indian team is rightly working hard and doing experiments to fill this crucial spot. If there experiment is successful then definetely India has a decent bowling attack with extra-ordinary batting talent. If we do good fielding and improve running between wickets then India ia no doubt a favourite to win the World Cup. Thanks Vidya

Name: Hari krishna yadav
Message: Probably India doesn't have a competitive bowling attack as that of australia, pakistan or south africa,U can remember,pakistan mainly relayed on bowling attack in previous world cup and went upto finals. India can continue winning matches as long as top order batsmen makes a compatabile 270-300 runs (which they r becoming consistent now) and bowlers give there best, Taking last 20 ODI's into consideration, india last a few only beacuse of bowlers, almost all of these matches have an average score of 260 -290 and india lost a few of them because of ineffective bowling attack or bowlers did not gave there best in there matches, as they are just ordinary bowlers they need to give there best to make things work. My view is that the batting order is the best in comparison with almost any team and coming to bowling order it's not better to experiment on new comers, instead I suggest in working out on sharpening the skills of existing bowlers and make them consistent in givng there best in whatever the match they play.

Name: Pulikutty Sangameswaran
Message: It has been proved boyond doubt that India's Batting line up can win any team evn if we chase a big total. But if we are batting first then the chanc of winning is only are 50%. We cannot lift the world cup with this chance. The chances are still lower if we don't set a huge total. Our batsmen cannot take all the pressure and sky is the limit for such a total. NO, we don't have the bowling to do well in WC as of today. India is experimenting and does lack balanced team due to its weakness in bowling. The skills are there, but yet to be seen and estabilished. Dependable All- rounder is the answer for this. WE have 4-5 SUPPOSE-TO-BE all-rounders. What we need is a all-rounder with attacking bowling capabilities. However, full credit goes to our specialist first four bowlers. But, the lack of a genuine fifth bowler will bring down the strength. INDIA WILL WIN the WORLD CUP with the following Bowling Line-Up. Zaheer Khan Javgal Srinath Ashish Nehra Harbhajan Singh Mr.FIVE (others Agarkar, Shewag, Tendulkar, Ganguly...for 6th bowler) LET US WAIT and SEE who this MR. FIVE will be for 2003 WorldCup.

Name: gopi
Message: no they are not probably india should look for some more genuine all rounders in the team which will give options to saurav depending upon the situations

Name: Murali Krishna Devarakonda
Your views:Sri Lanka, with seven batsmen in the team, won the 1996 World Cup. But that was in the subcontinent, where the bat does most of the talking. At next year's World Cup in South Africa, it's the bowlers who will most probably call the shots. Zaheer Khan, Javagal Srinath, Ashish Nehra, Harbhajan Singh and Ajit Agarkar form a pretty decent attack at times, but are they consistently good enough to help India triumph? Does India have the bowling to do well in the World Cup? _________________________________________________________ India needs *bowlers*. India cannot afford "allrounders"- we're guaranteed to lose if we don't wisen up to this fact! No, we do not have the bowling to do well in - forget winning - the world cup. Face it- the current Indian ODI team is a batting powerhouse. An interesting change in the mindset of the Indian team is that it's a better team chasing with at least 6 of the batsmen- Tendulkar, Sehwag, Ganguly, Dravid, Kaif, and Yuvraj- proven match-winners, even single-handedly. The fact that we have not yet learned to maximize the score when batting first was amply demonstrated in not just the first two ODIs against WI, but also in the Champion's Trophy, especially against SA, which we had all but lost but for the now famous "choking" of SA. However, expecting the opposition to choke is not a valid strategy. Batting second and chasing any total is a more practical strategy, but it requires most of the "magnificent seven" to click at the same time. A *guaranteed* winning total would perhaps be 350+. I dont' think anyone can *guarantee* that our bowling can defend a score below 325 on a batting wicket. That is our problem. India needs 4 good bowlers in South Africa- even if they can't bat to save their lives! We only have only one right now, Zaheer Khan. Harbhajan and Kumble will have to be rotated in and out of the team depending on the pitch, the weather, the opposition, and of course, the all-important toss. We should experiment with every bowler available to us, and play 5 bowlers in every ODI game against WI & NZ until then- regardless of whether we win or lose. Only then can we make informed, intelligent decisions during the World Cup. If we miraculously hit the jackpot and "find" the bowlers we need, we could even choose to play 5 bowlers, knowing that on most days we can afford to play only 6 of the *magnificent seven* and still score big. However, the more realistic scenario would involve only four bowlers- and we could experiment with the option of playing all of *the seven* versus only six of them and Parthiv Patel. Our batting is so good that if we have to choose between two bowlers, we should give ZERO weight to how they bat. That's right, we should pick a Bedi or Ghavri any day over an Agarkar or Bangar! We need to pick BOWLERS if we want to win. Or let me put it this way- our bowling options are so bad that simply cannot afford to pick the second-best bowler on display! Get it?

Name: Sreenivas
Message: We should stick to Srinath, Zaheer, and Nehra. Agarkar should be out of the team. I cant believe why selectors are giving him so many chances, when there are more fast bowlers like Balaji waiting for a chance. They should definitely try Balaji in this west indian series. I think thats all we have in the bowling department and try to best utilize 'all round' capabilities of Ganguly and maybe Yadav, Sehwag, Sachin and Yuv Raj.

Name: Venkat
Message: I have a bad feeling that our much touted batting will fail at the WC. The reason is, as much as our 'paper tiger' batting has done well in recent times, our club-wielders have never been consistent on livelier wickets like SA and Aus. At the WC, the bowlers need to respond to the bowler-'friendlier' wickets and give the batsmen smaller totals to chase, spend more time in the middle, and work themselves into the tournament. That way, when the time comes to chase a bigger total, our bastmen will be well set to chase. I think this will not be the case, and because of our weak bowling, our batting will be made to look bad, and will fail.

Name: Rohan
Message: I dont think our bowling is decent & consistent enough to win the WC for us .I dont see india going beyond the Super sixes.Regarding the 5 th bowler we should bring in Robin Singh who is still fit enough and has expereince playing in South Africa abd his all round skills would be a valuable asset and hope agarkar ,zaheer & co doesn't go for too many runs

Name: Naveen
Message: Nope...we need a good fast bowler to aupport Zaheer. Hopefully, Srinath will do well, if he is included. One can never rely upon Agarkar. Nehra has not yet proved himself to be a strike bowler. At best, he can bowl economically, though he has not done even that consistently. As for the spin department, Harbhajan is our hope. We might not want to play two spinners as we have support bowlers like Sachin, Sehwag and Yuvraj who can chip in with some some useful spin.

Name: Juvva
Message: Nope...we need a good fast bowler to aupport Zaheer. Hopefully, Srinath will do well, if he is included. One can never rely upon Agarkar. Nehra has not yet proved himself to be a strike bowler. At best, he can bowl economically, though he has not done even that consistently. As for the spin department, Harbhajan is our hope. But he sometimes lacks the ability to back himself when it is going tough. We might not want to play two spinners as we have support bowlers like Sachin, Sehwag and Yuvraj who can chip in with some some useful spin.

Name: Arnold Singh
Message: If we are serious about winning the world cup, we have to have a good bowling lineup and I don't see Agarkar being part of it. So, first throw him out of the team. Kumble, it's time for you to retire. Give a few chances to Murali Kartik Srinath, Khan and Singh selects themselves. The fourth bowler could be Nehra or a 'new find'. And Laxman should be in the team. Forget about blasting every ball for a 4 or 6 in South Africa and that's why we need Laxman, who can handle quality bowling better than many of the blasters in our team. Good luck India..

Name: san
Message: no not at all... india have the best batting line up .. but i won't say we have any world class fast bowlers.. spinners won't be worth in SA.. have to do something immdly, otherwise.. one more world cup will go away...from us...

Name: Pravin
Message: Yes, it can do well with the support of Indian batting. Indians have a nice batting lineup which can cover the shortcomings of its bowling side. With Zaheer, Srinath and Nehra the fast bowling looks pretty good. Harbhajan or Kumble in South African conditions is a weak point. Having said that the fourth bowling option should be chosen depending upon the opposition team. We should not go with a spinner for an opposition like Srilanka. We have to find the fourth fast bowler by the New Zealand tour. The fourth bowler is the key for our world cup performance.

Name: Zak Parkar
Message: Yes, provided Agarkar is banished from the Indian team for good and replaced with a more consistent bowler.

Name: Ansarali
Message: No India does not have the bowling,he must experiment with new bowler,Mohanty having good sweeing,Srinath must start thebowling with fresh and high attitude .

Name: Guruprasad K.H
Message: Yes...I think Javagal Srinath, Zaheerkhan and Ganguly should bowl full quota and rest of the twenty overs should be given to spinners. Then batsman should fire nearly 100 runs in 15 overs(for 1 or 2 wickets) deffinetly India will win the W'Cup.

Name: Guruprasad K.H------>BANGALORE
Your views:Yes...I think Javagal Srinath, Zaheerkhan and Ganguly should bowl full quota and rest of the twenty overs should be given to spinners. Then batsman should fire nearly 100 runs in 15 overs(for 1 or 2 wickets) deffinetly India will win the W'Cup.

Name: gautham
Message: Zaheer and Srinath are no doubt having great potential, but when it comes to agarkar he is not consistent. He can prove to be a dangerous all rounder, but consistency is lacking. Harbajan might not come good in south africa. We should try out with few new quickies and give them a chance. This is the key for World cup or else its as good as going on to world cup with 11 batsmen.

Name: Tapan Kulkarni
Message: Indian bowling is the least intimidating outfit in Cricket.Take a comparison of man to man.Is Javagal Srinath even half as good and accurate as McGrath? Is Anil Kumble as temperamental and consistent as Shane Warne ? Are Jaheer Khan,Nehra,Agarkar even as formidable as Waqar,Wasim Akram and Shoaib Akhtar. The answer is No. We do have the necessary talent but we are highly inconsistent and unpredictable when it comes to performing. Great bowlers work in tandem and bring victory to their team.Bowlers from Australia and South Africa try to bowl out the opposition where as Indian bowlers try to contain and restrain the opposition. We are just fifty percent as incisive and lethal than other bowlers.

Name: yatin
Message: no india dont have well bowling in world cup with this player . zaheerand harbhajan are good for world cup but rest of other i dont think so that they are fit for world cup

Name: Nihar Shah
Message: I think the Indian bowling attack with the exception of Zaheer Khan lacks sting. Srinath, while good in the initial overs has time and again proven to lack the mental strength to bowl line and length and restrict scoring in the slog overs. Harbhajan - didn't do well the last time he was in South Africa and we can expect that the South Africans, who are not good players of spin, are likely to develop bouncy wickets and not flat turners that Harbhajan would excel on. Agarkar and Nehra have been inconsistent throughout their careers and don't inspire too much confidence - I think we need to work on their consistency.

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