I have some predictions..At my view that Murali easily capture that one too(he will be a highest wicket taker in test too soon), if he palyed 60-70 more Odi's then he will do it. And if Vaas and Pollock both or anyone of them will play cricket without an injury for 5 years, one or both of them could jump to 502. and my last feeling, this will make u smile but it could be.. that if agarkar play and grabs wickets from his recent rate (per match) he could be the world record holder ..hes got the better rate per match wickets from Akram.. Pathan has the talent but its too soon to say about him becuase he is a fast bowler and injury possibilites always runs with fast bolwers. Saqlain was a talent but its spoiled by his finger operation..whats ur view.....
122399
i agree wid yr question and answer ;-)
124192
Westindies pitches are more suitable for fast bowlers than batsman. So no team can post a score of 400 or above.\n\nLooking back the the recent matches, we can say srilanka, zimbawe and england teams does not show any consistency and the chances for reaching semi itself is feable. \n\nPakistan any way they will never win against india in world cup moreover they have been thrashed very badly in recent matches so their confidence level is very low . Waqar is teaching them now how to reduce sixes and give only fours So they will not play for win they will be playing for descent lose.so they are also ruled out\n\nSo the final teams playing semi finals will be \nIndia\nSouthAfrica\nAustralia\nWestindies\n\nWestindies till now have very good record in home ground so the chances are more for westindies to reach final.\n\nNow its very easy to say india beat SA/Australia in Semis and meet Westindies in final. \n\nThe team which is most expected will win the cup.
388733
there is a lot of potential in the present indian team but they need to select a good fast bowler...the pitches in west indies r quite bouncy n a good pacer can help a lot......the team also lacks confidence at times but that can be worked upon if the captain and the coach acts upon it.........and ya chappel should s top experimenting now and pay attention to the present team members..\nenjoy.......
222110
v all wish he does so..\n\nbut there r other great guys around as well!!\n\ncheck out the stats of pieterson and hussey..\nand also look at ponting's form.. looks like there's no stopping them..\n\nand ofcourse.. how cud v forget our yuvi bhai!!
613787
May be he wont be playing in earlier matches....\nbut wil be back 4 crucial matches....\nhe is true sportsman...
380088
My dear friend, it´s Steve Waugh who holds this record. He has 25 hundreds out of his 32 in winning cause.\n\nAnd as it was expected, Gavaskar holds the record for maximum hundreds in drawn matches. He made 22 hundreds in Drawn matches out of his 34.\n\nRawal.
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I have observed that most of the batsmen were out to short pitched rising deliveries.  What is the need of the hour is to train the batsmen how to tackle the short pitched rising deliveries.\nAnother point I have observed the matches played so far is that while top order of South African batting failed, lower order rescued the team and posted defendable total, whereas in India's cse after first 6 batsmen are out, rest of the players get out without giving any fight.  India should develop some allrounders for the one day matches like South Africa.\n\nI strongly feel that with proper guidance and training the youngsters will improve and show better performance in future.\n\nWhile a whitewash is a distinct possibility, I hope India will try their best to atleast win the last match to redeem some lost prestige.
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...itz almost near, but you see\n\n3 specialist all rounders (excluding Ganguly)\n7 specialist batsmen (including Dhoni)\n6 specialist bowlers\n\nSo we have 9 specialists + 3 optional bowlers in your side and \n7 specialist + 3 optional (all rounders) are there...So why can't you drop 1 or 2 from the bowler's list and prefer batsman..?\nSince JPYadav has got chance earlier, I prefer jogindersingh among the all rounders...\n\nSo my  decision will be including Laxman (if Raina is not clicking again) & Dinesh Karthick - \ninstead of JPYadav & AAgarkar.\n\nIf you still need one bowler, either YMahesh or VRV Singh can be brought alongwith Laxman.
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I agree with you. If at all he is worlds best batsman, he need to adapt to team's requirement. If he comes two down , ideally after 20 th over and can stay till end to stabilise the innings.
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Abt sachin, well he has just 2 to 3 yrs in his hand...but he is always very handy and still he can be the same that way for the coming 3 yrs...he might have not played as extremely as he used to but still his presence wud make the bowlers think twice before they bowl to him...ya, i agree that he has fallen downa bit in his form, no doubt..he looks a much tired player these days....but still, he is the "Master Blaster"\n\nAbt Laxman, in the past 20 yrs, we have come across many a gr8 innings but, 281 which laxman scored was simply the best among a lot others....thr r also other innings like 400 of lara, 150 of Inzy against Bangladesh, couples of double centuries of ponting against India, Hayden beating lara's worldrecord.....and many more......but i do agree to u, Laxman's 281 is very different from others,coz the situation demanded and laxman delivered,....gr8 innings
564678
He is a great bowler himself. No doubt about his ability as a bowler. But dont know his ability as a coach. Great Players may not be a great coach. There are many instances to prove this. But neverthless he can pass his many skills as a bowler to the next generation players. I think Pakistan can afford to try this. He can turn around things for his country.
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Are u the same person who showed the poster "I love U" to zaheer in the stadium? \n\nHe was playing in duleep trophy west zone and was bowling against ganguly and sent him for duck and ruined ganguly's chance of come back. But zaheer was not able to impress the selectors with that wicket.\n\nYou have bad news after his continous injuries his place was tried by agarkar, VRV Singh, RP singh. No one was able to perform well. But unfortunately in last match sreesanth has taken 6 wickets and taken his spot.\n\nSo zaheer,balaji, Ganguly all are now in the same state now.
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I dunno... betting n stuff will go on everywhere unless u do something really fantastic, i honestly can't imagine what!! but fact remains that participating in fixing matches may not really appeal to today's cricketer, especially when he's raking in more moolah in a single match than what some people manage to make in 15 years...
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I think that the Indian team has performed not to badly. We have to consider the fact that they are just coming off a layoff and it takes a little time after any layoff for the team to get back to rhythm. It is good to see kaif back in action and playing a little more consistently and Birender Sehvag also seems to be rounding into form. I guess the lay off helped these two more than any other individuals. I have a strong feeling that the remaining 2 ODI will be won by India with big margins.
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im not pakistani....but i just gotta say this record yousuf broke is just stunning!!!! i thought no one would break viv richard's record for many many years!!!! yousuf is in supreme form aint he!!!! what a player!!! i think he is the best test batsman in world cricket at the moment....yes....even better than ricky ponting!!!! yousuf has a huge thirst for runs.....at this rate yousuf and ponting will be number 1 and 2 in the most test hundreds list!!!!! and they are both only 32.....yousuf could play till 36 or 37....and ponting might play till 35 or 36 cause aussie are harsh about old players and they have to be very good to keep their place.....i think yousuf should play till 38 or even 39!!!! then he really will break most of the test batting records!!!!
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Opening bowlers have long been the bane of the Indian cricket team and the reason why they do not get close to the number 1 ranking.  Australia hit number 1 with McGrath and Gillespie and exception support from Kaspa, Bichel or Lee as a first change option.  And of course they had Warne.  South Africa briefly hit the number 1 spot using points from the great Donald career and the emergence of Pollock and Ntini as good opening bowlers.\n\nIndia do not need bowlers who are occassionally good with the new ball, they need bowlers who are constantly good and they could also use a good old ball bowler like Simon Jones.\n\nBatting will avail them nothing, they had an all time great batting lineup in Ganguly, Tendulkar, Dravid and Laxman and it still didn't help them win away series.
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first of all,\nkudos to you for asking a very different and intelligent question\n yes i agree completely, a batsman like dravid for example is considered to be technically one of the best batsman in the world right now because of his ability to successfully tackle all kinds of oppositions under different playing conditions.Thus a batsmen who has his basics right and plys 'textbook' shots having also a solid defence is going to survive all kinds of attacks\n though let me say that such kind of play requires lots of patience and hardwork so it is kinda difficult even for the likes Dravid to play like this always.