Offcial Thread For Icc Cricket World Cup 2015

[Mr_Ryan_01]

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[raghuraj]

.just abv 200 runs chasing game avuthai emo..pak vs india game...!!

Mana valu 200 chase chestaru..

[raghuraj]

Yuvraj Singh's World Cup 2015 dream still alive?

File image of Yuvraj Singh. (AFP Images)

Yuvraj Singh may become the classic example of 'someone's loss is someone's gain' if India's fitness worries around their four recuperating players don't settle down by February 7 - the day Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, Ishant Sharma and Bhuvneshwar Kumar go through a fitness test in Australia.

The #LoutegaYuvraj trend may return on social networks, especially if Jadeja is deemed unfit with no chance of recovering in time for India's first match against Pakistan on February 15.

Yuvraj, the Man of the Series in India's 2011 winning campaign, fits the bill to address India's ongoing middle-order worries. He brings to the team the same ilk, left-arm spin, as Jadeja while being way superior to the Saurashtra allrounder - in fact not a logical comparison - when it comes to batting.

However, in case Rohit, who opens the batting for India in ODIs, is forced to return within touching distance from making his World Cup debut, the BCCI selectors may seriously ponder issuing a ticket to Murali Vijay, who was in terrific form during the Test series in Australia.

Interestingly, it was widely reported that Dhoni had floated Vijay's name at time of selecting India's 15-man squad, but the skipper's recommendation for his former Chennai Super Kings team-mate was conveniently turned down by the selectors.

On the contrary, it might well happen that both Rohit and Jadeja are declared fit, after which the slim, left-over hopes for Yuvraj and Vijay will die down.

However, there is high likelihood of Ishant Sharma missing the bus due to his ankle injury, which will open the door for either Mohit Sharma or Dhawal Kulkarni, who have been asked to stay back until the fitness test on February 7.

At the time of selecting India's World Cup squad, Sandeep Patil & Co may have harped upon their intent to not look back and move ahead, but considering India's winless streak on Australia tour, including failure to get going even in the ODI tri-series, it won't be a surprise if Yuvraj, who recently hit three centuries in the ongoing Ranji Trophy, returns to the scheme of things in India's Cup defence.

And it's not even a guess who Indian fans want to see boarding that flight to Australia in the eleventh hour.

 

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Expect something special from MS Dhoni at World Cup 2015

Image credit: Getty Images

MS Dhoni may be having a tough time getting his team back to the winning ways in Australia, but former New Zealand skipper Stephen Fleming feels the influential India skipper could turn out to be the go-to man in his team's World Cup title defence.

Writing in his column for the ICC, the former New Zealand captain and Dhoni's coach at the Chennai Super Kings picked the 2011 World Cup-winning captain as the game-changer from India's 15-man squad.

 

Maintaining Dhoni is already among the icons of world cricket, Fleming said "he could do something special" in the Feb 14-March 29 event.

"Knowing him as I do from our time together at the Chennai Super Kings, I just have a feeling he could do something special. It is true he has nothing to prove - he won the tournament on home soil as captain with a six, for goodness sake - but he thrives on the big stage in the biggest matches," the Kiwi said.

 

Fleming said Dhoni can be a "catalyst" when the team needs him the most, like he showed by promoting himself up the order in the tense chase against Sri Lanka during the 2011 World Cup final.

"He loves being part of and winning battles and as he showed in the 2011 final, when he pushed himself up the order, he can be a catalyst for his team."

 

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Source Cricinfo:

 

India go into this World Cup not only as the defending champions but also as one of the only three teams that have won it more than once. Had they won the World T20 final against Sri Lanka in April 2014, they would have held all three big limited-overs international trophies. In the lead-up to the World Cup, they have either been the No. 1 ODI side in the world or thereabouts. Yet you wouldn't put them among the two or three big favourites to win the tournament.

A lot of this has to do with the venues. The last time India played ODIs in Australia and New Zealand, they failed to make the final of a triangular series in Australia and went winless in a five-match bilateral series in New Zealand. India are half the side when their spinners cannot dictate terms and their spinners are unlikely to be too effective on pitches in New Zealand and Australia, though the big grounds in Australia will give them some breathing space.

Between World Cups, spin bowlers have averaged the worst - 50 - in New Zealand, with an economy rate of 4.97, which is second only to 5.02 in South Africa. Little wonder that India have struggled in South Africa, New Zealand and Australia.

India will face another unique challenge. By the time the World Cup starts, most of their players will have played without a proper break for almost a year. If they make it to the final of the World Cup, most of them will have been away from their homes for a stretch of 144 days, starting with a Test series and triangular series in Australia.

The odds might not be stacked in India's favour, but the field is limited and the format soft. There is no way a big team can be knocked out in the league stages unless things go nightmarishly wrong, repeatedly, and after that it is a matter of three good days. Temperament has not really been an issue for this side under MS Dhoni, the only major captain from the 2011 event to survive so long. It is not going to be easy with the conditions not in India's favour, but with the nature of the format and shrinking competition in world cricket, don't rule India out.

 

 

© ESPNcricinfo Ltd

 

 

 

World Cup pedigree

 

Until June 25, 1983, India were nobodies in limited-overs cricket. Since that day, when Kapil Dev's team fashioned India's most famous success to date, they have entered every World Cup with high expectations, winning the last one, thus joining Australia and West Indies as the only repeat winners. They have come close on three other occasions: losing the 2003 final and two semi-finals at home, in 1987 and 1996. The alternate editions, 1992, 1999, and 2007 have been strictly forgettable. The law of averages then doesn't make for good news after their 2011 success.

 

X-factor

 

The oldest member of the side, one of the few survivors from the 2011 win, MS Dhoni might be the most familiar face in cricket today, but he still has it in him to surprise. With his tactics, with his field placements, with his batting. It is hard to imagine India doing well in this World Cup without Dhoni being at his best as a batsman, wicketkeeper, and captain.

 

Players in focus

 

Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli began to believe he belonged in international cricket when he last toured Australia, scoring a hundred in the Adelaide Test and then following up with an 86-ball 133 in an ODI in Hobart ODI that propelled India to 321 in 36.4 overs. Now - despite a lean 2014 - he is India's batting mainstay. How well he comes out of this inevitable bad patch will have a big bearing on how well India do in the World Cup.

Suresh Raina

To the spirit of the team, Raina's worth is far more than the runs he scores. He is India's best slip fielder. He bowls handy part-time offspin. He is selfless, in that he bats in difficult positions. And he doesn't look at his own average, which, while not great, is on the mend after he returned to the side with a Man-of-the-Series performance in the ODIs in England in mid-2014.

Ravindra Jadeja

India's best one-day bowler since the last World Cup. He is excellent in the field too; his rocket arm will be required in Australia. He was picked despite a shoulder injury. That shoulder, which the selectors expect to be fine in time for game one, will be needed. On India's last trip to New Zealand, he single-handedly tied a game off his bat. Against all expectations, Jadeja has carved himself a place as a successful international cricketer; now he enters the biggest stage.

 

 

Fact box

Previous World Cups

1975: Group Stage

1979: Group Stage

1983: Winners

1987: Semi-finals

1992: Group Stage

1996: Semi-finals

1999: Super Sixes

2003: Finalists

2007: Group Stage

2011: Winners

Squad

MS Dhoni (capt & wk), R Ashwin, Stuart Binny, Shikhar Dhawan, Ravindra Jadeja, Virat Kohli, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Akshar Patel, Ajinkya Rahane, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, Ishant Sharma, Rohit Sharma, Umesh Yadav

 

Fixtures

February 15, v Pakistan, Adelaide

February 22, v South Africa, Melbourne

February 28, v UAE, Perth

March 6, v West Indies, Perth

March 10, v Ireland, Hamilton

March 14, v Zimbabwe, Auckland

 

 

 

 

Game style

 

India's pace attack is the weakest among major teams. If their spinners are not effective, almost every match will bring extra pressure on the batsmen. Since no target is deemed safe, India normally prefer chasing; they don't want the bowlers to crumble during the decisive moments. Contrary to popular opinion, India will need spicy pitches to bring their bowlers into the game.

Otherwise they will remain spectators.

 

Prediction

 

It is hard to predict when the format is as relaxed as this World Cup's. All you need is three good matches - because your qualification for the knock-out rounds is all but a foregone conclusion - but if one were to stick one's neck out, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand and Sri Lanka will be the favourites for the semi-final.

 

World Cup stats

 

 

 

 

• India's batsmen have scored most ducks in World Cup matches - 48, followed by 47 each by England and Pakistan

   

   

• India is likely to enter the tournament with no batsman with 300 runs in World Cup matches. Virat Kohli has the highest with 282

   

   

 

 

If they were an actor

 

Robert Downey Jr: Box office. Big draw. Can't do well outside the comfort zone. And aren't bothered by it.

 

Theme song

 

"Every F*****' City (feels the same)" - Paul Kelly

[Rangoon_Raja]

Feb 7th Fitness test for Rohit jaddu and Ishanth.. Hope so yuvi will be back if some one is not fit.. :3D_Smiles_38:

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World Cup stats

 

 

• India's batsmen have scored most ducks in World Cup matches - 48, followed by 47 each by England and Pakistan

   

• India is likely to enter the tournament with no batsman with 300 runs in World Cup matches. Virat Kohli has the highest with 282

[Maximus]

[Maximus]

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Days to go

Number of Man-of-the-Match awards won by Sachin Tendulkar in the World Cup - more than any other player

[raghuraj]

 

World Cup stats

 

 

• India's batsmen have scored most ducks in World Cup matches - 48, followed by 47 each by England and Pakistan

   

• India is likely to enter the tournament with no batsman with 300 runs in World Cup matches. Virat Kohli has the highest with 282

 

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[raghuraj]

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[Mr_Ryan_01]

9

Days to go

Number of Man-of-the-Match awards won by Sachin Tendulkar in the World Cup - more than any other player

 

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