How India will not win the World Cup
Everyone is putting their money on India to win the World Cup. One look at the hundreds of betting websites, you will get to know that the men in blues are the hot favourites to win the 2011 World Cup.
Everyone is joining the bandwagon and doing their part to name India as the World Cup champions of 2011. The reasons being their Number one Test rank (doesn’t count here), their success-rate on the home-ground conditions in recent years in the One Day games
and Sachin Tendulkar.
Everyone is tagging along to hype India’s chances for Tendulkar’s sake since it will be “potentially” his last World Cup appearance. But it is Tendulkar we’re talking about, he is this small packet of run-machine that never stops. And then there was this
statement from Vinod Kambli that if India fails to win, he will “play in the 2015 World Cup too.” Oh, what joy!
But the thing is that even the opposing teams are falling into this trap. Former and even current international players, and anyone to do anything with cricket, are naming India as the one to be feared. The opposition have finally fallen for it and are scurrying
all around for their last-minute preparations.
But the thing is they will not win it. They might stagger to the semi-finals at best but going into the finals will be difficult. Sure they have the best batting line-up currently and the part-time spinners of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 are going to be effective in the sub-continent
condition, but the top-order batsmen are fresh from injuries and the bowlers, well miracles can be awaited.
Then there is Yuvraj Singh and Suresh Raina who were the bulwarks of the Indian batting line-up and they are now jaded. Tendulkar and Virendar Sehwag would go in to open; http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Virat-Kohli-c95424 for some time to build
an innings that he might fail under pressure. Coupled with Yuvraj and Raina, the team will be confused.
But the opposition are trying hard to change their game plan. Reports are leaking (no this time it is not Assange) that a secret booth camp was held in the Jungles of Amazon that was attended by the who’s who of international cricket.
In the thick of the sub-continent winter, the opponents of India also managed to meet in their own backyard to strategize on how to beat the mighty Indians. There was nothing documented but there were rolls of parchment on which a girly script of notes were
scribbled. Reports suggest that it might have been written by Stuart Broad as there were evidences of hearts found in every sentence. The scribbling was also done with a pink pen.
Following were the main points of the strategy.
Yuvraj is the weak spot. He needs to be tempted with lots of fat food, show him the KFC burger that can be easily borrowed by Shane Warne. Make him believe that the bowler is bowling a double cheese burger into his mouth and he will fall into it. Also share
pictures of after-retirement life on his Twitter account, show him the pristine beaches and everything that has to do with being lazy.
Sledge Suresh Raina and remind him about the summer tours of England. Make the Indian skipper read books on self-help. He will be engrossed in the books and will consume himself in solving petty problems.
Start a rumour that Gambhir is getting married or his family is having a reunion. He will definitely miss the games. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Murali-Vijay-c78035 will be his replacement, but he is not in the 15-man squad so no fret.
The tricky part is Sachin. You just can’t trick him, he is so sweet. But giving him a hand-made honouree cap would make him happy. But he is sharp; gift him a replica of the trophy, he will retire.
The bowling department is self-destructive. Harbhajan and Zaheer Khan will do the rest.
The other points were illegible as there were too many hearts drawn. It is not clear as to who attended the secret setting while Broad declined to comment.
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