Sreesanth - Will he shant(silence) his critics?

Sreesanth, the name which can scare a lot of batsmen in the world not because of his bowling but because of his bowling through his mouth, is lucky to be in the Indian Side for the World Cup.

Praveen Kumar, the ODI specialist, had an injury which made him keep out of the World Cup and the not so 'Shant'(silent) Sreesanth was selected. No doubts, he is a good bowler but his economy rate in the one dayers is not so good. He can swing the ball both ways, can be a tough opponent to face on early in the innings but he give away a lot of runs which is in simple words 'unacceptable' at least in the World Cup. If Bangladeshis can thrash him, then what will the Proteas and the British do against him?

He is according to me a typical 'test match' bowler who should not be in the ODI squad. India have a very strong bench strength and there were many options but the selectors went with him. He was in good form but selectors should have seen his unimportant aggression and his poor economy rate. According to me India should have selected an all rounder who can bowl Medium Fast Bowling like Abhishek Nayar. Zaheer and Munaf with Bhajji and Piyush/Ashwin would have been supported nicely by an allrounder like A.Nayar.


Many say he should be in the team and many say he should not have been and till now he has proved that he should not have been in the team. The 'lucky' man continued with his on-field antics in the practice games and in the game against Bangladesh, he gave away a lot many runs which could affect India's NRR. 


He is capable of silencing his critics and it would be great if he comes up with something extraordinary with the red ball. Not sure, if he gets a chance to play in the next games but whenever he gets, I hope his bowling will do all the talking.

Minnows - Do they deserve to be in the 'World Cup'?

Undeserving but lucky same goes for other minnow teams.

Cricket World Cup 2011 features 14 teams with 4 teams which are completely 'minnows' and  are not at all capable of causing an upset at least in this edition. The teams are - Canada, Zimbabwe, Kenya and Netherlands. They are just a burden for the World Cup. They just help in one thing i.e increasing the number of fixtures resulting in a 'long' world cup which actually is not a help. According to me, these teams should not have been given the chance to feature in this World Cup.

 

Canada and Kenya were thrashed badly in their respective first game and that was just a start, more brutal thrashing is yet to come. 10 teams would have been good. We could have witnessed a more interesting and more competitive World Cup if only Top 10 Teams would have been playing in the Cup. But still these teams can be a big help for the big guns and they can improve not only on their points but also the NRRs.

Feb 19 - Apr 2 is a very long duration for a highly intense competition like the World Cup. It is good to see the sport being highly promoted in the countries like Canada and Netherlands and many other European countries but they should be provided with better competitions with countries of same calibre. More competitions for these associate countries should be held so that they can improve their cricket and some day be able to compete nicely against the 'Test Playing' Nations. They don't deserve to play in the World Cup with this kind of status. 

I will be surprised if any of the teams mentioned can cause an upset but Cricket is the game of uncertainties and anything is possible but practically it looks impossible at least in this 10th edition of the Premier Tournament of Cricket.

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