Kapil Dev: India’s got the edge

Kapil Dev, who brought home the WC Trophy for the first and the only time until now in 1983, said on Friday that with a prominent batsmen line which includes Virender Sehwag, MS Dhoni, Gautam Gambhir, Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli and Yuvraj Singh, India is sure contender for the tenth Cricket World Cup 2011 to be hosted in the Indian subcontinent starting 19 February. And with an irresolute bowling the team becomes even more depended on the batsmen. Dev also mentioned about the “pressure” from the media when the team plays on its homeland and thus the team members need to steer clear of any obvious strain.

As per Dev, the definite runners for the World Cup 2011 include England, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Australia and South Africa with India being his clear favorite.

Meanwhile, the 28 years old no-nonsense hard-hitting batsman and the in-form off spinner Yusuf Pathan also maintained that the team needs to avoided being affected due to the immense stress of expectations.

Sree Santh vents on Facebook & Twitter

Sree Santh’s exclusion from the upcoming World Cup 2011 has left the greatest left-arm fast bowler of all times and Pakistan’s most well-known skipper, Wasim Akram, surprised. Having bowled pretty well in the current matches particularly recently against South Africa, Sree Santh also pulled out several important wickets in the Tests and with his improved approach Sree Santh should not have been missed remarked Akram.

Veteran Indian batsman Sourav Ganguly was also taken aback by the BCCI’s decision to skip pacer Sree Santh in the World Cup 2011 Squad in spite of his form and performance. Terming it a substantial gamble, Dada raised concerns in case Dhoni was hurt around the WC matches. Ganguly played his last World Cup in the Caribbean in 2007.

Thousands of fans have emphasized with the cricketer who expressed his disappointment even with comments on his Facebook and Twitter on not having being selected for the World Cup slated to be played in the Subcontinent in the coming months. Sree Santh tweeted on 17 January he is “very Heart broken…but its lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself. Jai mata di.”

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India features in the Group-B in the World Cup which also includes Bangladesh, England, South Africa, West Indies, Ireland and The Netherlands.

India is playing the World Cup inaugural match against Bangladesh in Mirpur on February 19.

"Ishant needs to learn from mistakes"

Ishant Sharma needs to learn from mistakes and not repeat them said former Indian batsman turned commentator and television compère, Sanjay Manjrekar in an interview Saturday last week.

Manjrekar went on to say, “Ishant has not quite gone to the next level. When we saw him first, he seemed like a world-beater. However, for some reasons he has fallen away…and his bowling is not that potent.”

The batsman known for his less notable career performances was all praises for bowler Sree Santh on the other hand, for his attacking bowling despite a lot of velocity & rebound in the match series against host team, South Africa.

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