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Kumble, the president of the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA),feels that the current team is better than the team which made the final of the 2003 World Cup in South Africa. “Overall, in terms of balance and conditions here,...(more)

As far as warm up matches go, none have truly met the objective. Things appear still fairly cool as my fellow opinionator Golandaaz has blogged. But some of these games have revealed a few insights into teams and their performances. A few c...(more)

The world cup has no buzz. This is official. I can tell because my normally savvy blogger buddies are down to nitpicking. They have collectively arrived at the conclusion that Dhoni is a leader but not a great captain. If I didn’t kno...(more)

This ranking is based on the official huggability factor determination method and takes into account all thus far completed warm-up games.Minnows:The minnow teams are per se huggable because they are minnows. None of these sides has been hu...(more)

South Africa like in the previous two World Cups, come with a good balanced side and the reputation of being chokers. They will like to finally add the ICC WC Trophy to their cabinet since this team might be the best they have ever had.
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Defending champions for the third time in running, Australia are a totally new looking side compared to last time. An embarrassing Ashes defeat meant people were ready to write them off. However, in the ODI series that followed, they showed...(more)

Australia will play their second warm-up game of the World Cup against South Africa at Bangalore on February 15. Australia’s first game had been against India while South Africa beat Zimbabwe in their first ever game. South Africa did not...(more)

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India will go in to this World Cup as one of the overwhelming favorites to win - not something that has happened regularly in the history of the Cup. The fact that it is happening at their backyard is another boost to the team that will, I ...(more)

India play Australia in the warm-up game for the World Cup at the M Chinnaswamy in Bangalore. The game will be the only one for the day on February 13. India will be playing in their first game after having come back from South Africa and w...(more)

Perhaps this is one of the most "open" world cups in a long time. Thanks to the Ashes defeat of Australia. So instead of picking favorites, we said lets envision a "What if..." for each teamSo here goes.What if...England win the World CupBo...(more)


South Africa take on Zimbabwe at the M Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on February 12. This will be the first warm-up game for the two sides before the World Cup. Zimbabwe will be happy to play in India and the sub-continent because of the k...(more)

Here are the potential champions, for me at least. A very strong (and consistent) batting line-up packed with batsmen who can play long innings as well as attack when the situation demands it, the best new-ball pair in the world, and suprem...(more)


If the last couple of weeks were primarily around World Cup selections and omissions, the focus this week is on players being ruled out through injury (Mike Hussey, Nathan Hauritz, Eoin Morgan and Praveen Kumar).
A few others like Jacques ...(more)

I often wonder what would have happened if India, after winning the toss, had decided to bat first in two of their most important World Cup matches in my memory. 1996 was a long time ago, but I remember the semi final between India and Sri ...(more)

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The few glimpses one saw of Yusuf Pathan in the final of ICC T20 WC 2007, which India won, was never enough to put a judgment on him. Then came IPL 2008 and this Pathan, like his younger brother, became a household name afte...(more)
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