A Grand Mini-final is what Tim Nielsen calls the 2nd quarter-final between India and Australia, adding that the pressure will be on India in front of their home crowd. Fair enough, Tim. But what about pressure on your team to maintain the Cup-winning streak? Your team has lost a World Cup match after 1999 - is it just the beginning of the end?Play 3 spinners, says Wasim Akram.Good idea, Akram, but...
Australia’s attack will contain some serious pace at the World Cup.
"That’s hot" - Paris Hilton on the Aussie pace attack
Now that that’s out of the way, I can talk about the others. There was plenty of uncertainty going into the selection, and one or two picks could be debated upon, but I think this is pretty well done.
Shane Watson, Brad Haddin (wk), Ricky Ponting (capt), ...
India was shown where their technique stands in international cricket. More than their competence of handling the short ball, it was more a mental issue. Batsmen had seen the bounce the pitch was helping, while India bowled and had made up their mind that the Oz pacers will get good purchase. The quiet period put pressure on the batsmen in such a way that the shot-selection was getting confusing. ...
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 will be without Praveen Kumar. Praveen has pulled out [...]
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