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India are
favorites to win World Cup
Former Pakistan cricket captain Zaheer Abbas believes co-host India has the best chance to win the World Cup.
The legendary batsman told 'Life Illustrated' in an interview that India's stability makes it the hot
favourite."I believe that there are around four to five teams with genuine
credentials of winning the World Cup," said Zaheer. "But the hot favourite, at the moment, is India. Most of the World Cup matches will be played in India. At home India are too good. Their strength
comes from stability. It has just the right combination of youth and
experience. Captain MS Dhoni has been doing a great job. He is lucky to
have the services of cricketers like Sachin
Tendulkar the country's icon," he stressed.
Cricket teams to win World cup
In this World Cup an all rounder can turn the match totally by their scintillating
performances with bat and bowl. In every team there are several allrounders, who can turn the
match on their own and help their side to win the most coveted cup.
India: Yusuf Pathan is one of the most dangerous allrounders in the
world.He has emerged as a match winner for India in the past few games.
Yuvraj Singh is another man to watch in the World Cup. He is famous for his brutal hitting and no one can forget his six sixes
in an over against England in the inaugural edition of ICC T20 world cup
in 2007. Both of them are considered to be key players for India.
Australia: Australia has several allrounders in the
side, Shane Watson is the key player in the Australian side. Cameron White is another good allrounder.
Pakistan: Pakistan has also got good pool of allrounders. Skipper Shahid Afridi is considered to be most destructive batsmen in
the world. Abdul Razzaq is also one of the key player to watch in this World Cup. He is a
good hitter of the bowl and plays as per his team requires. He can even hit long boundaries.
South Africa: Jacques Kallis is considered to be one of the most dangerous all rounder
in the cricketing world. Johan Botha is also considered to be a dangerous all rounder. He bats in
the middle over and can hit boundaries. He can be very useful in batting
powerplays. JP Duminy, a left-hand middle order batsman, is very effective with the bowl.
New Zealand: Skipper Daniel Vettori is considered to be a good bowling
allrounder. Scott Styris is one of the most experienced player in his side. He bats
in the middle order and can easily make fast runs. Jacob Oram, Kane Williamson and James Frankline will be the
allrounders, who can shine with the bat and ball.
Engalnd: Paul Collingwood is also considered to be one of the best all rounder in
the cricketing world. Tim Bresnan has proved his metal as an all rounder recently. He is one of the most promising all rounder.
Best Cricket matches
1. Bangladesh vs. India in Mirpur (the opening game), February 19.
Bangladesh knocked India out of the World Cup in 2007, and the Indians have still not gotten over it.
2. Pakistan vs. Sri Lanka in Colombo, February 26. Pakistan was
supposed to hold 14 matches, including one semi-final but were stripped
of their World Cup hosting rights in the wake of the 2009 attack on the Sri Lankan national cricket team in Lahore.
3. India vs. England in Bangalore (the game was moved from Eden Gardens
to Bangalore because the legendary Kolkata stadium was not prepared in time for this match ), February 27.
4. Australia vs. Sri Lanka in Colombo, March 5. Sri Lanka beat Australia in the 1996 final.
5. Australia vs. Pakistan in Colombo, March 19. It's a weekend match
between two of the most aggressively offensive sides in world cricket today.
6. India vs. West Indies in Chennai, March 20. This is the last game
in Group B and there is a chance one of the two sides will need to win it to guarantee a place in the quarterfinals.
7 India vs Pakistan on March 30 at Mohalli. India won the match
7 Final in Mumbai , April 2. A World Cup final in Mumbai, India won
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Cricket World Cup 2011
Group A -Teams
Australia
Pakistan
New Zealand
Sri Lanka
Zimbabwe
Canada
Kenya
Group B:-Teams
India - Champions
South Africa
England
West Indies
Bangladesh
Ireland
Netherlands
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