Its still very early to start writing about the ICC Cricket World Cup that opens with a Bangladesh v India clash at Dhaka in March 2011. I just happened to check the fixtures in that tournament and was a bit surprised that India will be taking on Bangladesh in Bangladesh in the tournament curtain-raiser!
I hate to sound uncharitable but the opener does not augur well for the pre-tournament favorites - India. Bangladesh at home are a formidable outfit and India may well face their most unsettling challenge of WC2010 right at the outset. India need to be at their best to get off to a winning start especially since they are in, what is popularly believed to be, the tougher group in the World Cup.
Then again, seeing how I was way off in predicting that Tendulkar would get a test triple ton in the Ind-NZ test series, I could be wrong here and India may well thump Bangladesh in the tournament opener. Still, I have sounded my post of warning for the hosts and hope that my fears are allayed early into the tournament!
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
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