Re: India’s gains from this world cup…
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lots of politicians and government officials dropped their jobs to come watch the game - India benefited from that much less damage they would otherwise have caused if they did their jobs.
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Muralithanran was actually injured but he still bowled for his country...a costly decision...Mendis & Herath could have done equally better...
PS: Never ever employ a half-fit person...regardless of his reputation...hmmmmmmmm
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IPL has only one goal, make money...in the process make everyone involved rich......It's high time India had a professional league...it's a big business in most countries. However, I don't condone the money laundering and corruption that went into this. It's the job of the government to get to the bottom of this. I hope they get serious about betting mafia, before they get entrenched into IPL.
Re: India's gains from this world cup....
lots of politicians and government officials dropped their jobs to come watch the game - India benefited from that much less damage they would otherwise have caused if they did their jobs.
classic masterpiece...LOL...
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you know what...keep hating IPL but in the end, this enhanced professionalism, improved fielding, playing under pressure, mental strength, managing public expectations….all the qualities that you mentioned above in your post has something to do with IPL...where else young Indian players like ashwin would get a chance to be trained in such tough conditions with world class players? I don’t care about legalized prostitution and money laundering and whatnot…in the end I think IPL has more pros than cons for the future Indian cricket…
Exactly. One thing that helped India and Dhoni in this world cup was Dhoni's optimal use of his bowling resources. India had the best batting line up but a very mediocre bowling line up. It was his calm and wise use of the resources that helped India won the QF and SF. However, I did not like his captaincy during the finals; he should have brought Zaheer earlier rather than waiting till the 38th-39th over.
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To me Dhoni's captaincy and CONSISTENCY in selection & captaincy has paid off for India. Everyone knows his role in the team. If team captain's is nominated couple of days before the departure for WC, its almost a miracle that team played a semi. When captain has some set of player for long time, he has time to chalk out his strategy and know +ive/-ives of each player to take decision accordingly.
Don't forget India's capability to handle pressure. In the end that was the difference between India and Aus, Pak and SL; which is in a sharp contrast to the way Indians use to play before 2000.
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The World Cup, nothing more nothing less.
Don't forget India were playing at home. Playing on home pitches was a big advantage. Even then Bhajji's bowling average was 43 odd
And it is not like there is a huge gulf between them and 3 or 4 other teams. Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Australia and South Africa are more than capable of beating India in any format and vice versa. Zaheer Khan apart the indian bowling is mediocre