India will face Australia in the World Cup Quarter Finals. This is India's biggest chance to defeat the Aussies. I am not a great fan of the Australian cricket but they are the number one side in ODIs and I am forced to respect them. But I firmly believe that if India could ever beat Australia this is the best time. Had this clash been the semi finals or the finals then it would have been that much harder to beat the Aussies as they are big match players. If I were to take a call I would keep it 55 - 45 to India based on the current form of the teams.
But it is going to be one tough match for India and we must confess that India will have to play out of its skin if it has to win this one. I am strictly against people who have started talking about a India - Pakistan semi final or even a India - South Africa final. It is time we concentrate on the job at hand and not get too much driven by the situation. We need to be calm and composed and we do not want to let the atmosphere get into us and repeat what happened in 2003 finals.
Now we can expect (or at least hope for) a turning pitch in Ahmedabad, perhaps similar to the one where India beat Australia in the warm-up game. If we play on a flat pitch Australia will have the advantage, we should make sure that we prepare pitch to assist the Indian spinners, I personally would not even mind a pitch that turns square. India has to reply on the batsman to deliver the goods as their bowling is pretty ordinary if you take out Zaheer Khan from the equation. India would also have to keep in mind that Aussies are a great fielding side and they are gonna make India score 30 more than the actual score.
It is not going to be an easy match for either of the teams, whosoever handles the pressure better should come out on top. Tough it is hard to believe but still I am all in with India and I believe that we will defeat the Aussies. So with crossed fingers and in anticipation of a good close match I await the match to start and hope we see an Indian win.
But it is going to be one tough match for India and we must confess that India will have to play out of its skin if it has to win this one. I am strictly against people who have started talking about a India - Pakistan semi final or even a India - South Africa final. It is time we concentrate on the job at hand and not get too much driven by the situation. We need to be calm and composed and we do not want to let the atmosphere get into us and repeat what happened in 2003 finals.
Now we can expect (or at least hope for) a turning pitch in Ahmedabad, perhaps similar to the one where India beat Australia in the warm-up game. If we play on a flat pitch Australia will have the advantage, we should make sure that we prepare pitch to assist the Indian spinners, I personally would not even mind a pitch that turns square. India has to reply on the batsman to deliver the goods as their bowling is pretty ordinary if you take out Zaheer Khan from the equation. India would also have to keep in mind that Aussies are a great fielding side and they are gonna make India score 30 more than the actual score.
It is not going to be an easy match for either of the teams, whosoever handles the pressure better should come out on top. Tough it is hard to believe but still I am all in with India and I believe that we will defeat the Aussies. So with crossed fingers and in anticipation of a good close match I await the match to start and hope we see an Indian win.
ALL THE BEST !!!
PS: Watch out for Sachin he may score his 100th International Century in tomorrow's match.
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