Quarter Finals Lineup

[girishk14]

Aussie batting line up is much weaker - no big hitters, no in form players, no finishers - in fact nothing beyond mike hussey. Bowling - spin department is way too weak. Tait leaks runs. So id rather face aussies, than face Sanga, murali n malinga. And dilshan loves india

[Moncy]

Hey guys, chillax. India will beat Aussies for sure. All they need is to win a toss then choose to bowl first. The Australian side is sooooooo weak. Lee, Mike Hussey and Michael Clarke are the only strong players out of their 15 man WC squad.

[Sachin=GOD]

I am 100% certain that under no circumstance is the Indian team going to lose this match against Windies just so as to avoid the Aussies in the QFs.

[NareshK]

Check India's track record in big games. More often than not, we suffer a batting collapse & lose the game without even being competitive. By losing the game against SAF, India has conceded its advantage. We should have been facing NZL & would have walked into the semis.

Rubbish. How did you come to that conclusion ? New Zealand is no push over. They have a decent batting lineup, good bowling attack and an excellent fielding side. India still have to play top notch cricket to defeat them, which they still have to do against any other team that they have to play against.

[Bumper]

Rubbish. How did you come to that conclusion ? New Zealand is no push over. They have a decent batting lineup' date=' good bowling attack and an excellent fielding side. India still have to play top notch cricket to defeat them, which they still have to do against any other team that they have to play against.[/quote'] What rubbish ? NZL bowling is average and their batting is always one wicket away from a collapse. Even in their best game of the tournament (against Pakistan), when they successfully managed to avoid a collapse, they scored all their runs in the last 4 overs. At best they can post 260-ish totals in these conditions. And chasing big totals is simply beyond them.

[Sachin=GOD]

Check India's track record in big games. More often than not, we suffer a batting collapse & lose the game without even being competitive. By losing the game against SAF, India has conceded its advantage. We should have been facing NZL & would have walked into the semis.

On the one hand you want the team to be crowned "World Champions" and on the other you're still looking for easy ways of going into the semis (a.k.a the Kiwis).

[NareshK]

What rubbish ? NZL bowling is average and their batting is always one wicket away from a collapse. Even in their best game of the tournament (against Pakistan)' date=' when they successfully managed to avoid a collapse, they scored all their runs in the last 4 overs. At best they can post 260-ish totals in these conditions. And chasing big totals is simply beyond them.[/quote'] Any team can turn it up on the given day. If they win the toss, have a couple of partnerships going, put a good score on board, they can easily put India under pressure because of the knock out situation. Its all about how the team performs on the given day and India should give their best no matter who they play. If the team starts thinking like you, they would have lost the game before it even started.