So..things have gone VERY well for India since the horrific start..reason for saying that is..thanks to their huge win against Bermuda and SL's huge win against Bangladesh..pretty much *all* we have to do is beat Sri Lanka and we are into the Super 8s. Not just that ..we go into it with extra points given that we would have beaten the other team in the division that made it as well! and all our sins against Bangladesh would be forgotten. Ofcourse..if we lose, we are out! I guess at the end of the day all you can ask for is having control of your own destiny and we now have it.
With regards to the team makeup against SL, i think we need to go in with 5 bowlers and 7 batsmen..and since that adds up to 12..that means we need Pathan in there. I think we need to take Pathan in for Uthappa [now that Sehwag may have lit it up a bit] and Harbhajan in for Agarkar. Further i would send Pathan in one down to bat as a pinch hitter much as he did in the heighty days of our success against SL and England last year. I think this gives us a chance of a pretty impressive batting line up [Sehwag, Ganguly, Pathan, Tendulkar, Dravid, Yuvraj, Dhoni] and 5 bowlers. IMO that is probably the ideal combination for the rest of the tour. Agarkar has been extremely underwhelming tho i suspect there will be those that feel he ought to be there since he does have the potential to show up on his day.
All in all, the stage is set for a great game. I am feeling good about it and look forward to launching into the Super 8's shortly with a 1 game advantage!!
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