Former captain Sourav Ganguly sees the lot of similarities in between India’s 2003 as great as 2011 World Cup squads as great as pronounced which usually similar to 8 year ago, the benefaction outfit is additionally intrepid as great as has the clever batting choice which creates them the single of the pretension contenders.
Ganguly feels with such the multiple during the disposal, India has the intensity to have it equate in cricket’s showpiece event, starting Feb nineteen in Dhaka.
“Like 2003, this time additionally we have been in the right support of mind, we have the staid side which has been we do great for someday now. The organisation is similarly great as great as clever as great as has the intensity to go all the way,” Ganguly pronounced in an talk upon Tuesday.
“We have the unequivocally clever batting choice with the lot of match-winners in the side. It’s the unequivocally clever side,” he said.
The former left-hander, who came tantalisingly tighten to heading India to the World Cup pretension 8 years ago in 2003, however refused to have any predictions for the arriving mega-event.
“Personally, we do not hold in terming any favourites. It’s the contest where final 3 games — quarterfinal onwards — will have the difference. Australia, India as great as South Africa demeanour unequivocally strong,” pronounced Ganguly, underneath whose care India finished the finals in the 2003 World Cup in South Africa, where they mislaid to Australia.
“I see Pakistan as the darkhorse, Sri Lanka as great can be unequivocally clever in these conditions. Also, we design Bangladesh to put up the little great shows. They have been an softened side now. But we see all the tip teams creation the final 8 stage. From there upon it can be anybody’s diversion upon the since day,” he added.
Recalling his memories of 2003, Ganguly said, “We had the unequivocally great as great as clever side as great as we played great via the tournament. We kick each organisation solely for Australia (in the final). We played intrepid cricket. All players were in form, the proceed the organisation got together was excellent.”
Ganguly additionally pronounced which he did not bewail his preference to play initial opposite Australia in the pretension strife in 2003, where they went upon to remove the compare by 125 runs after surrender the outrageous 359.
“I still say it was not the wrong preference to put Australia in to bat. It rained overnight, the condition was damp. If we remember, the compare proposed late since of blowing underneath the covers. It (the ball) did join the bit in the sunrise though they outplayed us completely. We bowled reduced upon which pitch. It is regularly simpler to demeanour behind as great as contemplate over the decision,” he said.
“I regularly felt 260-270 was gettable though it is regularly starting to be formidable to follow 350-plus in the World Cup final. It was unsatisfactory not to win the Cup in 2003 as we had the side,” Ganguly said.
Talking about the disturbance in the 2007 Caribbean World Cup, where India unsuccessful to swell over the initial round, Ganguly pronounced the team’s detriment to Bangladesh in the organisation stages shook the spirit of the side.
“2007 was the opposite story. We were never there. We did not begin great as great as the organisation was dealt the outrageous blow after starting down to Bangladesh. Thereafter the organisation lacked certainty as great as which became the branch point. The organisation was not staid with players starting in as great as starting out. There was an air of uncertainty,” he viewed.
Ganguly serve pronounced which the Super Eight format finished it some-more formidable for India in the 2007 World Cup.
“The format was such which usually dual organisation from the groups could have the cut. After losing to Bangladesh, we were upon the backfoot as great as it was formidable to recover,” he recalled.
“This time, the format is unequivocally great as great as allows each organisation the satisfactory chance. Even if we had the single bad day, there is time to recover.”
Ganguly pronounced India had softened immensely underneath Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s captaincy.
“Mahendra Singh Dhoni has finished unequivocally great as captain. He backs his teammates, supports them which helps in bringing the most appropriate of the side. Also, he has the unequivocally great side underneath him,” he said.
“The batting is unequivocally clever with the likes of Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh as great as Dhoni. we goal things go great as great as it’s critical from India’s indicate of perspective which players sojourn fit by out the prolonged tournament,” Ganguly added.
Asked how he noticed Tendulkar’s proceed towards the arriving World Cup, which appears to be his swansong one, Ganguly said, “If it’s his final World Cup, we goal he goes upon the high. He has finished great for the nation for so most years as great as we goal he does great to have it the unequivocally noted one.”
Ganguly additionally pronounced which the inclusion of S Sreesanth in place of an harmed Praveen Kumar, who has been ruled out for the tournament, would accelerate India’s bowling attack.
“Sreesanth will really progress the bowling line-up. It’s the large reversal to remove out upon Praveen Kumar. The quick bowlers need to perform great since there will be the outrageous shortcoming upon them,” he concluded.
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