India's main men!!!

India's chances in the World Cup would depend on following men besides form of Sachin Tendulkar.

1. Virender Sehwag

2. Yuvraj Singh

3. Yusuf Pathan

4. MS Dhoni

Viru and Sach would no doubt the most explosive opening pair in the tournament.  How Yuvraj Singh shapes up and how he plays would also define India's chances. 

He has not been in his best in last few months, but this is the biggest platform for setting his critics right. It does not get bigger than this. If he plays a pivotal role in the World cup win for India, he would be forgiven for all his antics off the field and of course for his swelling belly..

Yusuf Pathan has come of age after that career turning century against Kiwis and he did an encore of that in the final ODI in Centurion, but how he fares in the premier ODI tournament would depend on how he plays and in what situation he plays. He has shown right temparament all this while in the latest lease of life for him. Its good that he has his priorities and ambitions set out at right place to play for India inspite of IPL money. Only thing he needs to do is to keep patience and let his bat do the rest. If he is at the crease, the runs shall come automatically. 

MSD is other bat who would be crucial to India's chances. He has not been in best of ODI form off late. He didnt figure in Kiwi series and was off color in SA. But he has been the best finisher for India after Dravid's decline in 2007.

This 4 together would define how far India goes and we expect them not to lose a single game after QF.

India's games are on:

19th Feb at Mirpur vs BD

27th Feb at ...... vs Eng

6th Mar at  Bangalore vs Ireland

9th Mar at Delhi vs Holland

12th Mar at Nagpur vs SA

20th Mar at Chennai vs WI.

Hopefully by the game on 12th India would have already qualified for the Quarter finals.