Indian Began well in the World Cup 2015, still unpredictable

India began its World Cup campaign with couple of impressive back to back victories, first against their arch rivals Pakistan, followed by South Africa, one of the tournament favorites to win the Cup. based on this some in media, social or otherwise, are visualizing Dhoni lifting the World Cup second time in a row, glistening under the lights of MCG. It's still premature and preposterous. Being an ardent Indian fan, I want the Cup back on our soil. But it's way too early to pop up the Champaign, or munch on the Chili Chickens before they are hatched. DILLI DOOR AST, "Delhi is long way off ".As goes the frequent monologue delivered by the lawyers arguing in a court scene in a typical Bollywood movie "YEH POINT NOTE KIYA JAAYE, your honor", these points need to be noted.

 

1. Our champion batsmen Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Shikar Dhawan don't score century in every match. Lack of consistency in batting is not yet a thing of the past, even after couple of 300 plus scores.

 

2. Our bowling attack is at best mediocre, in spite of our recent victories. Consistency or rather lack of it, is still a factor. Not all of our bowling woes have been ironed out.

 

3. Many have written off the English team. Don't forget that, not so long back, in our last couple of encounters they have defeated us. It's not on the English soil, but in the land Down Under. That doesn't mean that they will defeat us again, yet it just takes a few bad overs to get eliminated.

 

4. One sparrow does not make a summer. Peaking too early and mounting expectations are bad for the sporting health of a nation. Jeez, it's those couple of bad overs can always gotcha. Well begun may be half done, but can be fully undone. Ask the teams from West Indies (1983), India & Pakistan(1987), New Zealand (1992), South Africa(1999) and many more.

 

The finals on 29th May is solid 5 weeks away. Many ships would have ventured in and out of the Sydney harbor by that time. Anything can happen between now and then. I am optimistic, but very very cautiously optimistic.