I want Indian team to win the world cup. Since I started following Tendulkar, I have seen some very fatal strategic mistakes Indian cricket has made. They shouldnt make those mistakes again. The most irrevocable mistake they did was axing of Sehwag, Harbhajan, Kaif along with Gangully. Its the biggest blow Indian cricket has received in past 5 years. Sehwag and Harbhajan survived, Kaif didnt. Another is when they decided not to open with Tendulkar in world cup 2007. Thats just atrocious. And then later, tehy decided to open with Dravid in tests in Australia in 2008-09 tour. Thats just ridiculous. On all the above occasions, the single most important performer in the side was left to rot in the hell. And these are just a few. The list is endless.
I dont want anything such this time round. Here is the team that I want.
1. Sehwag: It has become a tradition in India that among the two openers, the junior faces the first ball.
2. Tendulkar: By default. The two times he played world cup as an opener, he ended up as highest scorer in the tournament. And those are the occasions when India was closest to actually winning the tournament.
3. Gambhir: Has replaced Gangully the batsman. Very valuable addition to the side.
4. Y. Singh: Contender for man of the series, irrespective of what his waistline maybe. Yuvraj, even at his 70% best, is better than most.
5: Dhoni: Weakest link in Indian side. He’s behaving like a greedy boss, who keeps the job with highest rewards for himself even though he knows he is better of doing something else. Things go terrible when he pretends to be a finisher. He is not, he’s slogger. Every single time he’s pretended to be a finisher, he’s left to much to do at the end. Then either someone else (Y. Singh, Raina or Pathan) rescues India heroically or India looses.
Worst example came during t20 world cup 2009, against England. India needed 9 to win or 8 to tie of 2 balls with Pathan on strike and Dhoni as a non-striker. India needed to win the match to stay in the competition. Pathan mistimed his heave and ball went to long on. What happens next? Any sane person would imagine Dhoni ran like hare and completed the double and gave a chance to Pathan to hit a six. NO. Dhoni walked a single. As simple as that, India were out of the tournament without giving their best player a chance to hit a six. He resigned before loosing.
6: Raina: The best player to have come out in the post-Kaif era. Is getting over his well-known weakness for short balls.
7. Pathan: Indian team badly needs him as a cover up for Dhoni. Another contender to win man-of-the series.
8. H. Singh: Best spinner in India, in a batting form of his life. A lot depends on his success.
9. Khan: Spearhead of the bowling attack. Arguably the best medium pacer in the world. He thrives on indian pitches and is far improved bowler than what the world saw in 2003 final. He must be desperate to erase those memories.
10. Kumar: India’s one-day specialist opening bowler. His job is to bowl a spell of 5 overs at the start and move the ball around. Thats all. But his 5 overs are much more worth than any other bowler full quota of 10. Kumar having to bowl more than 7 overs in an innings is a definite sign that things havent gone to the plan.
11. Nehra: India’s go to bowler in crisis situations. Has cool head over his shoulders and has pulled off some stunning performances under pressure in the past.
Extras:
12. Ashwin
13. R. Sharma
14. S. Tiwary
15. Sreesanth
Sakhya-Hari 
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