India World Cup Cricket Team Profile 2011
India are favourites to win the cricket World Cup for a variety of different reasons. They have the biggest support at the World Cup owing to the fact they play all of their games at the biggest stadiums in India, in front of their own crowd.
MS Dhoni is leader of the Indian side and is one of the captains under the most pressure at the World Cup. Cricket in India is like a religion and every time the side does not play as expected, the captain often comes under fire.
Traits of the Indian Team
There are many traits of the Indian team but the best by far is the batting ability that India possess. India are one of the few sides in global cricket that can smash an opposition attack out of the match in no time at all.
Another of the best traits of the Indian team is the variety in the bowling attack of the side. Indian have never been strong in terms of having genuine pace in their team but they have some of the best spin bowlers in the world.
Indian Batsmen
Indian batsmen are among the most aggressive and experienced of any side in the World Cup. The best Indian batsmen by some distance has to be Sachin Tendulkar, arguably the best player to have ever picked up a bat.
Tendulkar has a phenomenal record in One Day International cricket of an average of 45 from 438 innings which includes a staggering 48 centuries and 93 half-centuries. These are statistics that no other player in the world can get close to.
Virender Sehwag is arguably the most aggressive out of all Indian batsmen. Sehwag does not have the best technique of any professional player in the game but he can turn a match in Indiaís favour inside a few overs. Sehwag has an average of 35 and has hit a total of 128 6s in his ODI career.
Best Indian Bowler
There are a few players who could be considered the best Indian bowler in the team but there are few better than off spinner Harbhajan Singh. Singh is one of the only bowlers in the Indian squad to have played over 200 limited overs matches and heís taken 251 wickets at an average of 33.
Control is what makes Singh the best Indian bowler because he has an economy average of 4 runs conceded every over. He's the best Indian bowler because he has all of the classic variations of a spinner including a googly. This is rare for an off spinner.
Strengths of India
There are many strengths of India as a cricket side but the main one has to be passion. Cricket in India means something different to what it means in other countries. The pressure that Indian players are under and what it means to be able to play for India guarantees that the players will give all they have when they're on the field.
One of the biggest strengths of India is the support they have. This support has the ability to inspire the team and intimidate the opposition. India are well supported regardless of where they play around the world.