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The Master, the Commander & Lieutenant !

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The Commander, Dhoni, is tough and relaxed. He is not bothered about big game pressures ! The Master is the Master Blaster, Sachin. He wants to perform well during this WC. The Lieutenant, Sehwag, now controls his batting and wants to bat the entire 50 overs ! It is obvious that the Indian challenge depend on these stalwarts. Can they pull it off ? The Organisers want India to go to the finals. Then only will be Cup be a financial success. Now there are no tickets available ! No tickets for the Sunday match, no tickets for the finals ! The reason - India did not exit early like last time. Nor is she showing a tendency to exit. With India having beaten NZ and AUS in the warm up matches and sinking BD in the opener, the Indian fan is highly bullish. If you look at records, you will have to agree that India is the strongest team on paper ! Can India do it ? When cricket is facing immense competition from other sports like soccer, when the game is dying everywhere ( I dont have time to sp

The Master, the Commander & Lieutenant !

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The Commander, Dhoni, is tough and relaxed. He is not bothered about big game pressures ! The Master is the Master Blaster, Sachin. He wants to perform well during this WC. The Lieutenant, Sehwag, now controls his batting and wants to bat the entire 50 overs ! It is obvious that the Indian challenge depend on these stalwarts. Can they pull it off ? The Organisers want India to go to the finals. Then only will be Cup be a financial success. Now there are no tickets available ! No tickets for the Sunday match, no tickets for the finals ! The reason - India did not exit early like last time. Nor is she showing a tendency to exit. With India having beaten NZ and AUS in the warm up matches and sinking BD in the opener, the Indian fan is highly bullish. If you look at records, you will have to agree that India is the strongest team on paper ! Can India do it ? When cricket is facing immense competition from other sports like soccer, when the game is dying everywhere ( I dont have time to sp