Indian team for ICC Cricket World cup 2011 with their profile and previous world cup performance
Read this article to know the Indian squad for ICC Cricket World cup 2011, fast bowlers of Indian team in ICC cricket world cup 2011, batsman of ICC cricket world cup 2011, spinners and all rounders of ICC cricket world cup 2011 along with their carrier statistics in previous world cup, calendar year 2010 and last five matches and analysis of their performance.
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Dhoni and his team is ready to fight in ICC cricket world cup 2011. The first battle is on February 19, 2011. Lets hope that India win and takes cricket world cup back to India after twenty seven years. It was in 1983, when Kapil Dev lifts the first world cup for India. Dhoni has bring the twenty- twenty world cup in 2007. Lets see if he can bring the one day international world cup.
The Indian team for wold cup 2011 contains seven specialist batsman, four fast bowlers, three specialist spinners and an all-rounder. Injury is the main problem of India. Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Praveen Kumar and Ashish Nehra are not fit due to injury.Batsman in Indian team for World cup 2011
Indian team contain seven specialist batsman including the captain Mahendrasingh Dhoni. Indian batting is very strong which extends from legend Sachin Tendulkar to all-rounder Yusuf Pathan. Indian batting is very deep and it is very difficult for opposition to control Indian batting. Even Harbhajan who is coming as eighth batsman can also play some big shots.
The seven specialist batsman for Indian team for world cup 2011 are Mahendrasingh Dhoni, Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh and Suresh Raina.Mahendrasingh Dhoni (Captain, Wicketkeeper)
Indian captain Mahendrasingh Dhoni is a good wicketkeeper batsman for India. Dhoni is Right-hand batsman. Dhoni is one of the middle order batsman of India who will add special strength to batting. World cup 2011 is its second world cup. He does not do much with his bat in first world cup which was in 2007. India has a disappointing performance in 2007 world cup and the team eliminated in the qualifying round itself. He gets out for duck in two matches out of the three matches he played in 2007 world cup.
In the calendar year 2010 Dhoni scored 600 runs in 18 matches with a batting average of 46.15. It includes one century and three half century. Dhoni scored 5, 2, 5, 38 and 25 in last five innings.
2007 world cup statistics.
Matches : 3
Runs : 29
Batting average : 9.66
Strike rate : 100.00
Calendar year 2010 statistics.
Matches : 18
Runs : 600
Batting average : 46.15
Strike rate : 78.94
Hundreds : 1
Runs scored in last five matches : 5, 2, 5, 38 and 25.Sachin Tendulkar.
The legend Sachin Tendulkar is the most experienced batsman of Indian team in world cup 2011. Sachin is a right hand batsman and Right-arm offbreak bowler. The wold cup 2011 is Sachin's sixth world cup and will be his last world cup. Sachin's first world cup was on 1993. In 2011 world cup we expect to bat as an opener but sometimes he may bat in middle order. Position of batting is not so important because Sachin can score runs in any position. Most of the cricket world records is with him including most runs in test cricket and one day international.
The most runs scored by a person in wold cup record is in the name of Sachin. Sachin has scored 1796 Runs in 36 matches with an average of 57.93. The last world cup was disappointing for him where he scores only 64 runs with a batting average of 32.
1992 World cup statistics.
Matches : 8
Runs : 283
Batting average : 47.16
Strike rate : 84.73
Hundreds : 0
1996 World cup statistics.
Matches : 7
Runs : 253
Batting average : 42.16
Strike rate : 90.03
Hundreds : 1
1999 World cup statistics.
Matches : 7
Runs : 523
Batting average : 85.87
Strike rate : 87.16
Hundreds : 2
2003 World cup statistics.
Matches : 11
Runs : 673
Batting average : 61.18
Strike rate : 89.25
Hundreds : 1
2007 World cup statistics.
Matches : 3
Runs : 64
Batting average : 32.00
Strike rate : 110.34
Hundreds : 0
Runs scored in last five innings : 24 ,7, 200, 4, 8.Virender Sehwag
One of the dangerous player of Indian team. Most successful opening batsman. Sehwag is superb in all sense. Sehwag is right handed batsman and right-arm offbreak bowler. He can take any ball into the gallery if he is in form. Sehwag is the only Indian player who got 300 in test cricket. But unfortunately he is injured. Lets hope his injury does not cause any disturbance to him in ICC cricket world cup 2011. This is his third world cup. Sehwag is the only batsman who shows some sort of form in last world cup.
2003 World cup statistics.
Matches : 11
Runs : 299
Batting average : 27.18
Strike rate : 86.66
Hundreds : 0
2007 World cup statistics.
Matches : 3
Runs : 164
Batting average : 54.66
Strike rate : 117.98
Hundreds : 1
Calendar year 2010 statistics.
Matches : 7
Runs : 289
Batting average : 48.16
Strike rate : 97.63
Hundreds : 1
Runs scored in last five innings : 28, 110, 12, 99, 19.Gautam Gambhir
Left handed opening batsman. Gautam Gambhir is a player who has shown lot of talents in world cricket. With his classic shots along with aggressiveness Gambhir has become essential part of Indian cricket team. He does not get opportunity to play in ICC world cup 2007. Gambhir was extremely disappointed at this time, but he came back and shows that he deserves to play in Indian team. So ICC cricket world cup 2011 will be a tournament for Gambhir to show all his talent.
Calendar year 2010 statistics.
Matches : 4
Runs : 203
Batting average : 50.75
Strike rate : 82.85
Hundreds : 0
Runs scored in last five innings : 0, 27, 126, 138, 38. Virat Kohli
Shows his talent in very young age. Kohli was captain of the Indian team in under-19 squad for the 2008 World Cup. Kohli's becomes the favourite of selectors mainly by his excellent performance in IPL for Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Calendar year 2010 statistics.
Matches : 11
Runs : 280
Batting average : 25.45
Strike rate : 71.97
Hundreds : 0
Runs scored in last five innings : 2, 87, 28, 22, 54.Yuvraj Singh
A middle order left handed batsman of India. An experienced player. But Yuvraj lost his place in the team many times due to its bad form. Yuvraj is an aggressive player. Yuvraj aggressiveness becomes more famous when he hit six sixes in an over in first T20 world cup. ICC cricket world cup 2011 is Yuvraj's third world cup.
2003 World cup statistics.
Matches : 11
Runs : 240
Batting average : 34.28
Strike rate : 85.40
Hundreds : 0
2007 World cup statistics.
Matches : 3
Runs : 136
Batting average : 45.33
Strike rate : 117.24
Hundreds : 0
Calendar year 2010 statistics.
Matches : 11
Runs : 280
Batting average : 25.45
Strike rate : 71.97
Hundreds : 0
Runs scored in last five innings : 8, 12, 16, 53, 2.Suresh Raina
Raina is another young player who can do anything with his bat in Indian team. Striking the ball through gaps and hitting clear sixes are some of its batting specialty. Raina is like lightning in fielding. Raina is an aggressive Left handed batsman. Raina also became the 12th Indian player to make a Test century on debut. Raina was also superb in IPL. ICC cricket world cup 2011 is Raina's first world cup.
Calendar year 2010 statistics.
Matches : 13
Runs : 230
Batting average : 20.90
Strike rate : 85.50
Hundreds : 0
Runs scored in last five innings : 11, 20, 37, 11, 32.Fast bowlers in Indian team for ICC cricket world cup 2011.
India have an average fast bowling attack compared to other teams. But the fast bowling attack under the leadership of Zaheer Khan is still strong. The fast bowlers in Indian attack for ICC cricket world cup 2011 are Zaheer Khan, Munaf Patel, Ashish Nehra, Praveen Kumar. The absence of young bowler Sreeshanth will cause some gaps in Indian pace attack. Sreeshanth was not selected due to some unknown reasons.Zaheer Khan
The experienced bowler in Indian attack. Injuries was only the enemy for this bowler. Zaheer's majority of good seasons was eaaten away by injury. If there were no injury Zaheer may become a one of the most successful player of international cricket. Anyway Zaheer will lead the Indian pace attack in ICC cricket world cup 2011.
2003 World cup statistics.
Matches : 11
Wickets taken : 18
Bowling average : 20.77
Economy : 4.23
2007 World cup statistics.
Matches : 3
Wickets taken : 5
Bowling average : 24.40
Economy : 4.23
Calendar year 2010 statistics.
Matches : 4
Wickets taken : 6
Bowling average : 24.66
Economy : 5.01Munaf Patel
Munaf Patel is a right-arm medium-fast bowler who impress Sachin Tendulkar with his performance. ICC cricket world cup 2011 is Patel's second world cup. Munaf patel has got four wickets in last world cup.
2007 World cup statistics.
Matches : 3
Wickets taken : 4
Bowling average : 26.25
Economy : 3.96
Calendar year 2010 statistics.
Matches : 2
Wickets taken : 5
Bowling average : 12.80
Economy : 4.00Ashish Nehra
A classic Left-arm medium-fast bowler of India. Ashish Nehra was also impressive in IPL. ICC cricket world cup 2011 is Nehra's second world cup. Injury created many problems for this player. Nehra lost world cup 2007 due to surgery on its ankle.
2003 World cup statistics.
Matches : 9
Wickets taken : 15
Bowling average : 19.26
Economy : 4.17
Calendar year 2010 statistics.
Matches : 8
Wickets taken : 14
Bowling average : 22.92
Economy : 5.17Praveen Kumar
Praveen Kumar is a right arm medium bowler of India. Praveen Kumar is a good wicket taking bowler. He was impressive in CB series against Australia. ICC cricket world cup 2011 is Praveen's second world cup.
Calendar year 2010 statistics.
Matches : 9
Wickets taken : 15
Bowling average : 24.20
Economy : 4.77Spinners in Indian team for ICC cricket wold cup 2011.
The three spinners in Indian bowling attack for ICC cricket world cup 2011 are Harbhajan Singh, Piyush Chawla and Ravichandran Ashwin. Two of them are offbreak bowlers and other is legbreak bowler. The spin attack is safe with experienced Indian bowler Harbhajan Singh.Harbhajan Singh
Harbhajan Singh is one of the most successful Indian bowler after Anil Kumble. He is an aggressive player who creates problems in field. He took first test hat trick for Indian team against Australia. He keeps his place in Indian team as a spinner in all three formats of the game. Harbhajan Singh can be considered as all-rounder too, because he have done some impressive performance with his bat in recent years. ICC cricket world cup 2011 is Harbhajan's third wold cup.
2003 World cup statistics.
Matches : 10
Wickets taken : 11
Bowling average : 30.45
Economy : 3.92
2007 World cup statistics.
Matches : 2
Wickets taken : 0Piyush Chawla
Piyush Chawla is a leg spinner bowler of India. He does not get much chance to play in Indian team due to bad form. Somehow he manages to become the member of Indian team for ICC cricket world cup 2011. Piyush Chawla shows his talent in early years itself and he become the under 19 Indian team member at an age of 15 itself.Ravichandran Ashwin
Ashwin is a right-arm offbreak bowler who does not have much international experience, but he is the favorite of Dhoni. He played only seven one day international matches. Ashwin become famous through IPL where he ball superb for Chennai Super Kings. Dhoni effectively used Ashwin in first overs of IPL. But lets see what he can do in ICC cricket world cup for India.Yusuf Pathan- All rounder of Indian team for Icc cricket world cup 2011
A deadly batsman of all sense. When Yusuf occupies the crease he can take any best bowl bowled by any best bowler into galleries. Yusuf will be ver useful in end overs where he plays. He can also be promoted to top position when runs are needed in less balls where he specializes. He can take any game back to India even if the game is in the edge of losing. Yusuf is a right-arm offbreak bowler who can take some important breakthroughs.
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