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One down ....three to go

So the first prediction came through (heart and head) rather more easily than I thought! The Windies were downright pathetic but I guess that shouldn't really have been a surprise. Without Dwayne Bravo and Fidel Edwards they always seem to lack a strong spirit and its a pity those two guys succumbed to injuries. Still with young kids like Barath, Bravo jr, Roach, and Russell maybe all is not lost for them.

Tomorrow's game will hopefully be a cracker and if India can sneak it, I will be overjoyed, not least because the opponents wear the baggy green :-) It will be very tough though primarily because more than half the team doesn't look in top gear. The two players India will/are missing the most are Praveen Kumar and (ironically) Dhoni himself. The latter's batting ability seems to have gone completely awol and without him the lower middle order collapses badly. And while Munaf is a steady honest trier, he doesn't have the knack of picking up wickets like Praveen and he's much worse in the field. Hopefully neither of these will prove too costly and the team can come through for a much awaited semi-final.

And finally, my fantasy team has made a decent start to the knockout stage. Not in overall terms, but at this stage am ahead of all the experts :-) Long may that last!

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