Learn2trade,
Agree about Yousuf Pathan.
Yousuf Pathan : DId show tremendous potential during IPL, was like dynamite and I was extremely excited about him. But, now I believe that against quality bowling, he lacks and very difficult for him to be what he's shown us in IPL. So, if a team lacks genuine quality bowlers, he can be extremely useful but against teams like SA, SL, Aus - YP will struggle
Still not good enough against quality fast bowling. He's been shown several times already. He's been given so many chances.
Suresh Raina : Class and great asset. I'm banking a lot on this guy. He'll turn table around
With the way current young crop is performing, Sachin and Dravid are a must in any team. Most people don't know about this but before failures triggered due to the way Mr. DBV treated Dravid, Dravid's strike rate in ODIs was better than SRT. Don't know how it is now. Hopefully younger crop will learn to face fast bowling from both SRT and RD when they're around.
Dravid : not much hope but yes, he'll be quite solid as always. Though, will not be match winner single handedly in any match
Still not sure about two things - Ability on swinging pitces against genuine fast bowling. 2: Strike rate. Tends to get bogged down. Has a few weaknesses which a team like Aus and SA can exploit.
Gautam : : again, a class player. Don't want him to play as he did in T20 WC this time. He'llhopefully fire and b/w Gautam & Raina - if they alternately fire in every match (with bit of support from other guys), India has got strong chances
Very arrogant. Careless in situations when most needed. So many players in our history have been sacrificed due to lack of opportunity. Has weakness against thoughtful spin bowling or very early on in his innings against fast bowlers too...
Yuvraj : He belongs to my state only but has never appealed me at all because of his (careless & arrogant) attitude. He can never be Mr. Dependable though will as always, single handedly get you 1 or 2 matches won on his own
Tired now, will post my reviews for rest of the team as well.
Guys, please share your reviews as well, will be very interesting[/QUOTE]