The intention is to allow the players to regroup themselves and make an effort to put the bad show behind and rise as one to defend the title.
When India won the last time around in 2011, the venue was India – this time it is in Australia. They have been in Australia for quite some time and should have got acclimatized by now, hopefully.
Moreover, in 2011, India had stalwarts like Sachin Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Virendra Shewag – but, alas, this time, those names are absent and India would have to rely on a whole bunch of newbies. Newbies in the context of the World Cup even though most of them are exciting players. The worry is their performances have lacked consistency. They have been flashes in the pan and, at the world cup level, what is necessary is determination and consistency.
Captain M S Dhoni has an unenviable task ahead of him – he has to extract the best from his players and, the whole country would wait with bated breath to see how best he can make use of the resources at his disposal.
As per information – the team has been booked into a resort near Adelaide where they would have the option to switch off their mobile phones and relax and recover comfortably. It seems Sourav Ganguli had suggested that the players need to send some time with their families. Accordingly, permission was granted to a few players who wanted to go to Melbourne or Sydney to meet their relatives.
India is in Group B with Pakistan, South Africa, West Indies, Zimbabwe, Ireland and the UAE.
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