It is too early to examine the performance of the team but Indian bowlers are totally unimpressive in previous games.India conceded 287 runs to Bangladesh and shared points against England after posting a huge total of 338.If the game against Bangladesh had showed some of the holes of Indian bowling,the match with England has exposed its weaknesses completely. Indian batting line -up is solid and they are performing excellently.Sachin and Sehwag are at their prime form.Kohli and Gambhir are supporting them very well too.Yuvi has regained his form.But the bowlers are totally off coloured.Zaheer is the only bright spot in Indian bowling so far.His tripple blow to England at the crucial stage brought back India in that game.Zaheer has got figures of 2-40 and 3-63 so far,but other bowlers have failed completely.Munaf has been consistent without inspiring,Bhajji has yet to strike.Sreesanth and Chawla gave away too many runs.The fifth bowlers Yusuf and Yuvraj has gone for 67 runs in 10 overs at last game.With Nehra and Aswin sitting on the bench India have to rethink its bowling strategy.Nehera is recovering from an injury.He is a wicket taking bowler and he should be their in the playing XI.On the other hand Aswin has to fight with Chawla for the second spinner spot.Chawla has gone for 72 runs last match.If India has to win the world cup they have bowl excellently and have to take wickets at the dead flat pitches. There has been suggestions coming from former players to play 5 specialist bowlers in final XI.Many teams are playing in this world cup with five pure bowlers.Even South Africa has played with 3 spinners and 2 seamers in their final XI.Pakistan and Srilanka are playing with 5 bowlers every game.Australia has a good combination too.It is now a million dollar question that whether India will play with 5 specialist bowlers or remain with its 7 batsmans theory.With top order striking consistantly Dhoni could take the risk of playing another bowler by droping a batsman.But that will add additional pressure to the top order. it is unlikely that Dhoni will change his configuration. India will face the highly motivated Irish side on next sunday that thrashed the English side with a record breaking chase .India should play another paceman by droping Chawla in this match.
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