Malaysia Sun
Indian cricket squad had a photo session with the media in Mumbai today before departing for West Indies to play the World Cup scheduled to begin from March 14.
All team members, including Coach Greg Chappell looked confident during the photo-off function held on the lawns of the Hotel Taj Mahal in the city.
The country has expectations from the team having many experienced players like Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar and Saurav Ganguly, for whom this may be the last World Cup in the their cricket carrier.
Indian team has been placed in Group B with Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Bermuda. It will play its first match against Bangladesh at Port-of-Spain on March 17 after playing warm-up games against The Netherlands on March 6 and West Indies on March 9.
"We're all looking forward to the World Cup. It's the showpiece tournament in one-day cricket and we are in as good a position as we could have been. The pieces of the jigsaw puzzle have fallen into place in the last few weeks. There is a good balance, good experience and youth in the squad, and a good variety in bowling and batting. That will give us a wide range of options no matter what the condition and no matter what the opposition," Chappell said.
"The fielding in the last few games has been good. We have worked hard on it and will continue to so in the World Cup. The positive side is that we have got some 1900 ODIs between the group and that hopefully will offset any deficiencies anywhere. We have cover for pretty much all the key players and key positions. We have got flexibility in bowling and batting. We have got a squad that we can expect to do well with," he said.
"Obviously now it is down to execution. We can do all the preparation that we have done and continue to do in the Word Cup, but now it is up to the performance on the day and each game and that's where the pressure is going to be," he added.
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