Friday cover: India firing on all cylinders at Cricket World Cup


Kumar Shyam
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The National's Sport cover for the Friday, March 20 issue, featuring India as they breezed by Bangladesh into the 2015 Cricket World Cup semi-finals.

India have won all seven of their matches at the World Cup and they have bowled out opponents in each win.

Writes Dileep Premachandran:

“What will worry India’s future opponents is that they have won games so comfortably even when their batsmen haven’t clicked as a unit. Rohit Sharma and Suresh Raina aside, the highest score in the quarter-final was Shikhar Dhawan’s 30. Virat Kohli, who had made three hundreds in six previous matches against Bangladesh, made just three.”

“He’s a player who saves his best for the big games,” said MS Dhoni.

“India’s semi-final opponents should be wary,” concludes Dileep.

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