| A thrilling win in the final that too against arch rival | | | | then 6 runs per over in every third match then |
| Pakistan and a champion performance in whole | | | | where is the time to go slow and wait for right ball |
| tournament are the things which India was missing | | | | to hit. ODI's have become more or less bigger |
| after 1983 world cup and 1985 Benson and Hedges | | | | version of twenty20 these days. |
| series when Indian team did the same. | | | | 5. The biggest problem with these seniors is their |
| After 24 years Indian team is Champion again that | | | | fielding. We all have seen that a good fielding can |
| too in the latest version of cricket. A young team led | | | | change the whole tempo of the game and this was |
| by a young leader displayed every aspect which are | | | | the biggest factor for Indian teams success in |
| must for a champion team. Was it batting, bowling, | | | | twenty20. |
| fielding or keeping cool, all was there in Indian team. | | | | 6. We have now a young captain M S Dhoni for ODI. |
| These are some of the cricketing aspects which | | | | Dhoni led the young team remarkably in T20 but |
| mostly associated with Australian team. | | | | when these seniors will be around he will not feel as |
| When tournament started nobody was expecting | | | | comfortable as he feels about younger lot. |
| that Indian team will be the winner because this team | | | | 7. One of the major factors of Ganguly's success |
| was full of youngsters, a new captain and the pillar of | | | | was that he built his team. He roped in young players |
| Indian cricket Sachin Tendulkar, Saurabh Ganguly, | | | | and polished them and we reached the finals of 2003 |
| Rahul Dravid and Zaheer Khan were missing. But the | | | | world cup. Let the same thing happen with Dhoni, let |
| end result has shown that if you give confidence to | | | | him make his team. We might loose series against |
| young guns then they are the world's most lethal | | | | Australia, Pakistan but slowly for the 2011 world cup |
| weapons. | | | | a strong team will be there. |
| Now after this victory questions are raised by the | | | | 8. Pick these young players when they are in good |
| public that should the senior trio of Tendulakr, Dravid | | | | form like Rohit Sharma, Joginder Sharma, Yusuf |
| and Ganguly hand over their ODI legacy to these | | | | Pathan, Manoj Tiwari, S. badrinath and many more in |
| young Turks. | | | | waiting. Throw them against good teams like |
| Opinions on this issue are quite visa versa. Some | | | | Australia and Pakistan and let them know what the |
| former cricketers feels that twenty20 and ODI are all | | | | pressure of big matches is and let them learn to |
| together different ball game and for ODI you need | | | | overcome from it. |
| experience. Some feels that its right time to give | | | | 9. Last but not the least, Tendulakar himself has said |
| responsibly to youngsters. | | | | that Indian cricket is now on in safe hands. |
| We also feel that it's high time for hand over | | | | So we all know that selectors will be forced to |
| because | | | | choose these legends for every match and |
| 1. Tendulkar has already shown his intension of | | | | youngsters will be told to wait, for how long God |
| retirement from ODI. | | | | knows. |
| 2. Dravid too is not keen to continue in 50-50 games. | | | | We also know that in test cricket nobody can |
| 3. Ganguly still wants to play but his recent | | | | replace these legends at present and we need them |
| performances were not suited for the present style | | | | there but for other form of cricket these legends |
| of One Day matches where most of the matches | | | | should come forward and say that let the future of |
| are high scoring match which means batsman has too | | | | modern cricket be handed over to young players and |
| consume less balls for more runs. | | | | we will continue to serve in the test form. So that |
| 4. Experts says that in 50-50 over match player has | | | | people will remember not only their contribution to |
| to play according to the ball but we want to ask | | | | Indian cricket but their gentle gesture also. |
| them when teams are scoring on average of more | | | | |