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Make 4 predictions:
-Who will be the man of the series?
-The "best" bowler in the WC (as in the bowler with the highest number of wickets)?
-The "best" batsman in the WC (as in the batsman with the highest number of runs)?
-And of course, who will be the winner of the WC?
If possible, please put a bit of an explaination for each prediction, especially the winner of the WC prediction.
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My predictions are:
-Man of the series: Sachin Tendulkar, because he has done it many times before, not only in normal series, but in World Cups as well. He is the man in form: he will surely strike with form since he was rested for quite a while now. I am looking forward to seeing him play.
-The best bowler: Muttiah Muralitharan, because this will most likely be his last world cup, and he is the man, the best bowler in my eyes. His dazzling spin has always entertained and inspired me, and being an off spinner myself, I think he will claim a load of wickets this WC. I am guessing this will be his "bridge" to the record no one has achieved yet: 800 wickets in ODI matches.
-The best batsman: hard to decide, since there are a lot of good ones, but my top 3 guesses would be: Sangarkkara/Jayawardene, Ponting/Watson, or Tendulkar/Sehwag. I would narrow this down to Tendulkar/Sehwag, because they have the home-ground advantage and they are known to play best in the sub-continent, which has flat tracks and offers spin, which they both can play finely - at least, more finely than Sangarkkara,Ponting,Jayawardane, and Watson. But Sehwag is more of a hitting batsman - he will collect runs and win matches India, but most likely, it will be the legend with the most runs - Sachin Tendulkar. So I go with Tendulkar.
-The winner of the WC: most likely India, Sri Lanka, Australia, or South Africa in my eyes. But I would narrow that down to SL/India due to the massive home ground advantage and flat tracks offering spin, suitable for India/SL but not for Aus/SA (Australia has 1 major spin bowler and so does SA - India and SL have I recall 3 major spin bowlers). But seeing the warm up match against Australia, I will say India. They have some capablity, no doubt. It's hard to decide between India and SL. My guess is we will see a India vs SL final match.
Thanks,
SC!
-Who will be the man of the series?
-The "best" bowler in the WC (as in the bowler with the highest number of wickets)?
-The "best" batsman in the WC (as in the batsman with the highest number of runs)?
-And of course, who will be the winner of the WC?
If possible, please put a bit of an explaination for each prediction, especially the winner of the WC prediction.
-------------------------This question is over unless you want to see my predictions--------------------------------
My predictions are:
-Man of the series: Sachin Tendulkar, because he has done it many times before, not only in normal series, but in World Cups as well. He is the man in form: he will surely strike with form since he was rested for quite a while now. I am looking forward to seeing him play.
-The best bowler: Muttiah Muralitharan, because this will most likely be his last world cup, and he is the man, the best bowler in my eyes. His dazzling spin has always entertained and inspired me, and being an off spinner myself, I think he will claim a load of wickets this WC. I am guessing this will be his "bridge" to the record no one has achieved yet: 800 wickets in ODI matches.
-The best batsman: hard to decide, since there are a lot of good ones, but my top 3 guesses would be: Sangarkkara/Jayawardene, Ponting/Watson, or Tendulkar/Sehwag. I would narrow this down to Tendulkar/Sehwag, because they have the home-ground advantage and they are known to play best in the sub-continent, which has flat tracks and offers spin, which they both can play finely - at least, more finely than Sangarkkara,Ponting,Jayawardane, and Watson. But Sehwag is more of a hitting batsman - he will collect runs and win matches India, but most likely, it will be the legend with the most runs - Sachin Tendulkar. So I go with Tendulkar.
-The winner of the WC: most likely India, Sri Lanka, Australia, or South Africa in my eyes. But I would narrow that down to SL/India due to the massive home ground advantage and flat tracks offering spin, suitable for India/SL but not for Aus/SA (Australia has 1 major spin bowler and so does SA - India and SL have I recall 3 major spin bowlers). But seeing the warm up match against Australia, I will say India. They have some capablity, no doubt. It's hard to decide between India and SL. My guess is we will see a India vs SL final match.
Thanks,
SC!