ICC World Cup: Better to be underdogs!!

The expectations are set in accordance to your seeding in the tournament...an underdog or dark horse status helps!! it helps the team stay focussed on the job at hand, get the basics right and not create harakiri. Our Indian cricket team will be able to relate to it better than others...after all, they won the Prudential cup when they were rank outsiders and no one including the team itself gave it a chance. The current team billed as the favourites, may have qualified for the knock out, but have exposed their brittle bowling attack and sloppy fielding in all their matches. 
Please note that we have had a last ball tie with England, lost to South Africa , allowed B'desh to score more than 250, and had hiccups chasing N'lands. The bowling always looks up to Zaheer for initial breakthrough and Bhajji to strike in the middle order...the rest are just going through their motions!! Winning a world cup does not mean that you score approx 300 in each game...it needs a allround effort in bowling and fielding too!! batting power play gives one the opportunity to find the gaps or go over the top...not blast 4's and 6's. The passion may be there bu the roles and responsibilities of individuals and the team seems to be vaguely defined..sometimes a standard approach may be better than a unconventional one!!