The opening ceremony for the next ICC Cricket World Cup is within two months on 11 March 2007 but millions in India has been waiting for this occassion forever.

The Indians lost the Test and the Series to South Africa. An excellent opportunity to win an Overseas Series was just gifted away.

The main cause of concern was that the Indian batsmen went into a shell and took to a defensive approach, which many felt was a crucial reason to lose the match to South Africa. Probably Team India should have learnt from Smith and Pollock who played an enterprising innings.
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