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Cricket World Cup final

India's opening partnership is the most intimidating in world cricket. Virender Sehwag can tear any attack apart. He is audacious, takes risks and has fantastic hand/eye co-ordination. Then, at the other end is Sachin Tendulkar, who is quite simply the best batsman in the world. He just gets on and plays, and sets out to bat through the innings and score a hundred. I think Sehwag and Tendulkar will outgun the Sri Lankan opening pair, who are of course not bad players themselves! Tillakaratne Dilshan is innovative and scores quickly, while Upul Tharanga is neat and well organised - and left handed. It is always useful to have a left/right hand combination. My concern for Dilshan and Tharanga is that they have played almost entirely on Sri Lankan pitches in the tournament and will not be so used to the subtle differences in the wicket, the ball coming on to the bat a bit more.

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