India Need Bowling Heroes to Retain World Cup: Harbhajan Singh
Harbhajan Singh wants India to field four specialist bowlers and an all-rounder. The India veteran backs the Indian spinning trio to succeed in the World Cup.
India's batting line-up led by Virat Kohli can chase any total on a given day but bowlers need to "stand up and be counted" in order to retain the cricket World Cup, feels ace spinner Harbhajan Singh.
"India possess a fabulous batting line-up with Virat Kohli, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Rohit Sharma and Ajinkya Rahane forming the core but we would need the likes of Umesh Yadav,Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mohammed Shami to perform like Zaheer Khan, in order to retain the World Cup," Harbhajan, a key member of the victorious 2011 World Cup squad, told PTI in an exclusive interview. (MS Dhoni, Ishant Sharma go for Trekking, Fishing at an Adventure Park)
Harbhajan then did an elaborate analysis on what can be expected of Indian bowlers at the World Cup. (Excited About Indo-Pak World Cup Match Commentary: Amitabh Bachchan)
"I think we would be playing with four specialist bowlers and may be an all-rounder (Stuart Binny). With the field restrictions and two new balls, I believe we need at least three bowlers to perform on any given day out of four," stated Harbhajan, who has the experience of playing three World Cup including two finals. (World Cup: Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh Omission a Blunder, Says Abdul Qadir)
"It's always not possible for all four to perform on a given day but at the most, we must have three of the four specialist bowlers performing in every match. At the most, we can have one bowler on a given day who might not click but you can't afford to have two bowlers leaking runs from both side. Then it can create pressure on other bowlers also," he further explained.