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India's bowling is not consistent: Richards

| | Mar 06, 2015, at 03:49 am
Perth, Mar 5 (IBNS): West Indies batting legend Viv Richards on Thursday said India's bowling is not 'consistent' and it will soon be exploited by the opposition batsmen.

In his column posted on the International Cricket Council website, he said: "India is a powerful force at this point in time with three wins out of three matches. Its batting is always its strong point and it is looking good. It bowling is looking good too, as good as anything we have seen so far from them on this long tour. But even then, it is not consistent enough and sooner or later, that factor will come to play. That is an open chance for any opposition team to pounce on."

He said he thinks that the match between the current defending champions and the former will be a 'good' one.

"When the West Indies and India take on each other in Pool B of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 on Friday, I think it will be a good match. On a bouncy Perth wicket, West Indies will favour their chances against the defending champion," Richards said.

Speaking on the match, he said:"I think the West Indies’ batting order is talented enough to take a chance against such a traditionally inconsistent India bowling attack. "

"While India is comfortably placed in Pool B, West Indies has to make up points for qualification to the next round. However, this is not a must-win game for it by any means. In fact, I don’t want it to think like that, because it will only put undue pressure on it," he said.

India and West Indies will face in a group stage match of the World Cup on Friday.
 

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