Four bowlers is some thing the Indian management might be consdering or might do well to consider. Just a couple of days ago, Chappell mentioned that Tendulkar should bowl more. Ganguly, Sehwag and Tendulkar can definitely fill in 10 overs. We didn’t do too badly in World Cup 2003 playing 7 batsmen.

Another aspect is that when we play Powar, he might add some thing to do tail batting but it would be just that and not much more. He is not some one who is that strong with the bat to rely upon that much. His List A batting average is 18 or some thing after 75 plus matches - not that great.

So, playing 5 bowlers with Pathan and Powar filling in the role of the extra batsman is not a very reliable option. I would go in with 4 bowlers myself even if we do not have Sehwag (he shouldn’t be selected just because he can bowl) with Tendulkar and Ganguly filling in the 5th bowler’s role and Yuvraj Singh bowling where necessary.

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