India Can Win The World Cup

That's what Vic Marks says. To be honest, when we read the column headline "India can rise above the rest", we were very excited and quickly read the column leaving other fascinating columns titled "Charles voices distaste for McDonald's food" and "How to have your meat with your veg" behind.

Much to our dismay, the only thing about India we found in the column is this:

"India are currently a creaking, inconsistent, gifted side, sometimes sloppy in the field, yet vastly experienced. Meanwhile, if West Indies reach the final, there will be some party going on throughout the Caribbean, so it won't matter too much if there are not enough hotel beds in Barbados at the end of April. I would back India."

That's it? What are your reasons for backing India again? Whatever happened to old fashioned journalistic analysis. Maybe we are old fashioned for expecting analysis. The latest fad seems to be all about making sweeping statements without any justification. To be fair to Vic Marks, maybe he ran out of time to elucidate his reasons. We won't hold our breath for his analysis.

Next time Vic Marks has a column out titled "Stadium venues will be ready for the World Cup" we will know the reasons why he thinks India will win the World Cup.