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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Mark Ramprakash

India hold all the power in cricket and I wonder if some people cannot accept that

Virat Kohli hails the India fans after his century against South Africa in the World Cup semi-final
‘Virat Kohli has been incredible: to score 711 runs, and pass 50 in eight out of 10 innings, is astonishing consistency’. Photograph: Alex Davidson/ICC/Getty Images

With 47 games played and one to go it is already clear that, whatever happens in Ahmedabad on Sunday, the Cricket World Cup has been a huge success. Of course there has been wonderful cricket, but you also have to admire the logistical operation that has brought it all together almost flawlessly across a huge nation.

Despite that I have got the impression that some members of the public, and certainly some sections of the media, have been looking for cock-up, corruption or conspiracy at every turn: stories about the bad outfield at Dharamsala, about air pollution in Delhi, which wicket is being used at the Wankhede.

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