Chak De India! ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 Fans hoping India, Australia or South Africa most likely Champions

Are India Favourites?

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Billions of Indians around the world have only one dream right now. India must bring home the Cricket World Cup 2011 Trophy! Dhoni & Co. must be crowned the Champions! So will this happen? Well, for the last two years India has been playing some of the best Cricket ever and they are the current No. 1 Test playing nation as well. Yes the Australians are the No. 1 ODI side but India is quickly closing in on them. So if they continue this current form they are sure to be the champions in the World Cup Tournament that started on the 19th of February 2011. And the opening match was also won by hosts India when they beat co-host Bangladesh. Sri Lanka, co-host as well, is also a strong contender for the cup. Do you think Team India will win?

Aussies and Proteas are also Champion Nations

Well, the current Aussie Team may not be the old 'Never say Die' Team but they still have some fighters who is still being led by the Cricket Legend Ricky Ponting. Ricky who is the next best after Sachin Tendulkar when it comes to stats seems the best person to win the cup for Australia. South Africa, as always, the nemesis for both Australia and India is also a top contender for the Trophy.

Pakistan and England

However, there are still some who favour Pakistan and England. While Pakistan is the Dark Horse who can surprise anyone at any time, England are close behind with the Ashes and Twenty2o Trophies in their pockets. So fans all over the world are watching the matches hoping for their favourite team to win the World Cup.

Indian Cricket Team Players- Click them for Cricinfo Stats

MS Dhoni (c/wk)
Virender Sehwag (vc)

Ashish Nehra
Munaf Patel
Yusuf Pathan
Suresh Raina
Sreesanth
Sachin Tendulkar
Yuvraj Singh
Ravichandran Ashwin
Piyush Chawla
Gautam Gambhir
Harbhajan Singh
Zaheer Khan
Virat Kohli

So All the Best India- Chak De India!!!

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Areas for improvement Indian Embassy Dublin Ireland

The buzz is increasing among Indians on how rude the Embassy Staff are towards applicants. Refer 'Complaint against Indian Embassy, Dublin' published in www.gopetition.com by www.marunadanmalayalee.com .Now, there are a few people who have not been treated in this rude manner. But most are victims. It is for this majority that a petition is being filed to the Ministers hoping for a miracle. Of course there are those who say that 'there is no use because afterall this is a complaint against Indian Government Officials being made to the INDIAN Government'. But that is only a statement and remains to be seen if there will be a solution or not.

Anyway, here are few areas where I think Indian Government should intervene and 'HELP' the Indian Citizens. Readers can add more areas whereby Indian Embassy Dublin, Ireland can improve:

1. People travel for hours in order to reach the embassy, so please ask the staff to pick up the calls so doubts can cleared over the phone.
2. Staff may be busy which is why they dont pick up calls, which is fine, so then hear the messages recorded in Voicemail and call back later.
3. Or atleast SMS asking to call at a free time.
4. Please reply to messages sent to the Indian Embassy website.
5. Train staff on how to use Email so service delays can be avoided.

INDIANS AND FOREIGNERS
Here are 2 links where Indians and foreigners have explained the bad treatment of the Indian Embassy staff in Dublin, Ireland. There are also good experiences which proves that there is some kind of hope in expecting an improvement in the Embassy:

1. http://www.indiansinireland.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=29050&f=2 (http://www.indiansinireland.com/)
2. http://www.askaboutmoney.com/showthread.php?t=118379 (http://www.askaboutmoney.com/)

Indian Embassy Dublin Address Embassy of India, Dublin INDIAN EMBASSY ADDRESS

ADDRESS OF EMBASSY OF INDIA IRELAND

Address:

6 Leeson Park,
Dublin 6

Fax: 00-353-1-4978074
Telephone: 01-4970843, 4966792


Chancery Opening Hours

0900-1730 hrs (APPOINTMENT ONLY)


Consular Wing Address:

Ground Floor, 6,Leeson Park,Dublin 6

Fax: 00-353-1-4966770


OPENING HOURS:

Receipt of Applications (Visas, Passports, attestation Documents):

Mon to Fri / 0930 hrs - 1200 hrs

Delivery of Passports/Documents:

Mon to Fri / 1600 hrs - 1700 hrs

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