I wouldnt be so ****y ajaagarkaraja. Agreed that Sami and Shabbir aren't as good as Akhtar, but Akhtar is a real threat.
A real BIG threat. Chopra, Sehwag and Ganguly are nowhere near batting 'gods'. I can see Akhtar getting Ganguly and troubling him very often.
India's bowling lacks penetration and experience at times, and Ajit Agarkar (no matter how much I enjoy see him playing well and support him) is inconsistent at best. Pathan too is inexperienced but is full of potential. Zaheer hasn't had any warm up games as of yet so he wont set the house on fire unfortunately.
Akhtar destroyed the much vaunted Australian batting lineup in Sharjah and Colombo in 2002, and if he can do that against Australia, he can do it against India as well.
Also you can never ever count Yasir Hameed, Yousuf Youhana, Inzamam Ul Haq, Abdur Razzaq and Shahid Afridi out.
Especially Afridi, he is the sort of player you make fun of, but he comes back and bites you on the backside. He saves his best for India and whether its with bat, ball or in the field, he always puts in some sort of match altering performance.
Saqlain has a fine record against India, and Shabbir and Sami might just put their critics to rest.
But my point is this ajaagarkaraja, never ever underestimate your opponent, always respect them - even if it is Bangladesh or Namibia, because if you don't respect an opponent and underestimate them, your half way there to losing mate.
I doubt Sourav Ganguly and John Wright would be carrying around your mentality. They will back themselves to win no doubt, but they will be also be weary of the opposition.
And that's how it should be.