India has many greats: Sir Garry Sobers
	Mumbai:Cricketing legend Sir Garfield Sobers said on Wednesday that India had a host of match winners in the side that was travelling to the World Cup in the West Indies. In an exclusive interview to NDTV in Mumbai, Sir Garry said players like Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, Virender Sehwag, Harbhajan Singh and Anil Kumble were all capable of steering India to success in the World Cup. "It could be any of these players because they are great players and they have all done well in the past," he said. Sobers said wickets in the West Indies will assist the Indian team. "In Barbados and West Indies the kind of wickets - they are going to assist the bowlers. It will suit the Indian team and it will certainly suit the Sri Lankans with their spinner (Muttiah Muralitharan)," he said. Referring to the Twenty-20 match played at the Kensington Oval that was re-opened on Saturday, he said, "When I saw the match at Barbados, spinners got a little bit of turn." He added that India was a side to reckon with. "I have over the years played against India and have always respected Indian cricket. They are a side to reckon with in the Caribbean." The former West Indies skipper said India's strength was its batting and that it has good spinners and swing bowlers. He, however, had a word of caution with regard to the Indian fielding. "Indian fielding is not bat, but in the last series against the West Indies, they dropped catches and that is important in one-day cricket. Catches win matches and bowlers cannot do their job if the fielders don't do theirs." Backing the Windies Sobers said the West Indies had a great chance of pulling of a third World Cup title win this time. Stating that he was not being partisan in his support, he said the hosts were not a strong team three years ago but "have turned a leaf over now". He added that not much should be read into the recent defeats suffered by the Australians, as they "will be a different team once the players who were missing are back in their side." He said Australia had an uncanny knack of finding the right players. "They are a great country at rebuilding themselves." "Pakistan is another team to reckon with," he added. "They have some of the greatest players in the world but they don't seem to mesh. So is South Africa and England. If South Africa get in, you have to look at Jacques Kallis, and if England get in, then you have to look at Andrew Flintoff." True all-rounders no more Sir Garry, who is arguably the best all-rounder ever, said the term was now loosely used. "One thing that puzzles me is that even a wicketkeeper is also called an all-rounder. You have good all-rounders like Kallis and Flintoff, but Kapil Dev, Ian Botham and Imran Khan were great all-rounders. You don't have anyone like that anymore." He added that all-rounders "need to be judged on the basis if they can be picked as either bowlers or batsmen in their national side." Enjoying cricket Asked if he would have liked to play more one-day cricket, Sobers said, "I would have enjoyed any type of cricket. When I was playing cricket, I used to look forward to playing with my friends in back streets." "In cricket today, people talk about changing (the styles). When I was playing, I was playing Tests, I was also playing county matches and I didn't have to change (my style) of playing." He said the game had only changed from the point of view of the rules. "It (the rules) has made it a different game. At the time when we played, we played on uncovered and wet wickets. You can't do that anymore. You didn't have the front foot rule, you could bowl a beamer and as many bouncers as you like. Now you set a field according to the rules." Sobers, who hit six sixes in an over, said, "Six sixes is not good cricket. Youngsters should not play like it, it's not the right way." On captaincy he said, "Sometimes you are handed things whether you like it or not. When I was offered captaincy of the West Indies, it took me six months to agree to it. I didn't want to lead... I spoke to great players and took up the job because they said it was a great honour. I don't regret it. I played the game from the point of view of enjoying it." Asked about Brian Lara breaking his record of 375 runs, he said, "When Sachin Tendulkar and Lara came into the game, I said one of them will break my record because they will bat quickly and score quickly." Inviting Indians to visit the Caribbean, Sir Garry said it was a challenge for the islands to host the World Cup and they have come together for it. He added that as a Barbadian he was also enthusiastic about the Kensington Oval in Barbados hosting the finals of the event on April 28.