Whose stars are shining brightest?

Clive Lloyd, Kapil Dev, Allan Border, Imran Khan, Arjuna Ranatunga, Steve Waugh, Ricky Ponting, _____

Though the performances have been far from scintillating so far, there are realistic chances that you can add another Indian name to that list of illustrious men.

The birth year of Superstars from other fields indicate who the new Superstar of cricket would be.

The last two FIFA World Cups were won by Fabio Cannavaro (1973 born) and Iker Casillas (1981 born). In tennis, the leading icon is Roger Federer (1981 born). Even in Bollywood, the younger Superstars are Hrithik Roshan (1974 born), followed by Shahid Kapoor (1981 born) and Ranbir Kapoor (1982 born)

All the icons born in 1973-74 have ‘Planet-X’ in exaltation and the next set of icons are born in 1981-82 with Uranus in exaltation in their horoscopes.

All of this, points out to just one possibility!

Since Ricky Ponting (1974 born) has already won twice in a row, the winner of WC in 2011, would have the gift of Uranus, with the winning captain possibly born in 1981.

Yes, Mahendra Singh Dhoni is born in 1981 but so is Graeme Smith.

Ok, what are the chances of other cricketing nations?
Sangakkara has Sun and Mars, the planets responsible for highest glory, weakly placed, which would deny him the WC.

Andrew Strauss’s best was the Ashes defeat over Australia, nothing more. Shahid Afridi has been fantastic, but cannot do an Imran Khan. Daniel Vettori and Darren Sammy do not have horoscopes that promise greatness.

Eventually, it boils down to just three teams — India, Australia and South Africa, who have realistic chances at the Cup.

South Africa has a good squad but have left some important people out of the team affecting the astrological balance. It may be the same old story again; SA, would ‘choke’ yet again!

Though Australia have a depleted squad, they are still strong. But, their skipper Ricky Ponting’s horoscope doesn’t guarantee them to be third time lucky. He cannot better the legendary Clive Lloyd, for sure. Their only outside chance to victory could be if Ricky Ponting is injured and Michael Clarke (1981 born) leads them in the knockouts.

India has the best squad assembled ever and would do fantastically well in the knockouts. India would definitely stamp their supremacy over Pakistan once again and would win against them if and when they meet.

Pluto, the most powerful planet in the universe propelled Kapil Dev to do the unthinkable, winning India’s first WC. Uranus, the planet of renaissance and revolution should propel Dhoni to put an end to the Aussie era. Astrologically, somehow the bowling, batting and everything will click for India when it matters. With the lucky mascot Dhoni at the helm and the world’s best cricketer Sachin Tendulkar’s last hurrah, this Indian team is the best bet to bring the coveted trophy back!

Hence, the highest chances of holding the World Cup could be attributed to India’s Mahendra Singh Dhoni, followed by South Africa’s Graeme Smith and Australia’s Michael Clarke.

Watch out, Holi may not be over yet and Diwali may arrive prematurely!