Sunday, September 30, 2007

Rain Likely to spoil second ODI in Kochi

Rediff feels highly for Australlian team. "On a high after the Twenty20 World Cup victory, India were brought crashing to earth by Australia, courtesy a magnificent rearguard action from Michael Clarke, who smashed his way to a brilliant 130" - it writes. "As captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni himself admitted, the Indian bowlers found it hard in the middle overs when the ball stopped moving. India needs to work on this particular area to gain an advantage early on." - It writes. Meanwhile the weather at Kochi could play spoil. Just like the first ODI in Bangalore was washed out because of rain, you could witness something similar here; in fact there could be no action at all. The weather forecast though is not encouraging, as more rain and thunderstorms are predicted for the next few days. Meanwhile, some readers are not happy with writer's comment about Indian team which just won the 20twenty. As one reader writes - "Harish - it is harsh to know which team would have won. However, you are so certain that Aussies would have won - that you write the indian team is brought down to earth. Well. You can only say that the Aussies had the upper hand, 'cause the rain had slowed down the outfield. Otherwise, the idnians had the upper hand, 'cause about 156 runs were needed from first 20 overs. Now, you must remember you are talking to the world-twenty-twenty champions."