India desperate for turnaround
India and England teams arrive in Kochi for the second ODI to be played on January 15.
Kochi: Members of India and England teams arrived here on Saturday for the second ODI to be played at the Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium on January 15. Despite a disappointing start to the series in Rajkot, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and boys were cheered by thousands upon arrival at the Nedumbassery Airport. The English who flew alongside the hosts in a chartered flight from Rajkot were led out of the Airport by pacer Steven Finn and received equal attention as the men-inblue. The visitors will practice at the venue for two hours on Sunday morning and a three-hour session scheduled for the hosts will follow.
The England team is also expected to address the media later in the evening. BCCI curator P. R. Viswanath visited the venue on Saturday and expressed satisfaction over the condition of the wicket, which is expected to be batting-friendly. The two sides have a long history to renew in Kochi and just four men remain in contention from the time they locked horns here back in April, 2006.
Captain Dhoni, Suresh Raina and Yuvraj Singh were the three players who featured in the match that India won convincingly by four wickets. Kevin Pietersen was the lone Englishman to have done well for his team in that game.
No comments:
Post a Comment