Crucial One day Cricket Series !

     On coming Sunday that is 25Th October,2009 India is going to play One day International Seven matches series on home turf, thus have biggest advantage as history shows India is very strong and tough side on its soil and it is very difficult for all the touring team to beat India, probably reason behind as per my opinion is turning and flat tracks provided to the teams, local conditions(weather wise) and huge presence of crowd in the ground which support only Indian team, it all leads India as favourite. This time for both the teams series is crucial as right now both team standings in the ranking of International Cricket Council number one and two, Australian Cricket Team’s number one position is at stake and they have to win series to defend their number one position but if India win the series then India will become number one team of One day format of ICC. Below is ICC One Day International ranking updated on 23rd October,2009 –

Ranking	Team	Matches	Points	Rating
1	Australia	33	4234	128
2	India	31	3852	124
3	South Africa	21	2550	121
4	New Zealand	22	2410	110
5	Pakistan	25	2735	109
6	England	30	3193	I06
7	Sri Lanka	31	3298	106
8	West Indies	21	1589	76
9	Bangladesh	23	1257	55
10	Zimbabwe	25	674	27
11	Ireland	6	152	25
12	Kenya	14	28	2

     So considering the standings of both the team, it is believed that series has store excited games and both teams will do their level best to defeat other team and snatch prestigious number one rank, despite importance of this series this time selectors did blunder while picking the players for the series, as lot of players are not doing well in the previous games they played or simply one say they are out of form but still they are selected to play the matches and in place of players bowling coach Mr. Venktesh Prasad and fielding Coach Mr. Robin Singh sacked and both were with Indian team as bowling and fielding coach from quite some time. This is the problem, tradition and history of selectors if players are not doing well in the field instead of players to be blame selectors sack coach as in the past Mr. Greg Chappell also get the same treatment from board, but how much selectors this move is harmful ,at the end of series results will give us clear picture. Below is schedule of seven matches’ series –

Game No:	Date & Time	Venue
1	25 Oct,2009 09:00AM	Reliance Stadium, Vadodara
2	28 Oct,2009 02:30 PM	Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur
3	31 Oct,2009 02:30 PM	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
4	2 Nov,2009 02:30 PM	Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali
5	5 Nov,2009 02:30 PM	Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
6	8 Nov,2009 09:00 AM	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Guwahati
7	11 Nov,2009 02:30 PM	Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai

  Best of luck to both the teams and the team which will be mentally strong and with strategy plan will lift the cup.