Australia got their campaign back on track with victory over Sri Lanka and with a match against the giant-killing Dutch to follow will be keen to get a run going in India.
It’s a brilliant day in Bengaluru, a mild 30 degrees, dry and made for cricket.There are long queues outside the ground, which is encouraging because crowds at non-India games in this tournament have been sparse. To judge from conversations with hotel staff and in shops, the Australians are popular here. The names of Shane Watson and Glenn Maxwell recur, also Adam Gilchrist.Pakistan will have no travelling support, but they won’t lack sympathisers entirely.
Asked about the lack of fans, bowler Hasan Ali began flashed a big smile and began to count the newly admitted journalists one-by-one. Evidently, he is something of a humorist. Asked how Pakistan would restrict Australia’s powerful batting, he replied: “if it’s a batting friendly track, we won’t play.” Well, it will be batting friendly. Moreover, there are short square boundaries and even shorter straight boundaries. Two 300-plus scores would not surprise.
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