A foolproof security arrangements have been made around the recently refurbished Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium in Kochi, which will host the second ODI between India and England, a top police official said.
The chances of the second One-Day International between India and Australia being staged at the Nehru stadium in Kochi look slim after heavy rain lashed the city on Monday morning.
Heavy rain in Kochi since Thursday night has raised concerns about the fate of the first One-Day International between India and Australia on Sunday, October 17. Friday's practice sessions of both the teams were cancelled because of the unrelenting downpour.
England captain Alastair Cook said even though they have made a "great start" to the series, he is no mood to take a "world-class" India lightly in the second ODI in Kochi.
Indian and Australian players exchanged verbal punches on field during the second ODI in Kochi.
After demolishing the West Indies in Sachin Tendulkar's emotionally draining farewell Test series, the Indian cricket team will look to extend its supremacy in the ODIs as well when the two sides face off in a three-match series starting in Kochi on Thursday.
Still reeling from their narrow nine-run defeat in the opening ODI match, a struggling India will have to work on their bowling frailties and inconsistent batting as they take on England in the second one-dayer in Kochi with the pressure on the home team.
Australian captain Adam Gilchrist said some of the altercations on fiel during the second ODI were 'childish'.
Australia's stand-in captain said Brad Haddin, who filled in for Ponting in the first ODI, did a great job.
Gilchrist believes that the 50-over game can test of a player's skill better than the slam bang Twenty20 format.
Captain Dwayne Bravo had an embargo regarding questions on his team's dispute with the West Indies Cricket Board, but the all-rounder spoke up, saying the team stuck together in difficult times and maintained a "must-win attitude".
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