And so it begins

Well after a year of planning, if it can be called that, more a disorganised pair of crazy, cricket fans on a hero-woshipping journey.
Everything has happened last minute (thank you very much kyazoonga), but some how managed to fall into place. Blood pressure has fluctuated stressing about getting match tickets and while one still can't be sure our tickets will be waiting for us at the ground, having done everything possible from our side, we can put our minds slightly at ease. As our bags are finally zipped up and locked up there's still time for one more 'sesh' with the lads. That's a huge gap left in our evenings, what will evenings in India offer is to be seen.

Upset stomachs, being ripped off for being foreign and black magic are some things I've been told to be on my guard about.
One of the issues has been resolved by my mothers wonderful new invention of adding a pocket to my boxers. But now being robbed becomes a lot worse (unless they have female pickpockets there in which case being robbed would result in a bittersweet feeling)

So onto the cricket, with India's batting overpowering Bangladesh in the 1st game we look forward to a bigger challenge vs England at Bangalore. With conditions expected to suit seam bowlers, we'd expect England to have the upper hand with their attack. But with with 50,000 Indians it will be interesting to see if England can hold their nerves, Swann is looking forward to silence the Indian crowd but he could be in for a shock. Maybe England are finally giving importance to something other than The Ashes after the Aussies have become as challenging as putting on a pair of socks.
With the Indian batting line up looking extremely formidable, a 1-7 as strong as there has ever been in the history of ODI cricket, India would be feeling pretty confident. The bowling still looks vulnerable, with Zaheer Khan being the only reliable seamer, India will be looking for Munaf to be deliver like he's been doing for the last few months and again rely on the part time spinners to do a 'good enough' job.
I'd back India to do one over on England. England come into this game just scraping a win against Netherlands after being pulverised by the world champions down under and will be down on confidence. Strauss went as far as hoping India will be complacent after seeing England play like a bunch of amatuers in the ODI game since winning the ashes

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