Pride at stake for the wounded Aussies

Bangalore: The wounded tigers are striving to take revenge against the recently crowned Twenty20 World Champions. For the Aussies, it is pride that is at stake as they are more than keen to repair the damage of exiting from the world event in the semifinals against a young and inexperienced Indian team led by Mahendra Singh Dhoni.


Thus, a day-night clash between the One-Day International World Champions and the T20 World Champions will unfold at the Chinnaswamy stadium here on Saturday.


For the Aussies, there can't be a better opportunity to turn things around so soon against those very opponents, who hurled the mighty team out of the mega tourney.


Hence, when they take on India here during the first ODI of the seven-match series, they would want to impose immediately the supremacy that they have been enjoying for over a decade now. MORE ...