1st ODI: Kochi pitch to be batsmen-friendly but bowlers will have a say too

Tue, Nov 19, '13

KOCHI: 3,614. That's the mind boggling number of runs scored by the batsmen of both India and Australia in the last series.

As the Indian team gears up for yet another ODI series at home, this time against West Indies, the big question is whether one will get to see the exaggerated scores again.

The first of the three-match series will be played at the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium, Kochi and the focus is on the 22-yard strip laid out for the match. The pitch in Kochi has traditionally favoured batsmen. The very first match played here, way back in 1998, saw India posting a total in excess of 300. That figure has been breached on three more occasions in the seven games played here thereafter.