Rocked by one controversy after another, India will be hoping that the spotlight shifts to the cricketing action as it takes on an upbeat England side in the second One-Day-International of the five-match series here on Wednesday.
With the first match in Bristol being washed out without a ball being bowled, India will be itching to perform in a format where Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his men have shown their prowess over the years.
Focus on cricket Some on-field action will also mean that skipper Dhoni will be able to focus on cricket, after his comments supporting chief coach Duncan Fletcher did not go down well with the BCCI bigwigs.
A notable thing during this tour has been Dhoni expressing his firm views quite explicitly.
It happened in the Ravindra Jadeja-James Anderson case during the Test series and then after the loss when he hinted that perhaps he had done enough as the Indian Test skipper.
Now this is the third instance, where he suddenly finds that he is not on the same page with the board.
Simmering tension With simmering tension, all parties though will be hoping for clear weather in Cardiff then as some cricket will do well to cool down tempers.
In terms of on-field action there wasn’t much to take away from Bristol, except the pre-match practice on Sunday.
For Indian batsmen, this meant big shots sailing out of the park at every opportunity possible.
Almost every batsman concentrated on hitting out in a bid to get away from the Test mindset.
Dhoni himself led the way, with Rohit Sharma and Stuart Binny also using the long handle well. Suresh Raina too had a little hitting-out session towards the end.
