Mood swing turns happy Indians to recreational games

Bowlers vs batsmen, the Indian team is busy playing games. And anything other than cricket seems a welcome diversion.A volleyball game at Ki...

Bowlers vs batsmen, the Indian team is busy playing games. And anything other than cricket seems a welcome diversion.

A volleyball game at Kingsmead today that pitted the lanky bowlers against the stockier batsmen seemed a mismatch, but that’s what the Indians are expecting in the World Cup semifinal against Kenya on Thursday.

Enjoying a height advantage, the bowlers dominated the net with flashing spikes and gave the batsmen a torrid time. All along the team officials were egging the batsmen to keep their focus and not get disenchanted.

Keeping focus during the five-day break between Super Six round and the semifinal is proving to be a tough test for coach John Wright, particularly as the semifinal rivals are hardly one of the sport’s heavyweights. Bracing for their best show in two decades since Kapil Dev’s team won the World Cup in 1983, the Indian players seem to be enjoying every moment.

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