ST. LUCIA: There’s an active volcano in a small town called Soufriere, about 55 kilometres away from where India were playing Australia on Monday. The fumes that emanate from the eye of the volcano gives one the feeling that the mountains are angry. It seemed that everyone with India in their hearts at the Darren Sammy International Stadium here on Monday were physical representations of that volcano. No one had forgotten Ahmedabad, November 19 — the day Australia snatched the ODI World Cup from India last year — and it was payback time.
Now, India will play England in the semifinal on the spinner-friendly Guyana track on Thursday while Australia’s fate isn’t in their hands: they are out if Afghanistan beat Bangladesh, or if Bangladesh win big.
