Kochi franchise will play in IPL 4

Kochi franchise survived the axe to play in the 4th IPL. On Sunday the IPL Governing Council approved the ownership structure. With this approval the suspension hovering over the franchise ended. BCCI ensured at least eight teams will be in the tournament.

India vs Australia 2nd ODI Venue: The Second Venue Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi

India vs Australia 2^nd ODI Venue: The Second Venue Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi. Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium has been selected for the second ODI venue of the match between India and Australia for the home series, after Tewenty20 world cup. The second match will be played at 02 Oct at 03:30 GMT (09:00 IST)

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (locally known as Kaloor International Stadium) is an international stadium in Kochi, Kerala, India. With a capacity to hold 60,000 spectators, the stadium was built in 1996 during the tenure of K. Karunakaran as Chief Minister of Kerala.

The Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium at Kochi, unusual for a cricket ground in India in that it is the home ground not just of the Kerala state Ranji team but also of the football club FC Kochi, has a reputation of being a batsman's paradise: in the first four games there were three totals in excess of 300, and five individual hundreds.

In this ground India played five matches along with different country in the world and won 4 matches and lost one with Zimbabwe. India played one match with Australia Apr 1, 1998 and India won by 41 runs.

Highest run

309 India v Australia 1997/98

Centuries (Highest runs):

115 G Kirsten South Africa v India 1999/00

Highest partnership:

235 G Kirsten & HH Gibbs South Africa v India 1999/00

201 V Sehwag & RS Dravid India v Pakistan 2004/05

Highest Wickets in an Innings in ODI crickets:

5-32 SR Tendulkar India v Australia 1997/98

5-50 SR Tendulkar India v Pakistan 2004/05

First ODI India v Australia - Apr 1, 1998

Last ODI India v England - Apr 6, 2006

I have given a short description about the second venue of India vs Australia match.