What this shows is that the demise of the ODI as a viable format has been greatly overstated.  What was also oversold was the interest in the Champions League which is basically domestic club teams playing each other albeit on the international stage.

This once again highlights the point that the best and most watchable cricket is played between national teams, where pride of representing your country is a major factor.  Watching Jacques Kallis, for example, playing for Bangalore Royal Challengers, is nowhere as interesting as watching him play for South Africa, and this is regardless of whether you are a South African supporter or not.

Anyway, the current series is nicely poised and though the Australians have been losing their pace bowlers at an alarming rate, they seem to have enough capable reserves to challenge the Indians.  What will challenge both teams is the unimaginative itinerary that will see the team zig zag from Hyderabad, to Guhuwati to finally land in Mumbai for the final ODI.

India should win it 3-0 or at the worst 2-1 in what has now become a best of 3 series.

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