India or SL? Even stars can't tell

New Delhi: Nervous about India's prospects in the do-or-die tie against Sri Lanka tonight? Well, even the stars seem to be puzzled about the outcome.

While cricket-crazy India is looking skywards to find out if their players are going to click at the crucial game at Queen's Park on Friday, astrologers and numerologists are divided in their opinion.

While some predict a slight edge for the Men in Blue, others put it at 54-46 in favour of Sri Lanka.

Popular astrologer Bejan Daruwalla's Indian astrology website http://cricketworldcup. ganeshaspeaks.com, which is offering in-depth details of planetary positions on match days, says Rahul Dravid is going to lose the toss to begin with and it's very likely that his Sri Lankan counterpart will make Team India bat first.

The website, in fact, suggests that the team winning the toss should field first. In case the decision goes otherwise, that may affect the final outcome of the match.

The predications say Virender Sehwag, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid and Anil Kumble's roles will be crucial for India in Friday's match, while Muttiah Muralitharan, Chamara Silva, Chaminda Vaas and Kumar Sangakkara are going to play key roles for Sri Lanka.

Reading Friday's astrological charts on CNBC television's sister channel IBN7, Delhi-based astrologer Sunita Chawra has, however, predicted an advantage for India in the match.

She says while both Rahul Dravid and Mahela Jayawardene have almost similar astrology profiles for Friday, Rahul enjoys a slight edge going into the match.

Interestingly, several astrologers, numerologists and tarot card readers have predicted a new World Cup champion this year.

"If Australia reaches the semi-final as a second or third team, they may have better chances to make it to the final," says Ganeshaspeaks, the website.

According to the website, astrological aspects favour South Africa, New Zealand and West Indies to take three of the four semi-final slots this year.

An earlier prediction about Team India's prospects in the Cup had, however, talked of smooth sailing for the Men in Blue till the fourth game of the Super-Eight stage. "India's fate will heavily depend on the fourth game of the Super Eight matches," it said.

Ganeshaspeaks claims its predictions are based on analysis of the astrology profiles, biorhythm report and element chart of each member of the 16 participating teams.

As regards Friday's match, Ganeshaspeaks says the period between sixth and ninth over and 39th to 43rd over will be crucial in the first innings, and they will decide the course of this inning.

Similarly in the second innings, the period between the seventh to 10th over and 38th to 40th over will be very important for the outcome of the game.