Before the India-West Indies match began, this astrologer boldly predicted, "The position of stars now suits India. Scorpio, Jupiter and Saturn from tomorrow will transform the Indian team into a winning combination." Greg Chappell, Rahul Dravid, and now Dilip Vengsarkar have
been searching rather feverishly for this elusive winning combination, and they'd be quite happy if celestial forces can lend a hand.

But this astrologer, the poor man never got named in all of this, also said, "All matches from Thursday onwards will be high-scoring because of the Ketu-Buddha combination." And we thought it took a Sachin Tendulkar-Virender Sehwag combination to make the high scores happen.

"India will score between 278 and 291 if it bats first," he said, and might be losing a few clients now as India managed only 223. "The star performers will be Yuvraj Singh, Mohammad Kaif and Virender Sehwag," he said, having obviously studied the form guide carefully and then burned it
in a ceremonial pooja. As if that was not good enough, as a parting shot he said, "Ajit Agarkar will be the matchwinner against West Indies," while that prediction looked like it might come true for the briefest of moments, a short wide ball that was slapped away for four, the winning runs, means that few will suggest that Agarkar, with 2-52 was the matchwinner. And what's more, if the bowler isn't unhappy enough regretting that ball that came out of the hand wrong and took him from being potential hero to villain in the fickle minds of Indian cricket fans, Agarkar's ended with a fractured hand for his effort.

Predicting match results is a dangerous thing at the best of times. But after this splendid performance from this "leading astrologer based in the city," it might be a good idea for the gent to either flee the city, or swiftly change professions.