Vadodara: The Indian Tara had batted miserably at Reliance Stadium in the last ODI against Australia here in 2007. But they can now look to turn things around. The wicket for the first one-dayer here is expected to help the batsmen throughout the day.

Baroda Cricket Association (BCA) pitch curator Vasudev Patel told TOI, “it is a good batting wicket with enough bounce and carry. The ball will also come nicely to the bat and the team batting first can easily score over 300 runs. However, there will be some moisture in the pitch for one hour in the morning which might help the seamers a bit'' Patel said that the team winning toss can opt to bowl first as well and use the moisture in the wicket for getting rival batsmen out early

''The temperature is high and sun will be shining brightly throughout the day so the wicket won't change. The wicket will become harder by the day and chasing won't be a problem here's Patel added. India were bowled out for a meagre 148 runs in the last ODI they played against the Aussies here. In reply the Australians reached the target in just 26 overs by losing one wicket.