When I leave the Emirates after a game, I see the fans standing along the street cheering. Bhuvneshwar Kumar was pick of the bowlers for India as he returned with 5/42. With Australia’s match scheduled first, Saudi Arabia will know exactly what they need to do to snatch the second direct ticket to Russia against Japan. In front of a packed and exuberant house at the Sporthalle here, the South American boxing giants were simply unstoppable and emerged champions by quite a distance. Having sewn up top spot in Group B of Asian qualifying, Japan can afford to ease off against the second-placed Saudis. He has been the flavour of the series with a confident start to the career in the longest format of the game. least their interaction on Twitter has created quite a flutter among the paparazzi. The expected loss were reported by the CSA during its AGM in Cape Town on Saturday, but maintained that?the authority’s finances were still strong. The win gave India a 5-0 series sweep, the first time a country has won those many ODIs in a bilateral series. “We let them get back into their formation and sorted in their own half very easily.