Kochi team well balanced !

The Kochi IPL team appears to be well balanced.

Good batsmen in McCullum, Jayawerdene, Laxan, Owais Shah and good bowlers in Sreeshant, RP Singh, Powar, Muralitharan and V Kumar. Parthiv Patel and McCullum are wicket keeper batsmen and both can be utilised as batsmen. Brad Hodge is an established all rounder. So is Ravindra Jadeja.

The spin bowling department is dominated by two offies - Muralitharan and Pawar. Pawar is no rabbit with the bat.

VVS Laxman will play the anchor role. T20 is not all about lusty hitting and some sheet anchor players are needed. Jayawerdene can also don the garb of the sheet anchor role batsman.

The pace bowling is in the hands of Sreeshant, R P Singh and V Kumar, who all can swing the ball well. Sreeshant proved that in South Africa. His outswingers are really lethal. David Lloyd called him "eccentric, but outstanding". R P Singh is also a good mover of the ball. Vinay Kumar is also a good swing bowler. V Prasad had coached all Indian bowlers well, about the art of swing bowling !

In short, Kochi appears to be a balanced side.

Kochi has time till Apr 8 to name the side. I suggest the name Kochi Cobras. Or Kochi Knights. But then the word Knight has already gone to KKR. Or Kochi Whirlwinds. Or Kochi Demons. Or Kochi Stallions.

Vidya Balan or Swetha Menon can become the Kochi Brand Ambassadors. Or Meera Jasmine !

Geoff Lawson is a good coach and his coaching will do wonders for Kochi.