India fans seek World Cup results on astrology site

By Sanjay Rajan

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Cricket-crazy India is looking skywards to discover if their players are shaping up to bring home the World Cup after the April 28 final.

A popular Indian astrology Web site, www.ganeshaspeaks.com, is offering in-depth details on planetary positions on match days and the changing biorhythm circles of each player.

The Web site is named after the elephant-headed Hindu God, Lord Ganesha.

The cricket-frenzy in the country, home to around 1.1 billion people, has been fuelled by a multitude of television channels and media houses who are tracking the action minute by minute.

India, 1983 winners, begin their campaign on Saturday with a Group B match against Bangladesh.

NEW CHAMPION

Astrologers, numerologists and tarot card readers are being asked to predict the winner of the World Cup that opened this week, while this Web site attempts the same through a multi-dimensional analysis.

"Ganesha feels that we will have a new world champion this time," was the Web site's forecast.