Astrologers' prediction on India's match falls flat

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: Astrology is one of the oldest sciences mankind has known. It's a Vedanga, which means a branche, part or component of the Vedas. It helps in understanding Veda mantras. In India, astrology forms one of the quartets of media content that sells – ABCD – Astrology, Bollywood, Cricket and Divinity.

As cricket lovers were glued to their TV screens during the recent cricket match between India and England in the T20 World Cup, one TV channel ran a show hosting a group of astrologers who had predicted that India would surely win the World Cup.

A clip of the show has gone viral. In the video, a woman astrologer is seen predicting that victory will certainly be India's as the "exalted moon will be at its zenith of courage while setting, exactly when the match was to be played". She also claimed that match time was right for a victory for India