Sports Reporter :Two times champions and also reigning champions India will face their arch rivals one time champions Pakistan today in their high-voltage Group B match of the ICC World Cup Cricket 2015 at the Adelaide Oval in Adelaide of Australia. The prestigious game starts at 9.30 am BST (Bangladesh Standard Time).India and Pakistan faced each other in 126 ODI matches. Of them, Pakistan registered 72 victories while India won 50 matches and 4 matches were abandoned.But it is interesting that India played against Pakistan in five matches of ICC World Cup Cricket and India won all the clashes.The last question in MS Dhoni’s pre-match press conference brought a rare admission from the India Captain. He was asked whether instead of calling an India-Pakistan match just another game or treating it as a potential calamity, it was wiser to acknowledge that it was somewhere in between the two.”It is important to leave the past behind. If we would have not done so starting from the first Test (against Australia), I would have gone down under the table in the dressing room, there would have been so much pressure,” Dhoni said. “Already there is so much pressure, if you take additional pressure, it becomes very difficult to perform. How much ever you keep saying about it being just like any other normal game, it is a bit different,” he said. Indian Captain said, “What we try is to keep that slight difference nominal, and try to play like we would against any other international team.”Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq regards Sunday’s key clash against India at the Adelaide Oval as an opportunity to end an embarrassing string of World Cup flops against the arch-rivals. “This is a chance to create history,” Misbah said on Saturday ahead of the sell-out blockbuster that will be followed by millions in both nations and around the world.”India-Pakistan is always all about pressure. The best thing we can do is just enjoy the game, enjoy the atmosphere, go there and be positive. My advice to the team is just go out there and play your natural game. That is the only way to handle pressure.”Misbah said, “You have to be ready to play against any team at any time if you really want to do well in any tournament. It’s not really a question of playing India first.”He said, “You need to be ready. Whenever any team comes against you, you should be ready to play well. The key is not to take anything into the ground when you are playing against India. You don’t have to worry about what’s happening outside, what’s going on in the two countries. I think you need to focus on your game, go there and play your best.”Teams: India (probable): Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni (Captain & Wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Stuart Binny/Mohit Sharma, R Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav.Pakistan (probable): Ahmed Shehzad, Nasir Jamshed, Younis Khan, Haris Sohail, Misbah-ul-Haq (Captain), Sohaib Maqsood, Umar Akmal (Wicketkeeper), Shahid Afridi, Wahab Riaz, Ehsan Adil/Sohail Khan, Mohammad Irfan.
