ADELAIDE.
The streets are to become battlegrounds when Pakistan vs. India clash will take place at the ‘Adelaide Oval’ World Cup on Sunday, 15th of February.
Skipper Misbah-ul Haq will be inspired by Pakistan’s title under Imran Khan when the World Cup was played Down Under in 1992. “If we play as well as we can, there is no reason why we can’t win again,” Misbah, 40, said when asked if his team can repeat the magic of 1992. “Where there is a will, there is a way.”
Misbah, playing only his second World Cup, said he was determined to change his team’s fortunes against India.”What happened in the past will not count. There is no reason why we can’t win,” he told sources.
A winning start for either team will boost hopes of taking one of the four quarter-final spots from the pool which also includes mighty South Africa, the West Indies, Ireland, Zimbabwe and the United Arab Emirates.
With India in disarray, Pakistan will seek to end their winless World Cup streak against the neighbours — five successive defeats since 1992 — with renewed hope.