adminMELBOURNE. — If India, the most watched and heavily scrutinised team in world cricket, are under any pressure ahead of tomorrow’s World Cup quarter-final against Bangladesh, they are doing well to hide it. With the weight of expectation of the world’s second most populated country on their shoulders, India’s players could hardly be any more relaxed.
Yesterday, less than 48 hours before the start of the match, the players ventured to the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Rather than hitting the nets to practise their batting and bowling, the players took it easy, with a light-hearted game of soccer on the stadium’s sprawling outfield.
Despite being followed by a massive Indian media contingent, the team did not make themselves available for media interaction, maintaining a cloak of silence until Wednesday’s mandatory pre-game news conference. As the defending World Cup champions and one of two unbeaten teams in the tournament — the other is New Zealand —India will go into tomorrow’s match as overwhelming favourites to win but still wary about their opponents. — Reuters.
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