India to fight against Pakistan in T20 world cup match

Mirpur: India will aim to take fresh guard when they open their World Twenty20 campaign against traditional foes Pakistan on Friday in what promises to be a cracker of a contest.
While form favours Pakistan even though they were battered by South Africa in a warm-up game, history would be on India’s side as they have never lost to their arch-rivals on all three meetings of the previous editions of World T20.
Even they lost to Sri Lanka in the first warm-up game before beating England convincingly by 20 runs in the final warm-up tie to somewhat redeem themselves.

While a victory acts as a morale booster after having inculcated the habit of losing, it would be a completely different ball-game when the ‘Men In Blue’ take the field against Mohammed Hafeez’s men.
It is impossible to think that Afridi’s last-over exploits wouldn’t play on the Indian cricketers’ minds ahead of the game although the format is completely different.