Cricket lovers on Sunday performed special prayers for the Indian cricket team at the Ajmer Sharif Dargah here as the defending champions play their first match of the World Cup against Pakistan in Australia.
Elsewhere, cricket lovers performed a Maha 'yajna' for the team in Bhopal, hoping for a spectacular win in the match.
Millions of cricket lovers chanting 'India, India' are sitting glued to their television screens for the high-voltage clash at the Adelaide Oval.
India has never lost a single match to Pakistan in the World Cup tournament. Even when Pakistan won the 1992 World Cup the team had lost to India in their only clash of the tournament.
India won the 1983 and 2011 cricket World Cups, and fans are looking for another success this year.
The refurbished 47,000-capacity Adelaide Oval is filled to the brim for the match and, according to organisers, tickets for the encounter were sold out in a mere 20 minutes.
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