Former Pakistan skipper, Ramiz Raja feels Team India will be under immense pressure in the World Cup semifinal against Pakistan in Mohali on Wednesday and is hopeful Shahid Afridid and his men will put up a spirited show.

After registering a scintillating win against the Caribbean, Team India will face defending champions Australia in the quarter-finals of the cricket World Cup on March 24 at Ahmedabad.

Former Pakistan skipper Imran Khan has urged current skipper Shahid Afridi to get ready to play its knock-out stage matches on Indian soil.

Former Australian skipper Steve Waugh has no intensions of coaching Inidan cricket Team after present coach Gary Kirsten steps down from his role post ICC Cricket WC.

Australia skipper Ricky Ponting asked his teammates to counter India with unbridled aggression when the two teams clash in the high-octane quarterfinal match here on Thursday.

England batsman Ravi Bopara on Thursday said that their clash against India would be one of their toughest ones in the ongoing cricket World Cup

Former Pakistan captain Imran Khan feels that media pressure is creating a huge effect on Indian players on their journey to regain the cricket World Cup after 28 years.

The billion fans are hoping and praying for India to clinch the coveted world Cup trophy and best wishes are pouring in from all corners with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi hoping the ''Men in Blue'' would emerge victorious.

Now less than 24 hours are left for the high-voltage WC final between India and Sri Lanka and the astrologers say that luck favours the hosts and Team India will definitely win the coveted title on Saturday.

The hype and hoopla of terror threat is already surrounding the World Cup, due to which the security will be the main concern at Mohali where around 100 VIPs from different parts of thw world will arrive to cheer the high-octane clash between the two arch-rivals India and Pakistan on Wednesday.