The 10 team captains at the Cricket World Cup have taken part in a photo shoot at the Narendra Modi Stadium on the eve of the tournament, with India’s Rohit Sharma looking forward to seeing the massive venue “jam packed” with home fans.
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Sharma is under immense pressure to emulate his countryman MS Dhoni’s achievement in 2011 and lift the trophy in November. It has been a decade since cricket-mad India won an ICC trophy. “There aren’t too many events where half the world tunes in to watch, and that is India playing Pakistan in a World Cup for you,” Australia captain Pat Cummins said. “Even if you are personally not involved, you watch and feel the passion around the game. There will be easily over 100,000 people here.”
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