India-Pak face off in Champions Trophy

The Indian team will be keen to match their best-ever performance in the tournament by winning the bronze medal.

Having managed to qualify for the bronze medal play-off by the skin of the teeth, India would be keen to match their best-ever performance in the Champions Trophy hockey tournament with a win over arch-rivals Pakistan in Lahore on Sunday.

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India must be considering themselves lucky to be still in the medal race despite coming up with a mediocre performance that saw them managing just one win from as many as five league matches in the elite six-nation tournament.

They got a chance to play for the 3-4 position after pipping Germany, who have come to the tournament with a developmental side keeping an eye on the 2006 World Cup and having nevertheless a lackluster tournament.

Germany also fetched four points in the league stage quite like India but lagged behind in the goal difference and would play in the relegation match against New Zealand on Sunday.