A mixture of injuries and poor form may have left the Indians unsteady on their feet but Sourav Ganguly's men are hoping to put up a superlative performance against Pakistan in the ICC Champions Trophy one-day cricket tournament here tomorrow.
India is battling the poor form of Virender Sehwag and Yuvraj Singh and is still trying to come to grips with the injury-induced absence of Sachin Tendulkar and Laxmipathy Balaji ahead of the the decisive Pool C encounter against the arch-rivals, who have the momentum going their way in recent weeks.
India has lost to Pakistan in both Sri Lanka and in Holland in this new season and it would take an outstanding effort to turn the tables on their traditional opponents tomorrow.
Indian captain Ganguly left for the European tour believing his side has rarely done badly against the arch-rivals outside the sub-continent but the Pakistanis seem on a revision course.