Adelaide: Team India is gearing up for thier first encounter in the World Cup 2015 against arch rival Pakistan at Adealaide Oval on Sunday.With less than twenty fours hours remaining Team India are looking like they have finally found the playing eleven. According to reports Mahendra Singh Dhoni has already made his mind to go with five specilaist bowlers.
Dhoni is most likely to field two spinners in the form of Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja. The pace department will be looked after by the trio of Umesh Yadav, Mohit Sharma and Shami.
Interestingly Bhuvneshwar Kumar may miss the opening game against Pakistan as he is yet to fully recover from his ankle injury.In the warm-up match against Australia, he bowled a mere five overs and did not bat or bowl in the game against Afghanistan.
Team India have more or less decided on their batting line-up with Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma opening the innings, and Virat Kohli, Anjikya Rahane, Suresh Raina and Dhoni to follow.
Meanwhile For the second successive day, the Indian players showed had a practice session at the St Paul's College ground. The players mostly concentrated on fielding as in the warm up matches Team India's fielding standards were below par.It will be an important factor considering the fact that in Australia , cricket grounds are generally huge.
