Magic moments from India-Pakistan World Cup encounters

Will Kamran Akmal taunt Dhoni with a frog-leap? Can Gambhir do a 1996 Aamir Sohail and take a jibe at Umar Gul? What imprints will the Indo-Pak semis clash leave on the sands of time? The World Cup rivalry between these two teams has always been a riveting and intense affair. MSN India brings to you all those magic moments.

When an Indian or a Pakistani cricket fan scans through a World Cup schedule they search for one game: India v Pakistan. The dates are earmarked months before the start of the event.
If the match is happening somewhere near, a run to the stadium is made in search of tickets. Bunking school or office on the D-day is not ruled out of question. In small towns across India streets turn empty. In big cities the pubs are jam-packed.
Each and every India-Pakistan game is a nerve jangling affair for the players and the fans. And when the scene shifts to the World Cup cauldron, the intensity often overpowers the quest for the championship win. The World Cup can be conceded, but a loss against Pakistan on cricket's biggest stage is devastating.
Both the teams have clashed four times on the World Cup stage with India having an upperhand. But India-Pakistan encounter goes a step beyond the win-loss and the stats column. All the four matches have a story to tell, a squabble to report or a run-in to write about. MSN India rewinds to those games and relives all the tension and the drama.

Muslim players in Team India are from Gujarat: Advani

New Delhi: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani said Sunday that the three Muslim players in the Indian World Cup team have a Gujarat connection and that they are there because of their talent, not because of any reservations.

In the latest post on his blog, Advani referred to speech of his party colleague Shahnawaz Hussain during debate in the Lok Sabha on the condition of Muslims in the country.
"In his speech, Shahnawaz Hussain said 'the World Cup cricket tournament is going on these days. The eleven players in Team India include Zahir Khan, Munaaf Patel and Yusuf Pathan. Three out of eleven makes it 30.6 percent. And this is on the basis of their talent, not on the basis of any reservation'. Incidentally, all these three players are from Gujarat!", Advani said.
While Munaaf Patel and Yusuf Pathan hail from Gujarat, Zaheer Khan has represented

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