Bangalore: This Sunday is going to be a big test for Ireland that took the cricketing world by storm after beating England in a thriller. Now they are girding up to face India, the tournament favorites. This Sunday for the men of William Porterfield is going to a different one.
The team is ready for the big day. Its skipper has pointed towards the fact that they are also ready to take on India. He said: “First of all, we have to put Wednesday behind us.” Just 24 hours from now he will land at the Chinnaswamy Stadium with India captain MS Dhoni for the toss.
The countdown has begun with captains of both the teams airing their view about the most-talked about match. With Sunday being a holiday, it is expected that the stadium will be packed with more than 39,000 fans. Besides, millions of fans will watch the match on television.
India will be taking on Ireland seriously after they defeated England despite the fact that batting first they had scored more than 300 runs. Since then they have become the World Cup’s most watched out team. Talking about the Wednesday match, Porterfield said: "We put in a good performance on Wednesday and created a wee bit of history there. Now we've got to start all over again.”
But the big challenge for Ireland will be whether they would be able to repeat their Wednesday performance on Sunday.
He said, "We have a bigger challenge ahead of us, we're playing India, we must take good things from the [Wednesday] game and the biggest things for ourselves is to go out fresh on the pitch and concentrate on what's at hand."
The team is ready for the big day. Its skipper has pointed towards the fact that they are also ready to take on India. He said: “First of all, we have to put Wednesday behind us.” Just 24 hours from now he will land at the Chinnaswamy Stadium with India captain MS Dhoni for the toss.
The countdown has begun with captains of both the teams airing their view about the most-talked about match. With Sunday being a holiday, it is expected that the stadium will be packed with more than 39,000 fans. Besides, millions of fans will watch the match on television.
India will be taking on Ireland seriously after they defeated England despite the fact that batting first they had scored more than 300 runs. Since then they have become the World Cup’s most watched out team. Talking about the Wednesday match, Porterfield said: "We put in a good performance on Wednesday and created a wee bit of history there. Now we've got to start all over again.”
But the big challenge for Ireland will be whether they would be able to repeat their Wednesday performance on Sunday.
He said, "We have a bigger challenge ahead of us, we're playing India, we must take good things from the [Wednesday] game and the biggest things for ourselves is to go out fresh on the pitch and concentrate on what's at hand."
