India and Pakistan T 20 World Cup is just upon us. Less than 24 hours to go for that big clash

Their match between India and Pakistan is just upon us. Less than 24 hours to go for that big clash. The opening encounter for both the teams for this T 20 World Cup. It will be taking place inside the MCG. But today it's an important day of practice for the Indian cricket team.

On my left, just behind me, you can see the net practice set session of the Indian team. Today is a full practice session which means the entire strength, the entire team is practicing at the moment in terms of the battles that I'm seeing in the nets right now. Virat Koli came out first of all and he started practicing immediately. Captain Rohit Sharma is also here. I've also seen Hardik Pandya but Hardik Pandya was stretching and primarily focusing on his bowling before starting a bit of batting practice.

Even coach Rahul Rabbit is focused more on his bowlers. I've seen him a couple of times exchanging notes with bowlers yesterday and today. Also sure Kumar. Yadav. We can also see him in the net at the moment just exchanging some perhaps funny moments with the captain.

He will be stretching and then starting his practice in just a bit. Sukumar of course is going to be the key factor for Team India if they have to win the encounter tomorrow. That's on October 23 against Pakistan. Now let's talk about the press conference that took place just a short while ago which captain Rohit Sharma addressed and Rohit Sharma admitted the way Team India crashed out of the T 20 World Cup last year in Dubai. There were a lot of issues that the team addressed and spoke about and have worked on in this last year and they are confident that the unit is very ready to take on the challenge of fresh not just the India-Pakistan encounter but also hoping to progress ahead beyond the Super Twelve stages.

Roy Sharma also acknowledged that there is going to be constant pressure when it is a high-profile encounter. But he is taking it up as a big challenge and any team that succumbs to that challenge on a given day obviously ends up being on the losing side. But the team that handles that pressure in a positive way ends up being on the winning side and he is hoping to be on the winning side this time against Pakistan. As far as the weather conditions here in Melbourne are concerned, well it's the same story of overcast conditions. Sometimes we have cloud cover, sometimes we have bright sunshine and this is going to continue all day today.

This is going to continue even tomorrow. As far as the weather apps which give an idea about Melbourne weather on October 23, there is no rain but there is a thick cloud cover. There are chances of rain but then there is no guarantee that the rain will fall on MCG or not. So we are all hoping the thousands of fans who have collected who have assembled here today to see the Indian team just practice in the nets. They are also hoping to have a good match.

And of course, that will certainly justify the high-profile hype that we are seeing around this India-Afkistan encounter which is going to take place at the MCG on October 23.