MELBOURNE: India will meet arch-rival, Pakistan, in the first match of the Twenty20 World Cup in Melbourne, Australia, today. The match will begin in the afternoon at 1.30 pm Indian time.

The India-Pakistan match is the first in the Super 12 round. In the last T20 World Cup, the first match was between India and Pakistan. In that match, Pakistan defeated India.

This is the first time that India will be led by Rohit Sharma in a World Cup. India defeated Pakistan in the first T20 World Cup held in 2007 to grab the cup.

In the ICC T20 rankings, India is at the top and Pakistan stands in third position. During the five times that India had met Pakistan during the T20 world cup, India won four times.

It is feared that continuing rainfall could play spoilsport. Two friendly matches were canceled due to rain.