Match with Pak silver lining in Argentina draw

Indian players see a silver lining in the late draw against Argentina — it has given them the chance to play Pakistan tomorrow.

‘‘Anyone would like to win, but we don’t mind the draw either’’, leading striker Gagan Ajit Singh told The Indian Express today. ‘‘We would have played Pakistan in any case, and everyone knows that an India-Pakistan match is special. We are looking forward to it.’’

Indeed, after all the negative publicity garnered over the past ten days in Athens, there appears a new-found camaraderie in the team, a desire to end the tournament on a high note.

Like the “Great Indian Huddle”, the team has decided to back each other in the face of adverse comments from the media.