FILE PHOTO: Cricket - ICC Cricket World Cup - India v Australia - The Oval, London, Britain - June 9, 2019 India's Virat Kohli celebrates as India win the match Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Boyers/File Photo
MANCHESTER (Reuters) - Perennial political rivals India and Pakistan will face off on a Manchester cricket field on Sunday in one of the World Cup's most hotly-anticipated and massively-watched games.
The nuclear-armed neighbours have gone to war three times since independence in the mid-20th century - and another conflict nearly erupted earlier this year, giving an even spicier-than-usual geopolitical backdrop to the sport.
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