Pakistan cricket captain Shahid Afridi has denied that his team fears playing a World Cup quarterfinal in India, saying that a potential game between the two neighbours can help ease strained political relations.

"I have never said anything along the lines that we don't want to go to India. I never said that. We are here to play the World Cup, so wherever we have to play we will go and we have no fears over going to India," the Daily Times quoted Afridi, as saying.