The World Cup has yet to catch fire. Four matches into the tournament, the response has been reasonably tepid and the buzz conspicuous by its absence. All that will change on Sunday, when India kick off their campaign for a first global title since 2013 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium.

Chepauk has been the theatre of many a dramatic India-Australia showdown, and it’s in the fitness of things that the teams will renew rivalries on the same stage in their respective opening games of the World Cup.