Since the start of the year, England and India have already faced each other on 10 occasions in one-day cricket.
At the moment, the scoresheet reads 5-4 to India with one match abandoned due to rain.
The most recent encounter went the way of the Indians, in a Lord's tri-series final which featured centuries from Marcus Trescothick and Nasser Hussain.
Batting second, India were at one point 146 for five chasing 326 to win.
Only two batsmen remained, but in Mohammad Kaif and Yuvraj Singh India found two youngsters capable of shining in the limelight.
If England throw Sunday's game away from a position of similar security it will be a hard thing for Hussain and co to take.
The England captain a win would see his team in the semi-finals with an excellent chance of beating South Africa and making the final itself.
Pakistan 142-1 (16.2 ovs) beat Holland 136 all out (50 ovs) by nine wickets
Shahid Afridi clobbered the Dutch attack for one of the fastest half-centuries of all time in this facile win for Pakistan.
Afridi took just 18 balls to reach 55 not out, launching spinner Adeel Raja for his sixth six in a whirlwind effort to seal the win with nearly 34 overs unused.
It was one ball more than Sanath Jayasuriya needed to reach fifty against Pakistan in Singapore six years ago, and equalled Afridi's own best effort.
Simon O'Donnell hit the first 18-ball fifty, in Sharjah in 1990, against Sri Lanka.
Earlier, Afridi's leg-spin accounted for three Dutchmen while Waqar Younis took two wickets in an essentially 'dead' match with Sri Lanka having already progressed from pool four.
Shoaib Akhtar clinched the first victim of the day, after Holland captain Roland Lefebvre won the toss and elected to bat.
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Richard Pybus has been re-appointed Pakistan's cricket coach.
The news comes on the same day Pakistan's selectors unveiled a 16-man squad for the Test series against Australia including newcomer Naved-ul-Hasan.
Pybus's contract lasts until the World Cup in and he will join the team shortly in Colombo.
He replaces sacked Mudassar Nazar having coached the Pakistan team on three separate occasions between 1999 and 2001.
As well as rookie all-rounder Naved-ul-Hasan, seamer Mohammad Zahid is also named for the three-Test series against Australia.
The selectors were forced into a re-think when four senior players pulled themselves out of the running.
Wasim Akram, Saeed Anwar, Inzamam-ul-Haq and Yousaf Youhana are all out of contention.
All-rounder Nicky Boje and fast bowler Alan Dawson have been ruled out of South Africa's Champions Trophy semi-final on Wednesday due to injuries.
Boje has a hairline fracture in his right finger while Dawson has a right calf injury.
South Africa are now flying out 37-year-old fast bowler Steve Elworthy and uncapped all-rounder Robin Peterson as cover for the pair.
However, it is unlikely that either man will play a match.
