After Jordan’s shock draw with Japan and Syria’s even more surprising 2-1 defeat over Saudi Arabia, the 2011 Asian Cup is shaping up as one of many upsets. But it would be truly remarkable if India came away with anything against the top ranked team in Asia, Australia.

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Australian coach Holger Osieck has promised a full strength line up against India, whilst the Indians themselves are missing talisman goalscorer Bhaichung Bhutia. So it’s shaping up as quite an interesting game, as we remember last time around Australia played minnows Oman in their opening Asian Cup game and had to rely on a injury time winner from Tim Cahill to salvage a draw.

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Gordon D'Mello

Gordon is a Journalism student at the University of Notre Dame, Sydney who has a huge passion in the field of sports writing and sport itself. Here he is a writer, senior editor and is also a co-founder of Injury Time.