Sydney: Tanveer Sangha does not hesitate for a split second when asked who has been an influential figure in his cricket career. "My dad—100%, there is no doubt about it", he says with enormous pride.

Sangha is Australia's trump card ahead of the blockbuster quarter-final clash with India on Tuesday. It will be the first time the leg-spinner, 18, with Punjabi heritage comes up against the men in blue.