Stuart Broad’s defending champions will be playing for the pride of England, rather than any tangible ICC World Twenty20 reward, when they meet India on Sunday.u00a0The structure of this short tournament dictates that once the routine business of beating a group minnow — Afghanistan in England and India’s case — is safely out of the way, the two heavyweights can lock horns without direct consequence.

Captain Stuart Broad (right) and Eoin Morgan celebrate England’s victory against Afghanistan on Friday. Pic/AFP