India, Feb. 16 -- Construction and protocol meetings at 11pm and surprise inspections at 5am. Plus on Wednesday night, their team pulled off their highest-ever ODIs chase. If you put the how's the josh question to a country about hosting its first mega cricket event in 29 years, be ready to have your eardrums shattered.

The ICC Champions Trophy is the first time Pakistan will play independent host of a multilateral world event - featuring more than four teams. (Its previous two World Cups were shared with India (1987), Sri Lanka was added in 1996.) In June 2008, Pakistan hosted an Asia Cup featuring six teams, including Hong Kong and UAE, but the ICC Champions Trophy is the real biggie. Teams from all corners at one event and naturally a...