Within 55 miles of each other, Indian cricket team will meet their arch rivals at the Oval in London while hockey team will lock horns with Pakistan at the suburb Milton Keynes.
It's a rarity when national passion and national sport will be jostling for attention from sporting aficionados within a gap of three and half hours.
Whether it is seven hours of cricket with its ebbs and flows or the 60 minute of adrenaline pumping stickwork, the contests will not be devoid of excitement.
While Bollywood brigade, political class are expected to be in attendance at the more glamorous event, the Hockey World League (HWL) Semi-Finals encounter is also expected to grab eyeballs.
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For those, who won't get the tickets for the cricket match, they can travel an hour up north to Milton Keynes to see Manpreet Singh's deft skills, SV Sunil's searing runs down wide right.
It will also be an occasion where the love for hockey that many profess during coffee table conversations will be tested.
Harsh but truth is that against Pakistan, the rivalry is an idea borne out of all the acrimony that has festered on for years now.
The sporting rivalry against Pakistan is an idea that ignites a certain surge of rage and nationalism in Indian public.
Gone are those days when a victory against a Pakistan cricket side comprising Imran Khan, Javed Miandad, Wasim Akram and Salim Malik used to evoke a tremendous sense of satisfaction.
Similarly, beating a Pakistan hockey side that had Shahbaz Ahmed, Tahir Zaman or later Sohail Abbas or Rehan Butt would feel special.
The names in Pakistan sides don't intimidate the Indian teams or it's fans anymore. They can scare India occasionally and that can be tomorrow. But that's about it.
But it's a contest that no one wants to lose. Or rather one can ill-afford to lose.
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