With cricket mania gripping the nation, S. Durga Shankar, an eggshell sculptor in Vishakhapatnam city of India's southern Andhra Pradesh state prepared a miniature of the World Cup trophy.Shankar made the replica, which stands about six centimetres high, using four eggshells. The sculptor also put up the trophy for auction on the Internet for 10 million rupees ($221,115).
The original cricket World Cup trophy is made with about 11 kilograms of gold and its height is about 60 centimetres.
A billion dreams will rest on the Pakistani team's shoulders as they seek to become the second Pakistani team, after the 1992, to bag the trophy and title in one-day cricket championship.
The world cup is currently going on and is been jointly hosted by India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
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