Mohammad Rizwan (left) fell victim to Jasprit Bumrah's (centre) brilliance during the India vs Pakistan, ICC T20 World Cup 2024 match in New York. Photo: AP/Eduardo Munoz Mohammad Rizwan (left) fell victim to Jasprit Bumrah's (centre) brilliance during the India vs Pakistan, ICC T20 World Cup 2024 match in New York. Photo: AP/Eduardo Munoz India will take on Pakistan in the much-anticipated, blockbuster, tension-inducing Champions Trophy clash on Sundaybet88, February 23, at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. (More Cricket News)
The highly anticipated match is considered one of the greatest rivalries, and the contest is expected to get much hotter after BCCI refused to send the Indian cricket team to Pakistan, after a hybrid model was adopted.
Pakistan will come into the contest under a lot of pressure, after losing the tournament opener to New Zealand by 60 runs.
Building up to the fantastic contest, Navjot Singh Sindhu, speaking on JioHotstar’s Greatest Rivalry Returns, believed that it truly was the biggest battle in cricket.
www royal888casino"It is the mother of all battles. There’s nothing bigger than this. I think it's the tension that holds everybody together. When 150 crore people expect a win from you, they will never swallow a defeat. There is a culture of retribution. This game is played more between the ears than between the hands—it's a psychological battle,” Sidhu said.
Former Pakistan superstar Shahid Afridi, opened up on the opportunities that the massive showdown gives the youngsters to reliase a dream.
"For a cricketer, an India-Pakistan match is a golden opportunity, especially for youngsters. It was always my dream,” Afridi said.
The 47-year-old also shared his experiences about his mental preparation before any India-Pakistan fixture.
Over 80 office and ground employees are said to be in dire straits as they have also not been getting any medical benefits for the last six months.
Scores of Olympians, Babu’s family members, former Hockey players, storytellers, and hockey lovers converged in Barabanki, a city hardly 27 kilometres from state capital Lucknow on 2 February 2022 to witness a special storytelling session on KD Singh ‘Babu’ to mark his birth centenary. Himanshu Bajpai, the kilometers (Daastango), perhaps in a first has chosen a sports personality —none other than Babu— for his storytelling session.
Before a match, I couldn’t sleep at night—I would think about my performance and how I couldn’t afford to miss this chance. Even if I hadn’t performed in the last five or six matches, if I did well in an India-Pakistan game, everything would be forgiven. That’s how big this rivalry is,ph444 casino” he added.
Pakistan have been dealt a massive blow after an injured Fakhar Zaman was ruled out of the Champions Trophy. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) have named Imam-ul-Haq as the replacement.
India: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohd. Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Varun Chakaravarthy.
Pakistan: Mohammad Rizwan (c), Babar Azam, Imam-ul-Haq, Kamran Ghulambet88, Saud Shakeel, Tayyab Tahir, Faheem Ashraf, Khushdil Shah, Salman Ali Agha, Usman Khan, Abrar Ahmed, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Hasnain, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi.
