{"id":3444,"date":"2021-10-24T09:49:08","date_gmt":"2021-10-24T09:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=3444"},"modified":"2021-10-24T09:49:08","modified_gmt":"2021-10-24T09:49:08","slug":"pakistan-look-to-end-losing-streak-against-india-in-blockbuster-t20-world-cup-clash-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/pakistan-look-to-end-losing-streak-against-india-in-blockbuster-t20-world-cup-clash-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan look to end losing streak against India in blockbuster T20 World Cup clash today"},"content":{"rendered":"

DUBAI: Former champions India and Pakistan will face off today (Sunday) in a T20 World Cup blockbuster in Dubai and the buzz around the game underlines the enduring appeal of the match-up between the sub-continent’s feuding neighbours.
\nIndia captain Virat Kohli and Pakistan counterpart Babar Azam have called it just another game, but that is clearly not the case.
\nThe match will start at 7:00pm (PST).
\nThe nuclear-armed neighbours have gone to war three times since gaining independence from British colonial rule in the mid-20th century and remain at loggerheads over Kashmir.
\nIndia last hosted Pakistan in a bilateral series in 2013 and the teams now meet only in global tournaments, the last being the 2019 ODI World Cup in England.
\n“I was involved in the games in 2014 and 2016. If you ask me, as a player, it was always a high-pressure game,” former India player Suresh Raina wrote for the International Cricket Council (ICC) website on Saturday.
\nIn the build-up, everyone is just telling you how big it is.”
\nThe fans have enjoyed this rivalry over the years and it is cricket at its best.”
\nThe 17,500 tickets for the game were sold out hours after being put on sale and television channels in both countries are running special shows on the match.
\nMy inbox is flooded with requests for match passes,” Dubai businessman Anis Sajan, who owned a franchise in United Arab Emirates’ domestic T10 tournament led by England captain Eoin Morgan, told Reuters. “I’d say an India-Pakistan match is bigger than the Ashes.
\nIt may have become one-sided of late but emotions run high,” Sajan, vice president of the Dubai-based Danube Group, said referring to India’s 12-0 record against Pakistan in cricket World Cups.
\nOfficial broadcaster Star India, which has lined up an impressive array of sponsors for the tournament, acknowledges the commercial significance of Sunday’s match.
\nThe India-Pakistan clash is one of the biggest matchups in the world of sports,” Sanjog Gupta, Head of Sports at Star and Disney India, said in a statement.
\nThe clash at an ICC event attracts core and casual cricket fans as well as viewers who don’t watch any other cricket.”
\nFor the first time in Pakistan, marketplace and retail platform Daraz is live-streaming the World Cup on its digital platform and the response has been overwhelming.
\nWe have seen a massive surge in installs and daily active users on our platform,” its managing director, Ehsan Saya, told Reuters.
\nWe are super excited to bring free streaming to Pakistanis and are confident our team will play their hearts out for our country.”
\nThe timing of the game poses a dilemma for fans like Debasish Sarkar who does not want to miss Sunday’s other showdown between two arch-rivals, Manchester United and Liverpool in soccer’s Premier League.
\nIt’s a tricky choice for someone like me who’s equally mad about cricket and the Premier League,” Sarkar, a manager with a global cyber security software company, said from Kolkata.
\nI’ll most probably have the India-Pakistan match on television and follow football on my mobile. I can’t afford to miss either.”
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