Pakistan to take on India again in T20 World Cup clash this year

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and India will face off in a high-octane T20 World Cup clash in October this year, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced on Friday. 
The Super 12 will begin on Oct. 16 and run for a fortnight, with the two groups set to reach their conclusion on the weekend of Nov. 5-6.
Pakistan and India will lock horns in Melbourne on Oct. 23, after qualifying for the Super 12 stage of the 16-nation tournament, which Australia will host for the first time.
“England, New Zealand, Australia and Afghanistan have been drawn together in Group 1, with India, Pakistan, South Africa and Bangladesh heading into Group 2,” the ICC announced.
After taking on India, Pakistan will play a Group B qualifier match on Oct. 27 and a Group A Qualifier match on Oct. 30. Both matches will take place in Perth. 
On Nov. 3, Babar Azam XI will take on South Africa in Sydney, followed by a clash with Bangladesh on Nov. 6 in Adelaide. 
The high-intensity Pakistan-India match is expected to draw millions of viewers across the globe.
The two nuclear-armed neighbors, who have fought three wars over the past seven decades, have an intense cricket rivalry and have not played a bilateral series for over five years now due to tense relations.
They have only meet in ICC events, with the last one being the T20 Word Cup fixture in Dubai in November 2021, during which Green Shirts thumped Men in Blue by 10 wickets to record Pakistan’s first World Cup triumph over India.