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.
Pakistan to take on India again in T20 World Cup clash this year
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Pakistan to take on India again in T20 World Cup clash this year
- Pakistan will clash with India on Oct. 23 in Melbourne
- Pakistan recorded their first win over India in World Cups last year in Dubai
Turkiye ‘in talks’ with Pakistan and Saudi over defense pact
- Turkish foreign minister says no agreement has been signed yet despite ongoing discussions
- The proposed alliance follows Pakistan-Saudi defense pact signed after brief India conflict
ISTANBUL: NATO member Turkiye is holding talks with Pakistan and Saudi Arabia to join a defense alliance established in September between the two countries, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Thursday.
“At present, there are discussions and talks underway, but no agreement has yet been signed,” Fidan told reporters.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s “vision is broader, more comprehensive, and aimed at establishing a larger platform,” he added.
The Pakistan-Saudi pact was signed just months after Pakistan and India fought an intense four-day conflict in May that killed more than 70 people on both sides in missile, drone and artillery fire, the worst clashes between the nuclear-armed neighbors since 1999.
Pakistan and India have long accused each other of backing militant forces to destabilize one another.
Saudi Arabia is believed to have played a key role in defusing the conflict.
