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Netflix to release documentary on India-Pakistan’s fierce cricket rivalry on Feb. 7

The picture shows a cover image of the upcoming Netflix upcoming sports documentary titled: “The Greatest Rivalry: India vs Pakistan” on February 7, 2025. (Netflix)
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Updated 14 January 2025
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Netflix to release documentary on India-Pakistan’s fierce cricket rivalry on Feb. 7

  • Owing to political tensions, India-Pakistan cricket matches are biggest, quickest-selling fixtures of every tournament 
  • Documentary to release weeks before India-Pakistan clash against in Champions Trophy tournament on Feb. 23
Updated 14 January 2025
Shahjahan Khurram

ISLAMABAD: Online streaming platform Netflix announced this week it would release its highly anticipated documentary profiling the fierce cricket rivalry between India and Pakistan on Feb. 7, weeks before the Champions Trophy tournament gets underway. 

India and Pakistan enjoy one of the fiercest sports rivalries when it comes to cricket. Separated after partition in 1947, both nuclear-armed countries have fought three wars against each other over the past seven decades, with diplomatic ties between them remaining mostly bitter.

The political tensions make for an enthralling contest every time the two teams take a cricket field against each other. India and Pakistan clashes have been the biggest, quickest-selling and most anticipated matches of every multilateral cricket tournament, drawing thousands to stadiums across the globe and millions to TV sets worldwide. 

Netflix announced it would release its upcoming sports documentary titled: “The Greatest Rivalry: India vs Pakistan” on Feb. 7. The poster of the documentary features former Indian batters Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag walking toward a cricket pitch with members of the Pakistan cricket team huddled together. 

“Two nations. One epic Rivalry. 1.6 Billion prayers,” Netflix wrote in an Instagram post on Monday. “Come witness the thrill of a legacy like no other in The Greatest Rivalry: India vs Pakistan, arriving on 7th February, only on Netflix.”

The trailer of the documentary features interviews from Sehwag and former Pakistan bowling great Waqar Younis, both talking about swing bowling. 

“Once the batsmen they started knowing about the reverse swing and they were also smart,” Younis says in the trailer. “So they were keeping a really close eye on the shiny side. So what we tried to do then was, we started hiding it.”

The last time India and Pakistan faced each other was at New York’s Nassau County Stadium on June 9 in the T20 World Cup. India beat Pakistan in a last-over victory, beating the green shirts by six runs in a thrilling encounter. 

Both rivals are set to face each other in the Champions Trophy ODI fixture scheduled to take place in Pakistan in February. However, India will not tour Pakistan for the tournament but face the cricket rivals in Dubai on Feb. 23. 

Political tensions have kept both cricket teams from touring each other’s countries over the past couple of years and playing against one another at neutral venues only during ICC tournaments. 

India’s national cricket team has not toured Pakistan since 2008 due to soured political relations. Pakistan hosted the Asia Cup in 2023 but was forced to shift all of India’s matches to Sri Lanka under a “hybrid model” after India refused to send its team to Pakistan. 

After India announced it will not send its team to Pakistan for the 2025 Champions Trophy tournament, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced in December that India and Pakistan matches hosted by either country at ICC Events during the 2024-2027 cycle will be played at a neutral venue. 

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Pakistan terms climate change, demographic pressures as ‘pressing existential risks’

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Pakistan terms climate change, demographic pressures as ‘pressing existential risks’

  • Pakistan has suffered frequent climate change-induced disasters, including floods this year that killed over 1,000
  • Pakistan finmin highlights stabilization measures at Doha Forum, discusses economic cooperation with Qatar 
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Ismail Dilawar

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb on Saturday described climate change and demographic pressures as “pressing existential risks” facing the country, calling for urgent climate financing. 

The finance minister was speaking as a member of a high-level panel at the 23rd edition of the Doha Forum, which is being held from Dec. 6–7 in the Qatari capital. Aurangzeb was invited as a speaker on the discussion titled: ‘Global Trade Tensions: Economic Impact and Policy Responses in MENA.’

“He reaffirmed that while Pakistan remained vigilant in the face of geopolitical uncertainty, the more pressing existential risks were climate change and demographic pressures,” the Finance Division said. 

Pakistan has suffered repeated climate disasters in recent years, most notably the 2022 super-floods that submerged one-third of the country, displaced millions and caused an estimated $30 billion in losses. 

This year’s floods killed over 1,000 people and caused at least $2.9 billion in damages to agriculture and infrastructure. Scientists say Pakistan remains among the world’s most climate-vulnerable nations despite contributing less than 1 percent of global greenhouse-gas emissions.

Aurangzeb has previously said climate change and Pakistan’s fast-rising population are the only two factors that can hinder the South Asian country’s efforts to become a $3 trillion economy in the future. 

The finance minister noted that this year’s floods in Pakistan had shaved at least 0.5 percent off GDP growth, calling for urgent climate financing and investment in resilient infrastructure. 

When asked about Pakistan’s fiscal resilience and capability to absorb external shocks, Aurangzeb said Islamabad had rebuilt fiscal buffers. He pointed out that both the primary fiscal balance and current account had returned to surplus, supported significantly by strong remittance inflows of $18–20 billion annually from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) regions. 

Separately, Aurangzeb met his Qatari counterpart Ali Bin Ahmed Al Kuwari to discuss bilateral cooperation. 

“Both sides reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening economic ties, particularly by maximizing opportunities created through the newly concluded GCC–Pakistan Free Trade Agreement, expanding trade flows, and deepening energy cooperation, including long-term LNG collaboration,” the finance ministry said. 

The two also discussed collaboration on digital infrastructure, skills development and regulatory reform. They agreed to establish structured mechanisms to continue joint work in trade diversification, technology, climate resilience, and investment facilitation, the finance ministry said. 

Topics: climate change Pakistan Doha

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