By Zoraiz Klasra
Dubai: Titans of the world of International cricket are all set to clash in Dubai’s world class iconic cricket ground Today. While Indian cricket team takes pride to be at number two position, Pakistan stand firm at number three and working hard to improve ranking. Rivalry of the duo on and off the field is well known to the world. Pakistan-India cricket match has been considered mother of all clashes in the world of cricket.
Titans will be clashing today after two years. This time in Dubai International cricket stadium which is considered as second home of Pakistan Cricket.
While thousands will be lucky to watch it live in stadium, millions fans of cricket around the globe will be watching high voltage clash at television screens and mobile phones. Regardless of which team wins the game, it will be a real thriller with fans either in stadium or in front of TV screens enjoying every bit of match.
” The event will be watched by hundreds of millions around the world, on televisions in remote villages, jumbo screens in crowded cities, phones in migrant labor tenements and flickering monitors in the living rooms of a diaspora spread across the world’s time zones. Face-offs on the cricket field between India and Pakistan, like the expected encounter on Sunday in Dubai, have become increasingly rare, a victim of the frosty relationship between the two nuclear-armed neighbors. For a match to take place at all, even on neutral ground, players and fans have to hope tensions remain short of war and that the organizers can weather growing calls for a boycott,” Mujib Mashal wrote in The new York Times.
According to NY Times, the meeting on Sunday, the first in two years, comes as part of a World Cup. The rising tensions are tied to a number of factors — repeated militant attacks in India; the disputed territory of Kashmir, where India accuses Pakistan of supporting militant groups; and rising intolerance in both countries — that have almost entirely wiped out any exchange between two nations that otherwise overlap in shared history, passions and culture.
Addressing media conferences separately, Babar Azam and his Indian counterpart Virat Kohli have called it just another game, but that is clearly not the case.
Both countries share a history of conflict and mistrust and remain at loggerheads over Kashmir.
India 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.
Many in Pakistan believe that an India-Pakistan match is bigger than the Ashes.
“Emotions runs high as millions of people around the globe wtch the high voltage takra telecast live from the cricket stadium.
India never loose a game to Pakistan in cricket World Cups. Two sides have played 12 games in the world cup so for. India has won all.
“Both teams will be facing immense pressure. Only the team comprising of men with strong nerves will call it a day,” experts said.
“The 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. “The clash at an ICC event attracts core and casual cricket fans as well as viewers who don’t watch any other cricket.”