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It’s not official but probable. Brace up! India and Pakistan are slated to clash in the World Twenty20 on September 30. The marquee game will be a Super Eight contest and already is a sellout.
It’s not official but probable. Brace up! India and Pakistan are slated to clash in the World Twenty20 on September 30. The marquee game will be a Super Eight contest and already is a sellout.
India and Pakistan have not met in a Twenty20 clash for close to five years and the expectations will be high for this high-voltage game. Little doubt, it will be the tournament’s blue-riband fixture. The match will be held at Colombo’s Premadasa Stadium.
Afghanistan’s defeat against England Friday night catapulted India to the Super Eight stage. Pakistan are not there yet but should have little difficulty in advancing to the next stage. New Zealand and Bangladesh are their group rivals.
The scheduling of the tournament has been done in such a way that regardless of India’s final position in their three-team Group A, they will enter the Super Eight Stage as the A2 team. Similarly, Pakistan will be D1. Both A2 and D1 have been clubbed in the same group in the Super Eights and they are scheduled to meet on September 30.
C2 and D1 are the other two teams in the group which means India’s other opponents in the second stage of the tournament are Australia (B1) and host Sri Lanka (C2). Save an upset, England (A1), West Indies (B2), South Africa (C1) and New Zealand (D2) should comprise the other Group. Two teams from each group qualify for the semifinals.
The last Twenty20 game between India and Pakistan was the explosive 2007 final which Dhoni’s boys won in a thrilling fashion in Johannesburg. There have been only two T20 games between the arch-rivals and the first one had ended in a tie, with India winning in a bowl-out. It was also played in that 2007 tournament.
A few tickets were available early on Friday but later, Ticketmaster, the official ticketing partner of the International Cricket Council for the tournament, put out a sold out board on its website. The expected India-Pakistan contest is the second game on September 30. Hosts Sri Lanka and South Africa play the first game making it a Super Sunday in the World Twenty20.
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