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WATCH: Here's what Rahul Dravid said on IND vs PAK final in Asia Cup 2023

That will be a great contest (India vs Pakistan final) and great for us and we certainly aim to do that, says India head coach Rahul Dravid

Asia Cup 2023 schedule: India vs Pakistan on September 2 in Kandy

As many six teams, including India, Pakistan, Nepal, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, will play the 50-over format of Asia Cup 2023

Asia Cup 2023: India to face arch-rivals Pakistan in Kandy on September 2

India will face Pakistan on September 2 in Asia Cup 2023, which begins on August 30. ACC agrees for hybrid model, the first four matches to be held in Pakistan, remaining in Sri Lanka

World Cup fever: Airfares to Ahmedabad up 350% for India-Pakistan fixture

While the opening and final match days haven't generated significant traction, there is immense excitement surrounding the India-Pakistan match

Great injustice to fans if Pak don't go to India for World Cup: Misbah

Former Pakistan captain believes that if India and Pakistan can travel to each other's countries for other sports, cricket shouldn't be politicised either

Asia Cup 2023 schedule finalised, India not going to Pakistan: BCCI

The much anticipated Asia Cup games between India and Pakistan will be held in Sri Lanka as Rohit Sharma led team won't travel to Pakistan, IPL chairman Arun Dhumal confirmed on Wednesday. Dhumal, who is in Durban for the ICC Chief Executives Meet (CEC) confirmed that BCCI secretary Jay Shah and PCB representative head Zaka Ashraf met ahead of ICC Board meeting scheduled on Thursday to finalise the schedule. "Our secretary met PCB head Zaka Ashraf and the Asia Cup schedule was finalised and it is on course as it was discussed earlier. There will be four games of league stage in Pakistan, followed by 9 games in Sri Lanka including both India versus Pakistan game and in case a third game if both teams play final," Dhumal told PTI from Durban. He rubbished reports emerging from Pakistan media that India will travel to neighbouring country as their sports minister Ehsan Mazari had been claiming in some quarters. "There was no such discussion held. Neither India is travelling to Pakista

PCB's Ashraf to push for Pak's WC matches at neutral venues in ICC meeting

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) acting chairman Zaka Ashraf will push for the country's ODI World Cup matches at neutral venues at the ICC meetings in Durban this week, the Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination (Sports), Ahsan Mazari, has said. "Zaka Ashraf will bring up the issue of why can't Pakistan's matches in the World Cup be played at neutral venues when the Indian team can't travel to Pakistan for the Asia Cup," he said. India has refused to play its Asia Cup matches in Pakistan owing to geopolitical tensions, and after months of speculation around the continental tournament, the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) announced that the event will be staged in a hybrid model with four games in Pakistan and nine in Sri Lanka from August 31 to September 17. However, the PCB recently conveyed to the ICC and the BCCI that the national team's participation in the World Cup is subject to government clearance due to the tense relations between the two countries. Ashraf and the PCB chief ..

ODI World Cup: Former PCB chairman questions Pak govt on panel formation

The former chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board, Khalid Mahmood has hit out at the government's decision to form a high-level committee to decide on the national cricket team's participation in the 2023 ODI World Cup in India. Mahmood, in whose tenure Pakistan made a full tour of India in 1999 and who himself visited the neighbouring country in 1989 as manager of the junior team, said it made no sense to form this committee. "The interesting thing is that no representative of the main stakeholder, the Pakistan Cricket Board is on the committee," Mahmood said in an interview. He cautioned that this was not the time to link Pakistan's participation in the World Cup to the Asia Cup being held in Pakistan. "While I agree that there is no justification for India not to tour Pakistan now but this is not the way things are done at the international level." Mahmood said by forming this committee of ministers, the government had itself contradicted its policy of not mixing politics with

Won't go to India, if they don't play Asia Cup here: Pak Sports Minister

Pakistan's Ehsaan Mazari, in charge of Sports in the federal government, has warned that if India demanded a neutral venue for Asia Cup, their cricket team would demand the same for the World Cup

IND vs PAK: Focus on winning ODI World Cup in India, says Babar Azam

Pakistan captain Babar Azam on Thursday asserted that his team is focussed on winning the ODI World Cup in India and not just beating the arch-rivals in the much-awaited clash in Ahmedabad on October 15. Pakistan are expected to travel to India for the ICC event though their participation is subject to government clearance. "We are not thinking only about playing and winning against India in the World Cup. We are looking at doing well in every match if we are to win the ICC title. "We are going to play the World Cup, not just India in India," said Babar. He also said that the rumblings in the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) will not have any bearing on the national team's performance in the ICC World Cup, or in the assignments prior to that. When asked if the recent changes in the PCB leadership and selection committee had affected the players, Babar said their work is to focus on cricket. "We don't focus on what is happening in the PCB. We just focus on cricket. We have the entire

IND vs PAK is not be all and end of ODI World Cup 2023: Mickey Arthur

Pakistan's marquee October 15 clash against arch-rivals India in Ahmedabad might be huge from perspective of fans on both sides of the border but it is certainly not the "be all and end all" from cricketing point of view, reckons Team Director and head coach Mickey Arthur. Arthur understands the hype surrounding the clash but for him, it will be like any other game where one would gain or lose two points. "I don't think Pakistan and India is the be all of the World Cup," Arthur told a Pakistani YouTube channel 'Cricket Baaz'. "From a fan's perspective, from the viewpoint of the emotions and relations between the two countries, one can understand the interest it generates and emotions that go with it. But from a cricket point of view I think it will be about doing well against all teams if you want to win the World Cup," the South African added. Arthur was intent on playing down the pressure quotient and in fact has already started the mental games stating that pressure would be on

World Cup fever: Advance bookings cost Rs 50K per night in Ahmedabad

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ICC ODI World Cup: Ahmedabad to host final, Mumbai and Kolkata get semis

The world's largest cricket stadium will play host to the big-ticket World Cup group match between India and Pakistan on October 15 and the gargantuan venue in Ahmedabad will also stage the grand finale on November 19, the ICC announced on Tuesday. The tournament will begin on October 5 with a clash between defending champions England and runners-up New Zealand at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, which is the largest in the world with a seating capacity of 1,32,000 spectators -- 32,000 more than the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). The two semifinals of the mega event will be played at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium and the Eden Gardens in Kolkata -- both iconic venues with a rich legacy -- on November 15 and 16 respectively, as per the schedule. Ringing in the 100-day countdown to the ODI showpiece, the ICC said hosts India will begin their campaign with a mouth-watering clash against Australia on October 8 in Chennai. With Guwahati among 12 venues picked to host the matc

ICC Men's World Cup 2023 schedule announced: India vs Pakistan on Oct 15

Hosts India will begin their campaign on October 8 against five-time World Cup winners Australia at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. Check the full schedule here

It's India vs Pakistan as teams vie for the Junior Asia Cup hockey title

The last time India and Pakistan faced each other in the final of a hockey competition was way back in 2016 when India beat the neighbours 3-2 in the final of the Asian Champions Trophy in Malaysia

Pak media watchdog starts crackdown against airing of Indian content on TV

Pakistans ele­ctronic media regulator has started a countrywide operation against cable TV operators airing illegal Indian channels

'Long-term broadcast deal in jeopardy if India-Pak don't clash in Asia Cup'

A long-term lucrative media rights deal between the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) and the broadcaster could be in jeopardy if a solution is not found quickly to break the deadlock between India and Pakistan on the issue of hosting of the Asia Cup. The Asia Cup has been allotted to Pakistan but due to the prevailing political tensions between the neighbours, BCCI has said India will not send its team for the tournament in September and would rather want the continental event be moved to the UAE or Sri Lanka. However, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has so far not agreed to the demand, leading to a stalemate. In the event of India withdrawing from the Asia Cup in Pakistan, the tournament will lose its sheen and the broadcaster could incur heavy losses with no riveting India-Pakistan clashes. A source said that under the long-term agreement between the ACC and the broadcaster, it is mandatory that Pakistan and India play each other at least twice, or thrice, in the regional multi-team

Don't get a haircut: When Pervez Musharraf praised Dhoni's long locks

Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf, who passed away on Sunday, always enjoyed India-Pakistan cricket rivalry and once suggested former Indian cricket captain M S Dhoni to not trim his flowing mane. The 2006 tour was the last time India visited Pakistan for a bilateral series. During a presentation ceremony after a one-day match in Lahore, Musharraf, the then president of Pakistan, praised Dhoni's hairstyle. Musharraf congratulated the Indian cricket team on winning the match and said they played "exceptionally well". "May I congratulate Dhoni on being the architect of the victory. May I tell Dhoni, I saw a placard asking you to get a haircut. If you want to take my opinion, you look good in this haircut. Don't get a haircut," he said. The match saw Dhoni smash an unbeaten 72 runs off just 46 deliveries. He was awarded 'Player of the Match'. India-Pakistan rivalry on the cricket ground has resulted in various fond memories for cricket fans in both countries, Musharraf's rem

BCCI has no plans of India-Pakistan Test series anywhere, says report

The two countries have not played in the game's longest format since 2007 when bilateral cricket between the neighbours was suspended